The GB Weekly - 4 June 2021

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Friday 4 June 2021

Palliative care boosted by Lions

From left: Pam Gardiner, Takaka Hospice Shop and Golden Bay Lions Club; Jean Bensemann, registered nurse; Jane Russell, registered nurse Nelson Tasman Hospice; Monika Schneiter, district nurse; Della Schroder, registered nurse and district nurse; Victoria Hingaia, GBCH acting nurse manager; Carol Robinson, GBCH support services leader; Donald Gardiner and Paul Milne, Golden Bay Lions Club. Photo: Ronnie Short. RONNIE SHORT

Golden Bay Lions Club has donated $4582 to Nelson Tasman Hospice for a specialised mattress, which will be loaned to Golden Bay Community Health (GBCH) exclusively for use on the hospice-loaned portable bed. The Axtair Automorpho comfort mattress will be utilised in conjunction with the bed, which is used specifically for palliative care patients who are being nursed by staff from GBCH in their own homes. “The amazing Lions Club was very keen for a mattress to be loaned to Golden Bay patients with life-limiting illnesses,” said Dr Georgia Ciaran, the philanthropy co-ordinator Ray White was proud to support

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for Nelson Tasman Hospice. ”After I consulted with Lions, Golden Bay Community Health and hospice staff, we gratefully accepted the Lions’ most generous donation and bought the mattress.” Dr Ciaran is seeking matching donors for items needed by hospice. These are listed on its “Wish List” newsletter. Registered nurse Jane Russell, from Nelson Tasman Hospice, visits Golden Bay monthly to support the palliative care nursing team from GBCH. The nursing team is made up of registered and district nurses, with acting nurse manager Victoria Hingaia and support services leader Carol Robinson.

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The team expressed a huge thank you to the Golden Bay Lions Club, which has provided on-going support for many years. GBCH stated the mattress will be of huge benefit in providing pressure relief and comfort to those in need. Hospice shop staff member Pam Gardiner agreed, saying she was wearing two hats on this occasion, as she is also the long-term president of the Lions Club. Lions Club representative Paul Milne stated, “One of our objectives is to support community groups, and the hospice does an amazing job in supporting people to stay in their own homes longer.”

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