Author: Mary Potter Hospice
Meet the Managers: Dave from Porirua
Meet Dave, Shop Manager from the Mary Potter Hospice Shop in Porirua.
Mary Potter Hospice goes dementia friendly
Mary Potter Hospice has become the first hospice in New Zealand to be formally recognised by Alzheimers NZ as Working to be Dementia Friendly.
“It’s such a privilege to be part of people’s journey.”
Finding out how much support Mary Potter Hospice offers its patients was an eye-opener for Registered Nurse Connie.
“It is about having a better quality of life.”
“Mary Potter Hospice isn’t so much about death,” Pat says, “It is about having a better quality of life.”
“I get to care for the whole person,” says Nurse Stella
As a new grad nurse, Stella says working at Mary Potter Hospice is the perfect place to gain nursing skills and experience.
“It is a special little community.”
When Amy braves the Wellington weather each year for the Mary Potter Hospice Street Appeal, she is thinking of her Dad.
“It is such a privilege to give time here.”
“Everybody has gone through some tough stuff, if you scratch the surface of anyone’s life,” Moira reckons.
Johnsonville Charitable Trust donates $20,000 towards the building of Te Whāre Ranui
For over 30 years, The Johnsonville Charitable Trust has been generously supporting Mary Potter Hospice. “Our first involvement with the Hospice was in April 1989 when we granted $30,000 towards their new X-Ray equipment. Since then we have always been eager to champion the work of the Hospice,” Trust general manager David Evans says. Each year…
“Hospice has made us feel so good, so we wanted to get married here.”
There were wedding bells at Mary Potter Hospice Inpatient Unit this week.
“I look forward to our time together.”
Each week, volunteer Annie helps Joslyn plan her great escape – from cafes, coffees and museums.
“I’ve really been able to find out at first-hand how powerful music is.”
From time to time the beautiful sounds of the harp can be heard at Mary Potter Hospice – played not to entertain, but to heal.