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Marie Curie Foundation Cancer Nursing Service
This Authority acts as agents for the Marie Curie Memorial
Foundation who bear all the costs of the Day and Night Sitting Service
supplied locally to any cancer patient being nursed at home and
in need of additional care, especially night attendance. This service
is staffed by qualified nursing staff and unqualified staff, and the
appropriate person is sent to each case. The service is run locally
through the Home Nursing Service.
The aim of this service is mainly to relieve relatives from night
nursing duties to enable them to get sufficient sleep and rest in order
to continue the often strenuous task of looking after a really sick
patient, particularly when he or his family wish the relative to remain
at home until the end.
The Authority also operate the Foundation's Area Welfare Grant
Scheme under which extra comforts may be supplied to a cancer
patient at the expense of the Marie Curie Foundation.
Incontinence Pads
The Authority continued the practice of issuing incontinence pads
at the request of the general practitioner or nurse in attendance.
Those patients who use these pads are provided with tarred
paper containers for disposal of the soiled pads through the refuse
collection service.
Incontinent Laundry Service
In conjunction with a neighbouring Authority, a collection and
delivery service of draw sheets is arranged, twice weekly, to patients
who have been recommended by a District Nurse.
DOMESTIC HELP SERVICE
Staff
At 31st December, 1966, the staff consisted of:—
1 Home Help Organiser.
1 Senior Assistant Home Help Organiser.
2 Assistant Home Help Organisers.
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