Dad wanted to stay at home, in his own garden, right to the end. The hospice nurses made that possible. They looked after all of us, not just him.
A Nelson family
Community care, at home
Why this night matters
Hospice is there when Nelson families need it most
Every month, Nelson Tasman Hospice cares for around 210 local patients and their families, at home, in care facilities and in their unit in Stoke. It costs nothing to use. But it costs a lot to run.
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We thought hospice meant giving up. It was the opposite. It gave Mum her best months, and it gave us time to just be her family again.
A Tasman family
Specialist Palliative Care Unit, Stoke
Stories shared with the kind permission of the families and Nelson Tasman Hospice.
