Ashgate Hospicecare officially unveil new Garden Room and Dementia Friendly Courtyard thanks to a generous donation from the Westfield Health Charitable Trust
Last week, Ashgate Hospicecare officially opened the doors to their brand new dementia friendly courtyard and garden room thanks to the amazing generosity of the Westfield Health Charitable Trust. The new garden room provides a homely sanctuary to patients and their families who want a non-clinical, modern space to spend precious time together. The garden […]
Bernie Clifton suprises Ashgate Hospicecare Day Hospice patients with afternoon of non-stop entertainment
Entertainer and comedian, Bernie Clifton, now aged 82, was cracking jokes non-stop with Day Hospice patients and staff when he made a visit Ashgate Hospicecare in Old Brampton, Chesterfield, last week. Bernie, who now lives in Barlow, Derbyshire, came to Chesterfield to work and has lived most of his life local to the Hospice. Bernie […]
Shed loads of fun for patients of Ashgate Hospicecare
Ashgate Hospicecare is thrilled to announce that after months of hard work and support from the local community that the Hospice now has its very own working shed. This is no ordinary shed. The whole journey from ordering the digger and hardcore to the laying of pavers and delivery has all been possible thanks to […]
Ashgate Hospicecare are leading the way in ReSPECTing patient’s wishes for emergency care
“You can only die once and you can only get it right once”. This is the way that the two End of Life Care Development Facilitators from Ashgate Hospicecare in Chesterfield open their ReSPECT training sessions. The ReSPECT forms (Recommended Summary Plan for Emergency Care and Treatment) are a summary of somebody’s wishes for how […]