SPPC Blog
Work experience at the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care
I’m an S4 student at Portobello High School. This year everyone in my year group got the opportunity to experience a working environment for one week. You could choose from a list of suggested placements or find one yourself.
Posted on September 26 2019 at 15:47
Respite care and transitions: a complex problem
On Wednesday 8th October, MSPs in the Scottish Parliament will debate the 'Absence of Suitable Hospice and Respite Facilities for Young Disabled Adults'.
Posted on October 6 2014 at 17:20
Caring for the Carers
More musings from Derek Doyle - the SPPC’s ‘old man’...
I recall a man being admitted from home, settling in well and being effusive in his praise of the care he was receiving and the kindness of the nurses yet clearly he would much rather have stayed at home. Why had he asked to be admitted, I asked him. “For my wife’s sake – she was looking so weary and worried. It was the last and the best thing I could do for her!”
Posted on August 29 2014 at 13:47
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