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THE
CHALLENGE
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Your loved one is assessed as requiring
Palliative-care |
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Compassionate care is required at short
notice |
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Palliative-care may require some nursing
as well as personal care |
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You want your loved one to be cared for
with dignity and comfort in their own home |
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HOW
CAN WE ASSIST?
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Provide a small team
of Companions who will provide palliative-care
at home |
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You determine the hours
you require either as a planned roster or
at short notice |
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Your Companion will
have a mature personality with life experience
that delivers trusted low-key home care
at a stressful time for your family and
friends |
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"I wanted to drop a special
thank you to you and your team for helping us through
dads last days.
You were so helpful from the get go!
Aunty Vicky and Aunty Val were both amazing and a great
support to us as well as dad.
Vicky was excellent with dad, especially in the early
days when he was still semi mobile. She is easy going
and just went with whatever dad wanted to do.
Val was also amazing, more so in the latter days dad
went downhill. Her medical knowledge, ability to talk
to the doctor and nurses was a real help.
I would recommend them both and also the Good companion
service to anyone, and have done! Even Hospice have
asked for your details as they found both of the girls
great to work with.
Thank you once again for being there in our time of
need."
August 2020
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NEXT
STEPS
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Contact us for
a preliminary chat and register your care
request |
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The Good Companion works with a number of
hospices and has a track record in effectively
providing palliative care |
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Your service delivery manager will coordinate
with you a time to meet and complete a palliative-care
plan |
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Your Companion is assigned and care delivery
commences with a focus on maintain dignity
and comfort |
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ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
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No referral is necessary
when engaging The Good Companion |
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Typical referrals for
this service are made by Hospice nurses
or community based Social Workers |
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We work alongside the
hospice nurses and other DHB funded agencies |
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Engage The Good Companion
to deliver as much or as little as you require |
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Services can stop /
re-started at any point in time as you require
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Request more details
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We found this article
from nzherald.co.nz that you might be interested
in: VIEW
At the Good Companion we find
time and time again that the elderly are at
times lonely and even a single weekly visit
of a couple of hours helps. A special outing,
social gardening or catching up over a cup of
tea is inexpensive to put in place and can make
a difference. At times we are contacted by family
and friends of a rest home resident who would
benefit by being visited by their own private
companion. As with other aspects of life, a
relatively insignificant action can assist in
achieving a larger positive outcome.
If you are looking to enhance
your life by making a difference in in someone
else's day, consider coming aboard The Good
Companion. Client assignments available on Auckland's
North Shore, Henderson and a number of Wellington
suburbs. If you are lucky enough to reside in
the Nelson-Marlborough region we would love
to connect with you. Access The Good Companion
website and register via the JOIN
tab.
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"Thank you so much for your
lovely message.
It is a very sad time for us now.
Losing such a beloved family member is a completely
integral part of life and nature ....but so hard to
bear all the same.
Kirsty has been an incredible support
for Dad. Such a wise, insightful and empathetic lady.
She has been such an important part of Dad’s quality
of life in the past few months - keeping up his spirits
and showing him how he can participate, create, communicate
and reflect in himself. I could see it has helped him
immeasurably to navigate his way around the cruel handicaps
that have been imposed on him by Alzheimer’s dementia.
I can’t believe how lucky we were to find her
and we have you to thank for that too, Jenny. You can
be proud of the work you do helping people out."
May 2021
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