A Patient and Carer Guide to our Day Care Centre.
Introduction
Lewis-Manning House is an independent charity, which provides three core services, Day Care, Lymphoedema Clinic, and Breathlessness Clinic.
Our Day Care service aims to help support adults living with cancer and other life threatening illnesses in cooperation with the wider multidisciplinary team involved in your care. Day Care operates from Monday to Friday, from l oam to 4pm and most patients attend one day a week.
We are a nurse-led unit; there are no doctors on site. However, we maintain strong links with the medical, nursing, and other professional teams involved in your care. Your GP will receive a letter from us once you have been accepted for day care, with a copy sent to your consultant(s) and your district nurse.
A brief description of the services provided.
- Advice and support regarding relief from pain and other symptoms causing distress. (This advice and support reflects published research evidence and guidance issued by appropriate professional and expert bodies.)
- Emotional support.
- Help to maintain your independence with the use of physiotherapy
- Practical support including bathing facilities for those who cannot bath at home, general nursing care, and hairdressing.
- Meeting other people in similar circumstances.
- The chance to be involved in creative activities.
- A choice of menu for lunch.
- Aromatherapy massage
- Giving your carers a day off.
A brief description of the facilities provided
- Spacious day room with views over the grounds to the sea
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Four toilets and two baths with facilities for the disabled
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Bedded room for patients to rest in private should they so choose
- Combined physiotherapy and aromatherapy room with plinth
- Large variety of arts equipment
- Computer
- Appropriate medical equipment Electric recliner chairs
- Access to large garden with views over the Harbour to the Purbecks
Our experienced day care team includes specialist nursing staff, physiotherapists, health care assistants, aromatherapists, an arts therapist, and a chef providing an excellent lunch. They are supported by trained volunteers, including drivers, homemakers, and receptionists. We can arrange for our chaplain to see you if you wish.
How often can I come?
Normally you visit the centre once a week. However, this is flexible according to you and your carer's needs
Transport?
If you are unable to make you own way to the centre, we can arrange for a volunteer driver to collect you from and return you to your home. If we consider you require the ambulance service to enable you to attend the centre, then this can normally be arranged.
Do I have to pay?
No. There is no charge to you for any of the services provided by Lewis-Manning House. Poole PCT does make a contribution towards the running costs of the centre, but the majority of funding is raised by voluntary donations, fundraising events, and legacies.
How do I arrange to come?
Talk to your any of the health care professionals involved in your care and they will arrange for a referral for you. When we receive the referral, a nurse from the centre will arrange to visit you and your family at home and assess your needs.
For how long can I attend Lewis-Manning day care?
Every three months at Lewis-Manning House you and your named nurse will carry out an assessment to check that the day care service continues to meet your needs. We do discharge patients from day care if for example the patient feels they have gained enough support, or if their condition has improved to the extent that day care is no longer appropriate. The discharge is planned well in advance with the complete involvement of the patient and their carer.
Further information.
Lewis-Manning House day care provides a service for you. Therefore you have every right to know how the organisation is managed, and how you can gain access to information and make comments and suggestions about our organisation. We have a "Statement of Purpose" available for anyone to see, please ask a member of the clinical staff . You will be given a more comprehensive "Patient's Guide" to Lewis-Manning House once you have started attending day care and you are welcome to ask the clinical staff any questions you may have concerning this guide.
How do I find out more?
Speak to a nurse or Doctor involved in your care if you would like to know more information or if you would like to be referred to us if you feel you might benefit from day care. You may be able to attend day care if you live in the following areas:
Poole
Purbeck
East Dorset
Bournemouth - West of the Pier.
If you would like to know more about our services please contact us.
Lewis-Manning House
1 Crichel Mount Road
Lilliput
Poole
BH14 8LT
Telephone 01202 708470
Fax 01202 701890
Email: enquiries@lewis-manning.co.uk
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