Located in the former Lambert Memorial Hospital building in Thirsk, Herriot Hospice Homecare’s Herriot Hospice@The Lambert is now providing bereavement support and is the base for the charity’s expanding hospice at home service.
The 132-year-old building is awaiting final regulatory authorisation before it can offer its full range of hospice services.
This will include a six-bedroom inpatient unit and various outpatient services, such as the hospice’s wellbeing service.
Trust fundraiser, Gerri Griffiths, said: “Now we will also be able to deliver palliative and end-of-life care in a residential setting to local families in Thirsk, which will be an enormous help to many patients and their families.”
The facility has been equipped with specialist equipment, including syringe drivers, thanks to a £500 grant from Broadacres.
Ms Griffiths added: “Syringe drivers are essential as they allow pain relief and medication to be administered to those who cannot swallow or have cognitive impairment.
“We always look to make the patient as comfortable as possible, and the drivers ensure medication can be administered without having to disturb someone who is resting or asleep.”
The Broadacres Community Development Fund supports local organisations, groups, and projects in areas where Broadacres has homes.
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All grants are approved by the association’s own residents.
To apply to the fund, visit the Broadacres website.
For more information about Herriot Hospice Homecare and the new facility, visit the hospice’s website.