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Admin on April 14th 2007 in Website stuff
From Asociación Caring Together (The Hospice-inspired Charity working in the Alicante Province of the Valencian Community in Spain).
Let’s begin with a declaration in Spanish & English by the Spanish National Association of Students of Nursing, made at their conference in Valencia in November 2006. Here it is…..
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Admin on February 3rd 2007 in Press releases
Caring Together acknowledges with thanks the cash flow resulting from the efforts of Steve & Thea Butler and their friends, who empty collection boxes and run market stalls and organize enents on our behalf in the Torrevieja area. You may contact them on 96 676 1944 to offer your help.
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corachan on January 24th 2007 in Press releases
Caring Together - Defying the odds.
Promoting and providing hospice-type care since 1996
by Henry Lock.
I write on the day on which there have been two items of good news from the USA.
Two men have been declared symptom-free of melanoma 4 (skin cancer at its worst) after two years of treatment with genetic modifications of their own immune cells. A red letter day for both for them and for genetic modification in general.
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Admin on September 3rd 2006 in Press releases
Darts night raises 300 euros.
The end-of-season darts night at bar amarillo raised over 300 euros for asociación caring together.
British bar owners Gareth & Andrea, members of the Costa Blanca Fun Darts Club (which includes 7 other bars) held their final darts night of the season on Tuesday 25 April at Bar Amarillo, Urb EuroPark (”Sainvi”) in Villajoyosa. First prize went to holidaymaker Andy. Colin from the Jet Set Bar in Venta Lanuza came second. The 3rd Prize was won by Rob from Bar Najarro in Campello.
Many supporters donated raffle prizes and as a result more than 300 Euros has been donated to Asociación Caring Together, which has been promoting and providing Hospice-type services in the Valencian Community since 1996.
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corachan on May 1st 2006 in Press releases
For caring together cooperation is the key !
We are delighted to report increased collaboration between Caring Together, the Spanish Public Health Service and other organizations.
To give you an example: Mr. X is 80 years old and in the later stages of an illness which involves cancer of the prostate which has led to growths in other organs such as his liver, kidneys and bladder. After a period in hospital he has been sent home with no prospect of a cure. Unfortunately Mrs X is 82, frail, and in no condition to attempt the care of her husband on her own.
The pain from such invasions of formerly healthy organs can be incredible. Mr. X needs not only nursing but also medical supervision as the disease progresses. Good as they are, our nurses are not permitted to decide the changing level of medication which alone will help to make the last days of the illness bearable.
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Admin on April 29th 2006 in Press releases
A contribution from Caring Together. (Issued 5 March 2006)
In a country such as Spain, where as a result of advances in medicine there has been a considerable increase in the expectation of life, there has been a consequent increase in the number of people with chronic and incurable diseases.
This, along with social, cultural and economic change, has profoundly affected family structure and, as a result, the role of the family in the care of sick people is also in process of change.
Among those whose illnesses are most advanced, or terminal, chronic illnesses have many distressing aspects. They generate pain, both physical and emotional, in around 70% of cases , according to a group of Spanish doctors who published a report on medical attention at the end of life as long ago as 2002.
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Admin on March 5th 2006 in Press releases
President Henry Lock has been giving some thought to three controversial topics -
Euthanasia, assisted suicide & living wills in spain!
Issued 26 February 2006
Recently I was foolhardy enough to commit myself to two topics which are often mentioned as if they were good ideas - EUTHANASIA and ASSISTED SUICIDE. This led me on to look at LIVING WILLS ! Being neither a Professor of Spanish Law, nor a medical expert, I invite readers to write to me if they think I have missed the mark.
We can sum up the situation in regard to the first two items in a single sentence: euthanasia is not lawful in Spain, and assisted suicide has not been formally approved by the Establishment either ! It is true to say, though, that they are matters of active debate in Spain as they are elsewhere in Europe.
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Admin on February 26th 2006 in Press releases
Attention all doctors:
The key to better terminal care is taking time to listen to the patient!
(issued 14 feb 2006)
Recent studies at the University of Toronto have shown that a quarter of terminal patients felt their care could have been better.
But their impressions improved after a doctor spent time talking to them - according to a BBC NEWS report in 2004..
What’s more, UK Macmillan Cancer Relief commented that better training and suupport was needed to help NHS staff care for the terminally ill.
Patients and families identified need for better control of pain and of shortness of breath, better access to physicians and medical information, more help with the activities of daily living - and shorter waits for nursing care.
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Admin on February 14th 2006 in Press releases
Asociación Caring Together. ( RPA 5377).
Promoting and providing Hospice-type services in Alicante Province for 10 years. If you need help with end-of-life care (any type of illness) please phone 619216270.
Members of Caring Together who have watched the compassion, the skill & experience of those who worked to save the dying whale in the River Thames, UK, last week have taken heart to note the reserves of these qualities that are never far from the surface of people’s minds!
The services of our Association are offered to patients and their carers in the Valencian Community when they are “On the Beach”, as it were, with the patient near the end of life.
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corachan on January 22nd 2006 in Press releases