http://caringspain.com The Caring Together asociation Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:45:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We are back again! All the previous content has been uploaded again and more is being added.  Please take a moment to explore our new website. The website validates XHTML That means that all of our website has been built up with W3C accessibility priorities as a requirement. Of course the ... http://caringspain.com/archives/3 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..... http://caringspain.com/archives/8 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 on our behalf in the Torrevieja area. You may contact them on 96 676 1944 to offer your help. http://caringspain.com/archives/9 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 ... http://caringspain.com/archives/11 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 ... http://caringspain.com/archives/12 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 ... http://caringspain.com/archives/10 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 ... http://caringspain.com/archives/13 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 ... http://caringspain.com/archives/14 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 ... http://caringspain.com/archives/15 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 ... http://caringspain.com/archives/16