Bereavement Support

Our support is extended to the families and the carers of loved ones who have died. Grieving is a natural response to the loss of someone close to you. The feelings and emotions you experience and the effect they have on you will be unique to you.

Our dedicated trained volunteer bereavement counsellors offer one-to-one counselling to help you explore your feelings and support you in finding your own resources to cope with this grief.

If you want us to help you through this difficult time please contact us at the hospice 01536 747755 (Mon-Fri 9-5pm). You will be contacted by one of our volunteer bereavement counsellors who will arrange an appointment that will suit you both.

There is no charge for this service and your confidential sessions will be held at the hospice in one of our quiet private rooms. Our counsellors are unfortunately unable to make home visits.  

For more on this service please follow the link provided.

Hospice at Home

Giving choice to patients

Our Hospice at Home Care service aims to provide you with overnight care when you are within the last four weeks of your life. The professional care you would receive from our nurses will enable you to stay at home to maintain the best quality of life and dignity.

This service started in August 2010 and now receives referrals from all five GP surgeries in Corby. Also, any Lakelands patient who has used our Day Services in the earlier stages of their illness, will also be able to have more intensive nursing care at their end of life. The service is available 365 days a year.

All Lakelands Hospice at Home Nursing staff:

• Are Registered Nurses with additional training in palliative care.
• Work in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) guidelines.
• Will provide support for you, your carer and family member’s throughout our intervention.
• Will always respect the personal property of patient’s and treat it with due care at all times.
• Maintain Lakelands Health and Safety Policies.
• Will undertake a risk assessment for every patient and will ensure records are maintained should an accident or incident occur

For a referral form and more information follow the link to the website

Living with COPD

Helping to control your condition

The Living with COPD Programme is a 16-week programme in which you will receive a wide range of information to help support you in living with your condition.

Our aim is to provide support and guidance to you and your carers in order for you to gain a better understanding and control over your heart condition. This will include understanding how the heart functions and the role of the kidneys.

Our objectives

• to provide you, your family and carers with education, advice and support in order for you to become more actively involved with the management and monitoring of your condition.
• to enhance quality of life for COPD patients by ensuring you receive an individualized patient management plan. This will enable you to play a more active role in the management of your care.
• to closely monitor patients to identify potential occurrences of a crisis and act accordingly.
• to reduce incidents of unnecessary emergency admissions to hospital and minimizing inappropriate interventions which may impact on your quality of life.
• to promote effective communication between all the members of the multidisciplinary team involved in your care pathway.
• to develop and improve palliative care services within the community where appropriate.
• to implement advanced care planning initiatives including preferred place of care and death.

Living with Heart Failure

Helping to control your condition

The Living With Heart Failure Programme is a 16-week programme in which you will receive a wide range of information to help support you in living with your condition.

Our aim is to provide support and guidance to you and your carers in order for you to gain a better understanding and control over your heart condition. This will include understanding how the heart functions and the role of the kidneys.

Our objectives

• to provide you, your family and carers with education, advice and support in order for you to become more actively involved with the management and monitoring of your condition.
• to enhance quality of life for heart failure patients by ensuring you receive an individualized patient management plan. This will enable you to play a more active role in the management of your care.
• to closely monitor patients to identify potential occurrences of a crisis and act accordingly.
• to reduce incidents of unnecessary emergency admissions to hospital and minimizing inappropriate interventions which may impact on your quality of life.
• to promote effective communication between all the members of the multidisciplinary team involved in your care pathway.
• to develop and improve palliative care services within the community where appropriate.
• to implement advanced care planning initiatives including preferred place of care and death.

Services

“Living with COPD” programme

“Living with Heart Failure” programme

Support for patients with Neurological conditions such as M.S. and MND

Cancer patients support

Supporting patients with Other Life Limiting Illnesses

Bereavement Service

Hospice at Home (night-time care)

Your guide

If you would like to be referred to our Day Care Hospice or you are the carer or a family member of someone who you would like to refer on their behalf, then please either download our services from the website link or give us a call (01536) 747755 Mon-Fri 9-5pm. We look forward to hearing from you.

If you are looking to be referred to us for the Living with Heart Failure programme, for our Hospice at Home service or our Bereavement Support service then please speak with your GP or District Nurse as you can only be referred to us for these services via a medical professional.

Medical Professionals

If you are a medical professional and you wish to refer a patient to Lakelands Hospice then please either call us on (01536) 747755 Mon-Fri 9-5pm, send a fax on (01536) 747788 or download the appropriate referral form from the link.

Lakelands Hospice

• to provide a centre for the relief of pain and distress, whether physical, emotional, psychological, spiritual or social
• to create a welcoming and compassionate environment for people diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, their families and carers
• to provide holistic care to enhance quality of life, including effective symptom control and social and emotional support, enabling the person to live life as fully as possible
• to treat each individual with dignity, respect, understanding and acceptance
• to establish a resource centre for education and training, for professionals, families and carers and other support agencies involved in providing palliative care
• to provide development training and support for staff and volunteers to ensure a skilled and expert team that is enthusiastic about its role
• to work in partnership with Primary Care Trusts, General Practioners and other providers in the development of comprehensive palliative care services
• to work with Northamptonshire Provider Services in accordance with the information sharing agreement signed by both parties
• to monitor and evaluate our services and implement development programmes where appropriate
• to accept referrals from District Nurses when a patient is felt to be within the last four weeks of life
• to provide skilled nursing care to patients in their home
• to provide consecutive care every night including weekends and bank holidays (where possible) until the patient dies or care is no longer required
• to provide support and bereavement follow-up to families, carers and friends
• to secure the financial resources to run and develop the service we provide
• to ensure cost-effective use of resources

Made with many is a community-led arts programme which produces events and activities designed to surprise, delight and inspire local people. The programme aims to inspire more local Corby people than ever before to take the lead in experiencing, creating and taking part in high quality arts and cultural activities. Through conversations with local people and community decision-making panels, Made In Corby puts the community at the heart of commissioning artists and producing new and exciting events.

More than just a headache

Migraine is a complex neurological condition, which can affect the whole body and can result in many symptoms, sometimes without a headache at all.  Migraine can be easily overlooked or mistaken for other conditions and can affect people in many different ways.

Symptoms can include: visual disturbances (flashing lights, blind spots in the vision, zig zag patterns and many more), nausea, vomiting, debilitating head pain, pins and needles, numbness in the limbs and even paralysis. To find out more about symptoms please visit our website.

NHS 111 SERVICE

111 is the NHS non-emergency number. It’s fast, easy and free. Call 111 and speak to a highly trained adviser, supported by healthcare professionals. They will ask you a series of questions to assess your symptoms and immediately direct you to the best medical care for you.

NHS 111 is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Calls are free from landlines and mobile phones.

Northamptonshire Age UK is a local, independant and voluntary organisation which serves the needs of older people and part of the national family, serving the needs of older people.

They offer services such as home care, lifetime centres, hospital aftercare, handy person, shopping, carers services and more.

Their aim is to offer a comprehensive support service to the unpaid carers of Northamptonshire. They recognise their contribution to society and will edeavour to empower. Carers in improving their quality of life.