Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

(SHAMELESS PLUG for my Mum's recently-published book!)
Is death funny?
No, of course not - but humour still matters and is very much alive and well in end-of-life care, particularly in an amazing hospice...
"Take Care to Laugh" is a recently published book written by Jennifer Taylor, based on her 20 years' experience working at St. Christopher's Hospice, London. The stories and anecdotes were collected over the years, and with the encouragement of Dame Cicely Saunders (the founder of modern hospice care), have been brought together in this book to help spread the word that the end-of-life care offered helps people to live, love & laugh in UK hospices.
Available in paperback and Kindle eBook via www.takecaretolaugh.com
A percentage of profits are being donated to hospices, helping them to continue to deliver outstanding care - so please share this post and help spread the word about hospice care!

A small extract:-
"A nurse was behind the curtain in a four-bedded male bay while there were several visitors at the other three bedsides. She was following procedure by starting to explain to a very deaf patient called Dafydd how she was about to carry out a safe and efficient turning strategy as he lay flat in the bed. This was with the intention of making him much more comfortable.
“Dai...! Dai...!” (the diminutive form of his Welsh name) were her opening words. They echoed loudly across the room.
Only on leaving the cubicle with her mission successfully accomplished did she witness the barely disguised shock on the stunned visitors’ faces. Fortunately, sensitive explanation and reassurance was all that was needed... and all mercifully saw the funny side.
[Dai would tell me later that he had always endured being the butt of jokes about his name; but that this incident was the funniest of all and with the bonus of featuring in ‘the funny book’ would for ever remain top of his list!]
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