TERMINAL CARE AND BEREAVEMENT

Terminal Care

• St. Theresa's Hospice in Woodland's Road Darlington. Site currently (20/4/03) being redesigned.

• Macmillan Cancer Relief A charity providing expert help and advice in the relief cancer symptoms and the care of Cancer patients. Many will have heard of the specialist Macmillan nurses who work in this field.

Bereavement

Hospices - links above - are a very useful source of information and practical help and they are not going to turn you away just because you didn't need their services in the deceased person's lifetime.

Also:

• Cruse is the well respected national network of self-help groups which has a branch in Darlington and where you are most likely to find someone who has the insight into your situation which only those who have had a similar experience themselves can truly have and where, as your hurt begins to heal, you may yourself be a source of comfort to others.
• Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society (SANDS)  provides support for those who suffer the tragedy of losing a child before birth or in the early weeks of life.  

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