Nursing Insights
Sue Grace looks back after a year in post as Iain Rennie's Family Support Co-ordinator
I have lots of memories of working with many different people, but would like to tell you about our new venture - an emotional/social group for some of our bereaved clients. It was planned that the group would meet for about a year, with the idea that the participants would then perhaps move on and develop their own social events/circle.
It all started in September 2001 at Hazlemere when I teamed up with Daphne Vessey - known to many as one of the five original Iain Rennie nurses - to organise this. The first week saw me pacing up and down the room (kindly lent by a local church) quite convinced that no-one would turn up. When we still had no-one there after some twenty minutes I was wringing my hands!
It was Daphne who said that her worry was that people might still be wanting to come in two years. I privately thought she had taken leave of her senses and that I'd give anything for a couple of people to come for two consecutive sessions!
As always though, Daphne was right. Quite suddenly the place became a hive of activity and we could hardly keep up with the number of people who suddenly arrived, accompanied by various Iain Rennie team nurses! Never have I felt quite so relieved - or indeed made quite so many cups of tea all at once.
As I write this we are looking forward to our last meeting for 2001, when we plan sherry and mince pies. We are then to meet monthly in 2002 and already several members have ideas for some visits etc. out. If anybody would like to join us in the future please contact me at the Tring Office or Email sgrace@irhh.org.
