Rob's Story

“My mum was first diagnosed [with cancer] in 2018. She was sent to England for treatment for a month, and eventually the cancer went away. But four years later, it came back even stronger.

Then she got referred to this lovely place – the Hospice.

A little background on my mum – she suffered from anxiety and depression all her life. It’s tough seeing your mum every single day in tears. Coming here, I saw a different side to her. She was happier, she felt like she got control of her whole life again. To see her smile and talk to the nurses – even make jokes – I hadn’t seen her that happy in a very long time. If the staff were to walk past me right now, I’d treat them as family because they’re the reason why my mum was in the best way she could have been.

Hospice isn’t a place where people go to die… I think it’s where individuals find peace – like myself, like my mother, my family… Knowing that she’s in safe hands. Until you step through the doors, and how people welcome you, how bright it is – and just how supportive people are… I think that changes the whole idea of what you think Hospice is like. The moment I stepped in there I thought, “wow”. I called this place home for a whole week.

There was no better place she could have gone to.”