Hertfordshire care home Signature at Bentley House has donated £1,162 to support a hospice’s work providing nursing support in people’s own homes. 

The donation is part of an ongoing partnership between Bentley House and Isabel Hospice, a Welwyn Garden City charity providing specialist palliative and end-of-life care to people across eastern Hertfordshire. Isabel Hospice provides specialist nursing care to Bentley House residents and is training care home team members on end-of-life nursing care. 

The money donated by the care home is enough to cover the cost of a week’s worth of two-hour visits from Isabel Hospice’s Hospice at Home team, which offers advice on symptom control and specialist practical nursing care to people in their own homes, or usual place of residence.  

 Cassie Hinton, client liaison manager at Signature at Bentley House, said: “While we have previously provided donations to the hospice’s golf days and “Lights of Love” service, we were keen to provide this additional support as part of their fundraising objectives.  

“Their nursing team have supported our residents in need of hospice care, and we are hopeful we can further extend our work together by assisting the hospice should they need to move people they support into a care home setting.”  

 Donna Barton, Isabel’s community, corporate and events fundraising manager, said: “At Isabel Hospice, we passionately believe that every person nearing the end of their life deserves the skilled, compassionate care and support that the hospice is able to provide.  

“We are therefore incredibly grateful to our friends at Bentley House for this generous donation, which will ensure those who rely on us can access our free services whenever and wherever they need them, whether that’s at our Inpatient Unit, in people’s own homes, or in a care home setting.”