A daughter has urged people to donate to a care facility that gave her mother a 'peaceful sanctuary' in her final months. Colette Farley, from Long Eaton, has asked for people to help fund a raft of changes to Hayward House at Nottingham City Hospital, which cared for her mother Angela Farley, 94, before she died on November 19.
Patients with advanced and terminal illnesses are cared for at Hayward House by a specialist team of doctors, nurses and therapists. And on March 30, Nottingham Hospitals Charity launched a £1.5 million appeal to fund enhancements to the centre's garden area for patients and their families, improve the look of its main entrance, and expand palliative research and training.
Ms Farley, who works for a pharmaceuticals company, said that the centre provided a "peaceful sanctuary" for her mother and was the one place she felt comfortable leaving her. "My mum developed pulmonary fibrosis as a result of catching TB after the war. When she came here in May I was concerned she wouldn't get to her next birthday, but she picked up because of the amazing care and made her 94th birthday," she said.
