People are unbelievably kind when they've seen how much something matters. Nina Fraser, Edenhall's clinical services manager, told me last week that it's a constant battle, moneywise. Cancer's still often unmentionable. Death remains, in every sense, the last taboo. And relatively small things often have to take low priority.
Specialist mattresses are a real problem right now.
Life instantly becomes nicer for them, and nursing time is freed up too. However much I worried, I never dreamt my beloved mum would need that kind of nursing time. But I'm indebted to those who provided it for her. The Edenhall fundraising office is on 020-7435 2572.