Trinity Hospice is a purpose-built hospice on Low Moor Road (formerly Low Moor Lane) in Greenlands,
Bispham,
Blackpool
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Lancashire
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, England.
It is set in landscaped gardens and it has a central courtyard.
It was opened in 1985 after several years of planning and fund raising led by Dr David Cooper. Built on a former horse paddock and marsh land and stream. It has grown from the original in-patient unit to include a day-patient unit, a children's unit, a study centre and a community care centre.
All of the hospice's patient areas are on the ground floor.
The Hospice includes two wards for the in-patient
palliative care
Palliative care (from Latin root "to cloak") is an interdisciplinary medical care-giving approach aimed at optimizing quality of life and mitigating or reducing suffering among people with serious, complex, and often terminal illnesses. Man ...
of 28 adults in three or four bedded bays and single rooms.
It also includes Brian House which is a separate unit for the in-patient palliative care of five children in single rooms.
There are also 24 day-patient places.
References
External links
Official website*
Hospices in England
Buildings and structures in Blackpool
Charities based in Lancashire
Health in Lancashire
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