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Tamsin Thomas and Gina Starnes of Cornwall Hospice Care chat with guests about the many aspects of hospice care in Cornwall. This podcast began in January 2020 at what was the start of the anniversary of 40 years of hospice care in the county. Each episode features special guests from around our hospices, shops, fundraising teams, supporters and many more as we talk about things important to hospice care and how that is funded.Cornwall Hospice Care is a registered charity in the county of Cornwall in the UK, who run Mount Edgcumbe Hospice in St Austell and St Julia's Hospice in Hayle.
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Send us a text This episode marks a milestone in the Two Old Chough's history as it is the last podcast that features Gina as she is retiring. So in this episode we look back on Gina's time at the helm as Director of Clinical Services for Cornwall Hospice Care and feature a number of guests joining throughout the podcast to reflect on what Gina's leadership and support has meant to them. And of course, there's cake! Support the show
Send us a text The Two Old Chough presenters Gina and Tamsin are joined in this episode by Teresa Blenard from Walters & Barbary Solicitors to talk about all things related to Wills. It's something many of us think about but don't get around to. It's a fascinating episode where Teresa explains the issues surrounding what happens you die without a Will, and some of the implications of modern family life. She also shares with us why it's good to have a Will and the impor...
Send us a text In this episode, hosts Gina and Tamsin mark Hospice Care Week 2024 by listening to some of our hospice staff talking about their experiences and memories of when they made a day matter to a patient and their loved ones. There's visiting animals, days out, celebrations, bucket list events and candid conversations and reflecting on the little things that often make that moment really matter. Support the show
Send us a text In this episode of the Cornwall Hospice Care podcast, our Two Choughs Gina and Tamsin meet in the great outdoors for a slightly different podcast. Our hosts meet with Chris Starnes , who is walking the whole 620 miles of the South West Coast Path, raising money for Cornwall Hospice Care and Stride. Tamsin joins Chris walking from Par to Fowey to talk about the benefits of being out in nature, wellbeing and much more. Support the show
Send us a text In this podcast episode for Dying Matters Week 2024, hosts Gina and Tamsin are joined by Cornwall Hospice Care Senior Nurse Claire Collings and Social Prescriber covering the North Coast of Cornwall, Sarah Webber. We also hear from Zoe Watson, who talks about her experiences of her Mum's stay with us and how it allowed her the time to have those difficult conversations. They chat about the importance of talking about death and dying, before, during and after someone dies...
Send us a text In this episode about inclusivity and in particular how we improve awareness and therefore care for the LGBTQIA+ community, our hosts Tamsin and Gina are joined by Michael Thomas - Education Facilitator at Cornwall Hospice Care and George Kestell who experienced the care at Mount Edgcumbe Hospice when his partner Mark was admitted. Support the show
Send us a text In this episode, hosted by one of the Two Old Choughs Tamsin, she talks to our two bereavement counsellors, Ange Bunt and Marie Brooks along with Clare Bray from our Community Services team who also offer bereavement support initiatives. They discuss bereavement and offer their thoughts and ideas on dealing with grief and loss over Christmas and the New Year and features interviews with Becky and Darren who kindly agreed to share their experiences. Support the show
Send us a text It's been a while we know, but our Cornwall Hospice Care podcast is back with a bang and a heartwarming story of one family's quest for adventure whilst keeping in mind those charities that helped them through tough times. Meet the amazing Daddow family from Portreath - Ben, Leanda, Liam (11) and Sophia (9) - who took on a Land's End to John O'Groats cycle earlier this year (2023) over 75 days, meeting lots of incredibly generous people along the way and making lots of memorie...
Send us a text In Episode 20 host Tamsin reflects on her recent trek to the Arctic Circle for a Husky Sledding Trek, including a recording made at the end of the trek with some of her fellow participants including those fundraising for Strathcarron Hospice and The Highland Hospice, both in Scotland. The Two Old Choughs are also joined by Oli Hoare, Head of Fundraising at Cornwall Hospice Care who talks about what charity treks we offer, what drives people to do them and more. Support the show
Send us a text This episode our hosts Gina and Tamsin are joined by staff member Ally Hardman who explains her role overseeing the day to day running of our two hospices and explaining the different approach and ethos you will find in our hospices, compared to how acute hospitals approach care. Support the show
Send us a text This time our hosts Tamsin Thomas and Gina Starnes are joined by Lymphoedema Specialist Practitioner, Helen Treleaven and Lymphoedema patient, Sarah. We mark Lymphoedema Awareness Week 2022 with a chat with one of Cornwall Hospice Care's experts Helen highlighting how this debilitating condition can affect someone when not treated and the incredible difference it can make to the quality of life of those on their post-cancer journey. Patient Sarah has been having routine outpa...
Send us a text This episode see's just Chough Tamsin go it alone, having an in depth chat with three members of our Community Services Team - Clare Bray, Lollie Brewer and Tracey Davey. They discuss the services that they currently offer including The Listening Ear Service, Support for Carers, the Facebook Virtual Friendship Cafe and lots more. A considerable part of all of these ways of support is dealing with bereavement and grief, but there's also a lot of chat about mental health a...
Send us a text It's been a while since our last podcast, but hosts Gina Starnes and Tamsin Thomas are back with a new episode and are joined by a plethora of guests from around our charity - all of whom contributed to our recent online report "Our Resilience and Revival". The report charts the story of what has been the toughest period in our 40-year history as the Covid-19 pandemic changed everything. In this episode we talk to Claire Collings, Senior Staff Nurse at Mount Edgcumbe H...
Send us a text Episode 15 of our podcast is all about celebrating the amazing contribution that our volunteers give and hearing about what they get back from giving their time. Regular Chough host Tamsin flies solo this time, but is joined by volunteers Pauline, Sue and Annette along with Frazer Hopkins, our Head of Retail. Listen to why they decided to volunteer in the first place, why Cornwall Hospice Care and the benefits they get from being part of #TeamCHC. Support the show
Send us a text Released to coincide with Dying Matters Week 2021 this podcast episode features our hosts Gina Starnes and Tamsin Thomas in conversation with Gwendoline Treseder, one of our Occupational Therapists at Cornwall Hospice Care, talking about Advance Care Planning. We plan for a birth in a very detailed way, and we should consider doing the same for when we die - but these are often very tricky questions to ask and conversations to have. Support the show
Send us a text In this episode, which links in with the launch of the 2021 Open Gardens fundraising campaign, our hosts Gina Starnes and Tamsin Thomas chat to "The Cornish Gardener" George Kestell. George is a well known gardener and garden expert in Cornwall and can often be heard giving advice and answering questions on the local BBC radio station. He is also a keen supporter of Cornwall Hospice Care and specifically our Open Gardens scheme which has been a big success over recent ye...
Send us a text Hosts Tamsin and Gina, both from Cornish charity, Cornwall Hospice Care invite you to listen in and join them for another podcast episode. This time, they are joined by Medical Director for Cornwall Hospice Care, Dr Deborah Stevens, who looks back on 27 years working for our charity and the changes she has seen in palliative care in that time. We asked her the question; "What is palliative care?" - her reply? "Someone who travels beside you." Support the show
Send us a text Hosts Tamsin and Gina are joined for this podcast by our Patient & Family Support team of Ange Bunt and Marie Brooks to talk about what their roles involve and how they have the time to spend with patients and their loved ones at our hospices, coming to terms with terminal illness and bereavement. Support the show
Send us a text In another episode celebrating Hospice Care Week (5th - 11th October 2020), our theme for the week is "We have the time to...". Podcast hosts Gina and Tamsin are joined in this episode by Janet Barnie - Ward Clerk at our Mount Edgcumbe Hospice and, we think we can say, stalwart of the hospice movement in Cornwall. We take Janet back to the time when there were no hospices in Cornwall and her involvement in fundraising alongside our founding mother Enid Dalton-White to ge...
Send us a text Podcast hosts Gina and Tamsin are joined this episode by Senior Staff Nurse Elaine Potter. Elaine is based at our St Julia's Hospice in Hayle and we're thrilled to have her join us for this podcast. We're celebrating Hospice Care Week (5th to 11th October 2020) and our theme is "We have the time to.....". Listen in to hear more about Elaine and her passion for looking after patients and their loved ones, her career and how we not only look after our patients, but h...
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