00:00 Yeah, and I think that sometimes the stigma is it's just you look after somebody who's
00:05 passing but it's not about that, it's about the family and I didn't know what to say,
00:11 I didn't know what to do. My wife is a healthcare support worker in Heath Hospital and looks
00:18 after people but we both needed somebody to go, this is what we need to do next. And that's
00:23 great and I think whatever training Marie Curie gives to those nurses, it's first class
00:28 because they be how you want them to be without you even telling them how you want them to
00:34 be.
00:35 Marie Curie looks after anyone in need. Their end of life care helps thousands of people
00:39 every year. Actress Suzanne Packer, known for her work on Casualty and Hobby City, said
00:44 the care her father received for cancer and the support her mother received during the
00:47 time has left her a lifetime supporter of the charity.
00:51 Well, I absolutely adore the work of Marie Curie. I have particular personal experience
00:58 since my father died and he died at home but the wonderful care of the Marie Curie nurses
01:05 who came to my mother's house and it was quite interesting because I observed them for the
01:10 first time and I always had an appreciation of Marie Curie nurses but I really appreciated
01:16 what they did and it was quite interesting how they were as much a comfort for my mum
01:22 who was caring for my dad while my dad was dying.
01:25 It's hard to know what people need when they're in difficult times but Neil says the nurses
01:29 at Marie Curie know exactly what to say and how to help people, even when they don't know
01:34 what they need themselves.
01:35 The nurses were just incredible. They have this knack of knowing what to say and how
01:36 to be and that was the first moment where I've experienced a loved one being cared
01:37 for in their last days but also being spoken to as if they were still alive and that was
01:38 just incredible.
01:39 So the language, the way the nurses behave is just phenomenal.
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