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IN the last year, Creswick palliative care charity Shannon\u2019s Bridge has redistributed just over five hundred thousand dollars\u2019 worth of equipment to patients in need.<\/p>\n

General manager and director, Jeremy McKnight said his organisation\u2019s service provision has boomed in 2020, especially in the pandemic climate.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a challenging time, but what we do has gone through the roof,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSupplying equipment went ballistic. Some people can\u2019t be released from hospital without a piece of equipment coming home; a wheelchair, a hospital bed. Normally, that can take days, weeks and months, but that time was being stretched even further.<\/p>\n

\u201cWorking with so many aged care facilities and hospitals, we receive equipment, check it, clean it, and give it out to whoever needs it. The mainstays are wheelchairs, four-wheel walkers, shower and bath chairs, commodes, hoists and hoist swings.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the harshest lockdown period, Shannon\u2019s Bridge received 120 donated hospital beds in one go, which were redistributed across Victoria. Some went overseas with the assistance of Rotary and Lions clubs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe area we\u2019re working in has expanded. Other organisations are calling to ask if we need more equipment. We\u2019re getting calls almost daily from people and services across Australia requesting equipment they need.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn some countries, because of COVID, people were being helped health-wise by lying on the beach or the ground because there were no hospital services, so we sent some overseas,\u201d Mr McKnight said.<\/p>\n

Not only has Shannon\u2019s Bridge sent equipment off, they\u2019ve continued to send their staff, including director, Dr Claire Hepper and volunteers out to patients where possible, and offer varying support to those in the palliative care community.<\/p>\n

Mr McKnight said end-of-life care can be a lonely experience for some, but add in COVID-19 restrictions, and it\u2019s tougher than ever.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve just had to rethink things. We did a lot of online stuff; art and music therapy. We\u2019ve been calling people to say g\u2019day, because palliative care isolates you anyway, outside of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cWorking within the COVID boundaries, Claire, myself and volunteers have seen people where we could, and Zoom video got a hammering,\u201d Mr McKnight said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of our volunteers were in a high-risk age bracket and self-isolating, so we had less people available there, but others have stepped up too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shannon\u2019s Bridge links terminally ill patients with palliative care services. Where gaps exist, they build new supports and hope to change community perspectives on dying and death, increasing compassion.<\/p>\n

At their End of Life Care Hub in Creswick, they are in need of additional storage.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re literally running out of space. We are trying to find people who might have a two metre by two metre space, like a shed, who would be happy to store equipment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what we\u2019re looking for at the moment,\u201d Mr McKnight said, \u201cBecause we\u2019ve got a lot more offers for equipment which we don\u2019t want to turn down.\u201d<\/p>\n

A community-led sensory garden is in development at the back of the Care Hub, to service current and former Shannon\u2019s Bridge clients needing emotional support, and a safe, pleasant, non-medical escape… If only for a moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re always looking for the public\u2019s input, and anything they may have that would be good in the garden,\u201d Mr McKnight said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had a wind sculpture, chairs, and a fountain donated. Lots of it, like a labyrinth that\u2019s been made, is in memory of someone, which is really cool.\u201d<\/p>\n

Visit shannonsbridge.com<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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