- 🎁 18 gifts and cards delivered to elderly patients on hospital discharge
- 👩👩👧 18 patients supported
- 💡 Gifts delivered alongside food parcels to ease the transition home
In the week before Christmas, Maundy Relief were contacted by their local hospital. An elderly lady, Elsie, was being discharged back to her home where she lived alone. The hospital team asked if a food parcel could be delivered – she had been in hospital for several weeks and had no one who could shop for her.
Maundy Relief put together a substantial food parcel with plenty of extra Christmas goodies. Using funds from Good Gifts, they also made up a gift basket of special toiletries, warm gloves, a scarf and hat, a fluffy blanket, and more festive treats.
They timed their arrival to coincide with Elsie’s return home. She was deeply grateful – and told them it made a huge difference to her homecoming, which she had been very apprehensive about.
Maundy Relief have kept in touch with Elsie. She is doing well and steadily regaining her strength and independence.
“You’ve cheered me up no end – I wasn’t looking forward to going home but I feel much brighter now. You are all marvellous!”
— Elsie, 85, Accrington, Lancashire
Discharge from hospital can be an anxious and lonely time for elderly patients. By connecting with older residents through a thoughtful gift, Maundy Relief is able to ease some of that anxiety, improve mental wellbeing, and support recovery during a vulnerable period.
Your thoughtful and loving gift to elderly patients brings connection and hope to older people at a very vulnerable and lonely time.
This gift was delivered in partnership with Maundy Relief, which offers practical help and emotional support to neighbours in a very deprived part of Lancashire.