Milton
The hospice building has seven bedrooms for children and four rooms for families to use for overnight stays. There is a multi-sensory room, hydrotherapy pool, music room, play room, teenage room, sensory garden and specialist outdoor play equipment...
It is a non-clinical environment where staff don't wear uniforms and families are encouraged to treat the hospice as a home-from-home.
By Sara, Keir's mum...
"We were given the devastating news – our child had a life-limiting illness. Our first thought was of a white clinical building, much like a hospice we had seen depicted in popular television soap. The community nurse assured us that Milton was nothing like that, so we went and took a look.
"We found a place full of life: colourful rooms, friendly faces, lots of toys, a sensory room, playroom, hydrotherapy pool
and the living areas for families are like a hotel! Our other two children immediately got stuck in to the dressing up box. The hospice became a lifeline for us and a home from home. The staff were always friendly and nothing was too much trouble. Our son particularly loved the pool, where he could move his legs a little, the sensory room and music therapy, during which, through sheer determination of will, he achieved things deemed impossible in his condition."
Click on the star for the family information booklet 'Welcome to Milton Children's Hospice'...
For directions to the Milton Hospice, click here...
