Moments that Matter: Pamela on her treatment at Little Hulton
Pamela Wolth was an inpatient at our Little Hulton facility to help manage her COPD
Rachel Bridge and Aimee Atkinson, Rehab Team at Moya Cole Hospice
Pamela Wolth, an inpatient at our Little Hulton hospice, has credited Moya Cole Hospice with granting her a new lease of life before she returns home.
Pamela, who lives with COPD, says she was in a bad way before being admitted to the hospice. Due to her condition, she struggled walking and managing her breath; her life often revolved around being in bed, and she lost the will to live her life.
“Before I came here, I was 4 and a half stone,” Pamela said. “My life consisted of getting up in the morning and going downstairs, which I could do because I have a stair lift. But from there to make a cup of tea or anything like that took about five minutes. I didn’t have a life.”
Pamela said she had never heard of Moya Cole Hospice before being referred to the hospice in Little Hulton but felt that people come to hospices only to die, as it was what she had been told.
It was suggested that I come here. You hear that magic word, ‘hospice’, and it’s panic stations. I initially said no but when it was explained what they were going to do for me, I agreed Pamela Wolth, Moya Cole Hospice Inpatient
Never did Pamela think that she would progress the way she has. She is now able to walk a full lap around the hospice without the need of her chair.
“I couldn’t get out of bed or stand without virtually falling from a shake before I came here. I’m amazed with what they’ve done with me.”
The rehabilitation team at Moya Cole Hospice worked with Pamela to gain some of her strength back, holding daily walking sessions where she went from walking a few steps to her lap around the hospice.
“I’m walking now, I’m able to dress myself, take care of myself. They’ve taught me to manage my breath. I thought that the life I was living at home was the life that I’d got.
“I’ve been here for four weeks, and the level of transformation is beyond anything I could have ever expected.
“The care has been phenomenal from every member of staff. I’m talking volunteers, cleaners, cooks. The level of care you get off all of them is amazing.”
Pamela is being discharged from the hospice tomorrow, Wednesday and she says she will miss the people in the hospice.
“They’re all like friends now. I would travel any distance to come back here if I was poorly again,” she said.