French fundraisers fund geriatric wards
A nationwide fundraising campaign aimed at improving the lives of elderly hospital patients collected ?1,750 million last year, beating the 2005 total by more than 17%.
Cash raised by the campaign, called ‘Operation + de Vie’, will help to fund 363 projects in geriatric wards throughout France. These are implemented with the help of the medical teams concerned and include developing activities for patients, helping to relieve their pain and improving reception facilities for visiting families.
Other projects include buying equipment to provide a hairdressing and beauty salon, supplying special anti-bedsore mattresses, and buying a projector and films for long-stay patients.
* European Hospital will feature the potential value of employing a professional fund raising manager to augment investment funds in hospitals. Read about our special managers symposium, to be held at the ECR this March. ECR supplement (centre pull out). Pages 12–13. Also, go to our website: www.european-hospital.com
This article was published on 03/08/2007
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