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Nursing care equipment donated

Special nursing care equipment valued at $18,400 has been donated to a nursing home and a hospital in Woy Woy.

Central Coast Cancer & Palliative Care Fund Inc has donated the equipment to Woy Woy Community Aged Care Nursing Home and the hospital.

Two special purpose hydraulic lift beds and two reclining showers chairs have been purchased for the nursing home and three hover mattresses and a hydraulic bed have been purchased for the hospital.

The equipment is expected to enhance the care provided to those with cancer and other acute care needs.

Members of the Fund visited the two facilities to try out the new equipment themselves.

The Central Coast Cancer & Palliative Care Fund is a non-profit group which raises money to help Central Coast residents who suffer from cancer or have palliative care needs.

President Nicole O'Connor said the fund had helped establish the Cancer Care Centre at Gosford Hospital and the Hospice Palliative Care Foundation Day Care facility at Woy Woy.

Woy Woy Community Aged Care general manager Jennifer Eddy said that the fund had previously raised $6000 for the nursing home to purchase equipment, including a shower bath.

The home provides care and accommodation to 90 aged residents on a permanent basis.

"It is through the assistance of this dedicated group that we are able to provide this special equipment that makes day-to-day life for residents more comfortable," Mrs Eddy said.

Pictured are Fund president Nicole O'Conner, treasurer Dorothy MacCarthy, secretary Irene Jamison and publicity officer Kath Fletcher.

Press release, September 26