Demystifying Death Week at Borders Hospital

Demystifying Death Week at Borders Hospital

Organised by NHS Borders Bereavement Coordinator

4-10 May

These activities will take place in the Margaret Kerr Unit at Borders Hospital, and in Galashiels

These events are open to the public.

The Bereavement team at the Margaret Kerr Unit at Borders Hospital will be running a range of activities for staff and for the public as part of Demystifying Death Week. 

For the public, there will be some arts and crafts sessions - pebble painting and tile making, with a focus on discussions around death, dying and bereavement. The team will also be running a music-based activity, traditional ceilidh style with poetry, stories and song. The team will also be running the Powers, Puzzles and Prescience escape room at a venue in Galashiels.

For staff, one of the unit’s medics will be doing a grand round talk to other hospital staff, and the Occupational Therapist is going to prepare a spotlight on her role in palliative care.

There will be an information stand in the hospital foyer staffed by a representative from Scottish Grief Cafes and Annabel Howell from Children’s Hospices Across Scotland.