Douglas House
Sister Frances went on to found Douglas House, a "respice" for people between 16 and 40 with life-shortening conditions, which was opened by HM The Queen in 2004 and which is built in the same grounds as Helen House. Both houses offer respite care, accompanied by members of the family if they so choose, end-of-life care, and family support from the time of referral for as many years after the death of the young person as the family may wish. Sister Frances is author of a book entitled Just My Reflection . . helping families to do things their way when their child dies first published in 1997.
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