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Renal Social Care
Practitioner - Jane Rozier (01223 400186)
The Patient Social Care Practitioner,
Jane Rozier, can give advice and guidance
to all renal patients, their carers and relatives. Jane can assist in applications for benefits, advocate
on a patient's behalf with appeals and hearings and
liaise with agencies such as social services, the
department of Work and Pensions and other local
government deparments.
Jane can also make
applications and referrals to various charities and care
agencies such as Addenbrookes Kidney Patients
Association, Kidney Care UK, Age UK
and Crossroads. She has extensive experience and
knowledge of the psycho/social and financial
difficulties that may be encountered by renal patients
and has access to various information networks and can
run benefit checks for patients.
Jane is based at
Addenbrookes dialysis unit and runs clinics at the three
satellite dialysis units each month (West Suffolk,
Hinchingbrooke and Kings Lynn) and is available to see
patients confidentially. If necessary Jane can carry
out home visits when patients are unable and have
difficulty in getting to any of the dialysis units.
When funding is not
available elsewhere AKPA can, on the recommendation of
the Social Care practitioner, consider financial
support. This may include help with heating, holidays,
the cost of hospital visiting and utility bills. All
requests are made via a patient financial support
application and are carefully considered in confidence
and on their own circumstances.
For more advice and support
on these and similar issues, please contact Jane Rozier directly on
01223 400186.
Renal Counsellors -
Geraldine Millar & Gill Chumley (01223 400186)
Kidney failure can be a
traumatic experience and professional counselling is
available for those who feel it would be beneficial.
This can be arranged by contacting the counsellor
directly or through the staff at the Dialysis Centre,
Satellite Units, wards and renal clinics.
Confidentiality will
be maintained whatever the route of contact.
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