Meet our nurses

I spent at least six years looking after Mum. If it wasn’t for the Marie Curie Healthcare Assistants, I don’t think I’d have coped at all.

End of life care is important because people deserve dignity. They deserve to spend their final moments as they did when they were full of life.

After two years in and out of hospital for treatments, all my husband wanted was to spend the time he had left at home as a family.

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Jenna is a Marie Curie Clinical Nurse Specialist. She’s based at the Marie Cure Hospice, West Midlands, but spends her time in people's homes.

When my husband Phil died, I asked the coroner a really strange question: “What did he die of?”

My grandad, Colin, was looked after by Marie Curie. When Marie Curie was there, it was like all the stress and the worry were gone.

It’s so rewarding when we visit patients and we manage to put a smile on their faces.

The Marie Curie Nurses were so caring. They understood it’s not only the person with the terminal illness that’s affected, it’s the whole family.