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Sweet Louise
Background
From November 2006, Sweet Louise (the public face of the Louise Perkin
s Foundation), has co-ordinated and funded the provision of a range of services shown by research to assist women to live with their disease in a positive way. It fills a gap in the current provision of services, and complements, but by no means replaces, the great clinical care and medical treatment that patients receive from their doctors and nurses and other organisations that offer support. Sweet Louise also provides information, access to research, and advice to assist women and their families with the many issues they must face to lead a positive life with their disease.
What we are doing
One of the first things that the Foundation did was to raise money to acquire and install over 30 works of fine art and poetry in Ward 64, the oncology ward, at Auckland City Hospital. It is part of the work that the Foundation does through Sweet Louise to improve the quality of life for those who live with breast cancer. Research indicates that in addition to high quality conventional medical care there are many other strategies that can help women with breast cancer to lead more positive lives. Sweet Louise provides information about these strategies on its website, and in its brochure, and currently allows women with secondary breast cancer who live in the Auckland region, to experience some of these services free of charge. We’ve divided the services into three categories – mind, body and helpers. The services are available at no charge to women with secondary breast cancer through our voucher system. We plan to add more services to the list and to expand to other regions within New Zealand as resources permit.
| Sweet Louise Mind | Sweet Louise Body | Sweet Louise Helpers |
| Art Therapy | Aromatherapy | Childcare |
| Counselling | Nutrition | Handyman services |
| Positive Mind Techniques | Exercise | Home cleaning |
| Spirituality | Haircuts and wig styling | Lawns and gardens |
| Looking great | Personal home care | |
| Lymphoedema therapy | ||
| Massage | ||
| Reflexology | ||
| Reiki |
Already over 170 women have registered with Sweet Louise, here is some of the feedback we have received from them:
"What a wonderful service. It has been wonderful and a relief to have the house work done on a regular basis. I thoroughly enjoyed a facial and manicure, I floated out of the clinic feeling relaxed and like a million dollars. I'm already planning my next visit."
"First time I ever had a massage. It is a great help - I am sure I wouldn't be as confident without the offer of help you have given."
"Great opportunity to try therapies I may not have tried otherwise."
For more information please visit our website at www.sweetlouise.co.nz or call us toll free at
0800 11 22 77.
