Great news
17 July 2019
Kia ora e te whanau
Two great bits of news:
1) Bart is being released from Masterton Hospital, and will be attending the ABI clinic as a day patient from Monday 22 July.
2) The doctors have found the cause of Bart’s stroke, which is a hole in his heart, or a ‘Patent Fovamen Ovale’. This can be closed with a device closure, there’s just a few steps and appointments we’ll have to attend between Masterton and Wellington Hospital before this can happen over the next wee while.
While Bart is at ABI Izzy is going to be taking care of Bart at the Eastbourne house. It’ll be more restful for him to spend his evenings recuperating in the bush there. Any help with food and meals will be much appreciated during this time. To help coordinate this we’ve set up a “Support Crew” page. There is an invitation link below.
Before you join a couple of points:
• The link below takes you to a sign in page. There is no group email and password, simply create your own login and password and this will automatically take you to the support page.
• The page is easier to understand on a desktop view so if you can, I recommend for the first time use it on a desktop (the support crew team said they’re working on a better phone feature for future).
• On your phone, the default way to help is the “instant ways to help” area – these are paid options (i.e they allow you to order in take out for Izzy and Bart for example) – there should be another option called “offer support” – this allows you to offer something that you can do personally for Izzy and Bart like cook meals or clean the house (whatever you fancy) and is not a paid option.
• The most important thing to look for are the “needs” / “needs calendar” – this is what Izzy has identified as a need – you can accept this and it will allocate your name to it – that way Izzy knows who is doing it and that it is covered.
• You do not need to keep checking the page - you will receive an email as "support crew" about new needs etc.
• Otherwise have a totu and read the info available on the page, but I thought the above would help a bit for the non-tech peeps.
LINK: https://app.supportcrew.co/register/supportcrew?invitationCode=794306b4-2412-4b2f-9951-7b77506f2f11
(Thanks Toni for setting this up).
What is Support Crew?
Support Crew is a website that allows those dealing with a life changing event to easily co-ordinate the meals and support they need from their friends, family, colleagues, neighbours and the community.
Need more information about Support Crew? Check them out here: https://www.supportcrew.co