How We Spend Your Money
The Mary Potter Foundation uses its funds to support the Mary Potter Hospice by
- Funding the annual operating deficit incurred by the Hospice (currently in excess of $650,000)
- Funding the education and training of doctors in palliative medicine in partnership with the University of Adelaide Medical School
- Purchasing aids and equipment designed to enhance patient comfort, control symptoms and provide pain relief
- Funding programs such as bereavement counselling for patients and their families to assist them to come to terms with grief and loss
- Funding the Fra Angelico Creative Arts Program which assists patients to leave tangible mementoes for their loved ones, such as ceramics and other creative art
- Funding Treasure Boxes for little children to help them cope with the loss of a parent or grandparent
The Mary Potter Foundation also has responsibility for processing donations on behalf of Calvary Cancer Centre which is also based at Calvary North Adelaide.
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Dr Greg Crawford Appointed to Mary Potter Lectureship Position
Picture: Bryan Charlton
The Mary Potter Foundation is pleased to announce that the position of Mary Potter Lecturer has been filled by one of Adelaide’s leading palliative care practitioners – Dr Greg Crawford.
Dr Crawford has been the Medical Director of the Lyell McEwin comprehensive palliative care service for 6 years. He has worked in palliative medicine for 11 years.
Primarily a teaching position, the Mary Potter Lectureship is the result of a partnership between the University of Adelaide and the Mary Potter Foundation.
Commenting on the appointment, the Chairman of the Mary Potter Foundation, Mr Danny Watson said ‘The Foundation is extremely pleased that this new and innovative position will be filled by someone of Dr Crawford’s calibre. Given Dr Crawford’s standing in the palliative care community, we are confident that his appointment will enhance the reputation of the Mary Potter Hospice both nationally and internationally.
Dr Crawford is enthusiastic about expanding the education of palliative medicine at both under and post graduate level. “I am really delighted to be taking up this post. This is a great opportunity to look at education and service delivery within the private sector. And I am keen to look at undertaking some research, particularly into the role of depression in the care of patients with terminal illness”.
Dr Crawford is a Fellow of the Australasian Chapter of Palliative Medicine (RACP) as well as of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. He has a Master’s degree from Flinders University and is completing a doctorate on “Depression in Australian palliative care patients.” He is currently the Honorary Secretary of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine, the Coordinator of Advanced training for Palliative Medicine for the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and is chairman of the South Australian Palliative Care Liaison Group. He sits on several national and state advisory boards for palliative care issues.
Away from the clinical setting, Dr Crawford plays piano and pipe organ for relaxation and continues to study the pipe organ at the Elder Conservatorium. He is currently the organist at St John’s Anglican Church, Halifax Street, Adelaide.
He is married with one daughter who is studying medicine and music at the University of Adelaide.
Dr Crawford commenced his new role at the Mary Potter Hospice on the 1st of February 2008.