Meditation for terminally ill UK

Dr Sibani Roy is aiming to set up one of the first companies in the UK to offer
Meditation to the elderly and terminally ill.

Bengal-born Dr Sibani Roy, who now lives in Rhos-on-Sea, runs an elderly people's sheltered housing block and her own company, the Swanlake Project. She wants to bring meditation to the terminally ill to help boost wellbeing.

She said, "My aim is to inform medical professionals and the general public about meditation for wellbeing and to raise awareness of living well and dying consciously, which is less distressing and more dignified for the patient.

"Many countries around the world such as America, Australia and large parts of Europe use meditation extensively to help people in palliative care and the elderly but it is less common in the UK."

The Ethnic Business Support Programme helped Dr Roy set up the Swanlake Project.
The Swanlake Project will offer a service to anyone interested in meditation, not solely the terminally and the elderly.

KEITH McDONOGH has been appointed by the North East Wales NHS Trust as a non-executive director.