Catherine Rowntree obituary

My mother, Catherine Rowntree, who has died aged 76, followed in the footsteps of her mother and two sisters to become a nurse.As a ward sister at Scarborough general hospital in North Yorkshire, in 1984 she set up one of the first stroke rehabilitation units in Britain. In 1991, she opened a nursing home in Scarborough with a specialist facility for young people with neurological conditions. Continue reading...