6/18/13 from SouthBendTribune.com
Center for Hospice Care sponsoring Summer Grief Forum
Center for Hospice Care is conducting a Summer Grief Forum, a series of educationally focused sessions featuring speakers who will share important information and answer questions. Each session is from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
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6/4/13
Student Interns in Uganda
Through their relationships with various organizations at the University of Notre Dame, including the Kellogg Institute for International Studies and the Ford Family Program, Center for Hospice care and Hospice Foundation have arranged for three students to intern in Uganda this summer. Interns were matched by PCAU with a member organization most suited to their internship goals. Throughout their time in Uganda, these three students will be blogging about their experiences.
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5/23/13 from ElkhartTruth.com
June grief support services from Elkhart Center for Hospice Care
Center for Hospice Care will offer the following grief support services in June. Groups are free and open to the public.
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5/20/13
15th Annual Golf Outing
The North Central Indiana Chapter of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA) will hold their 15th Annual golf outing honoring the late Joseph E. Smith on August 7th, 2013. This year's event will take place at Blackthorn Golf Club. Proceeds from the event go to support Center for Hospice Care.
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5/8/13
Resources Available to Grieving Parents
Here are some local resources for Michiana parents and families who have experienced miscarriage, infant loss or child loss. There are also many national organizations that offer websites, forums and chat rooms that offer support to parents.
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5/5/13
Support from family, friends aids the healing process
Parents who experience the death of a child say they never get over the loss. They get through it. Children aren't supposed to die before their partents. But when they do, parents like Lee and Jessica Stevens understand how even the smallest things can cause unexpected and overwhelming grief to wash over them.
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5/2/13
29th Annual Helping Hands Award Dinner Honors Ann Manion
Thank you to everyone that made this year's Helping Hands Award Dinner, honoring Ann Manion, volunteer president of Women's Care Center, a tremendous success. Without the support of our sponsors, volunteers, staff, the staff at Hilton Garden Inn and an amazing dinner committee, such an event would not have been possible!
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4/25/13
Congressman Blumenauer and Don Berwick Open National Conference Focusing on Hospice Leadership
Congressman Earl Blumenauer will welcome more than 1,700 hospice and palliative care leaders and industry experts to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization's 28th Annual Management and Leadership Conference being held at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. Congressman Blumenauer will address attendees at the opening plenary session and introduce keynote speaker Don Berwick.
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4/23/13 from ElkhartTruth.com
Center for Hospice Care looking for volunteers in Kosciusko, Elkhart and LaGrange counties
Center for Hospice care needs volunteers in Kosciusko, Elkhart and LaGrange counties and will offer training sessions from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m/ June 10, 12, 19, 25 and 26 at Center for Hospice Care, 22579 Old U.S. 20 East.
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4/10/13 from ElkhartTruth.com
Center for Hospice Care recognizing volunteers for their service
Center for Hospice Care is recognizing its many volunteers for their service over the years with a luncheon on Tuesday, April 16, in South Bend.
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4/9/13
Families urged to consider hospice care sooner
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) – When Isabel Stickley first heard the suggestion that she consider hospice care for her husband, Ralph, she remembers thinking, "How dare you?"
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4/4/13
Make A Splash This Summer! Volunteer With Center for Hospice Care
Center for Hospice Care (CHC) needs volunteers in all eight counties of our service area. Training focuses on the hospice philosophy, communication skills, spirituality, family dynamics, patient care, and bereavement.
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3/28/13
Volunteer Recognition and Annual Report Luncheon
To celebrate the vital role that volunteers play in providing compassionate care, Center for Hospice Care will host a Volunteer Recognition Luncheon on April 16. Please join us in honoring the 2013 Krueger Award recipient and our volunteers, with special guest speaker, President and CEO of Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Albert Gutierrez.
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3/28/13
HFA Caring for Veterans
Center for Hospice Care wil be hosting a screening of Hospice Foundation of America's DVD presentation, Improving Care for Veterans Facing Illness and Death on Friday, May 10th.
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2/18/13
Aggressive Care Faulted for Delayed Moves to Hospice
Efforts to exhaust all treatment options before transitioning to palliative care may deprive patients of the full range of hospice services, says a JAMA study.
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12/20/12
A New Face in Palliative Care
Mark Murray, president and CEO of Center for Hospice Care is pleased to announce the hiring of CHC's third full-time Medical Director, Amber Burger, MD.Dr. Burger is Board Certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine, and has completed a one-year Fellowship in Hospice and Pallitive Medicine at Ohio State University Medical Center.
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12/12/12 article originally printed in the Boston Globe on 11/19/12
Hospices Trying to Sell the Public on Their Care
People often have one regret about hospice care: that they didn't get it sooner.
The hospice system has been caring for terminally ill patients and their families for decades; 42 percent of the 2.4 million Americans who died last year were under hospice care at the end.
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9/17/12 from thepilotnews.com
Plymouth woman shares experiences of longtime volunteering for Hospice
It's been 27 years since Pauline Pierson, of Plymouth, first heard about volunteering for the Center for Hospice Care.
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7/23/12 from abc57.com
Organizations Work to Make Wishes Come True for Marfan Patient
Rolling Prairie, Ind - A Rolling Prairie woman is battling Marfan syndrome.
Jen Dalkowski has endured countless surgeries to remove aneurysms from her weakened body, but she keeps defeating the odds. It might have something to do with her incredible strength.
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