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Research shows that caregivers want to look after their loved ones in the comfort of their own homes during the end of life. If they can manage, they don’t want them to be in a hospital, a nursing home or even in a Hospice Inpatient Unit (HIPU). While we are blessed and proud to be…
DetailsHow fitting on the week of Valentine’s, I am filled with pride and admiration for our wonderful employees and volunteers! A surveyor from The Joint Commission spent four days with us last week and I am happy to say she was very impressed by the care and compassion we provide to patients and their caregivers.…
DetailsThis is the time of year when we look at our statistics and figures from 2012 and start preparing our annual report to the community. One figure I’d like to pull out is the number 65. That was the average number of days patients were under our care last year. Just over two months. That…
DetailsThis week I joined many of our employees and volunteers in marching in Savannah’s Martin Luther King Parade. The theme was “Dreamers are believers and believers become achievers.” I am so thankful for Hospice Savannah’s dreamers and believers – the founding volunteers who had the vision to bring this special kind of end of life…
DetailsAs our mission states, we provide “the best services and resources on living with a life-limiting illness, dying, death, grief and loss.” One way we do that is by providing world renowned speakers to speak to the medical and non-medical community during our annual Lecture Series. Join me next week for our 5th Annual Hospice…
DetailsAs we prepare to leave the holiday season and enter a new year, I’d like to thank the many friends of Hospice Savannah for their support and generosity. I think of volunteer Ruth Pauley who bought and delivered turkey dinners to patients and families in Port Wentworth, Bloomingdale and Savannah; of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy…
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