2011 HCI Annual Report - Hospice Caring

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“ A Legacy of Caring At Hospice Caring we celebrate life. Yes, we are a hospice organization, but dying is part of living. An important goal of the Patient and Family Program is to help those we serve live as fully as possible for whatever time remains. Our volunteers are committed to honoring and celebrating patients in their final days. Hospice Caring volunteers, guided by compassion, unselfish caring, and patience, reach out to patients and their families offering the gifts of their time and their love, a few of which are shown below. Maria drives Rose to treatment, and she also takes Rose to her weekly mah joong game at the senior center as often as Rose’s health permits. Tom’s volunteers stay with him assuring his safety when his wife needs to be away from the house. The volunteers also helped organize a “blow out” birthday party for Tom, complete with balloons, cake, music, and myriad guests. An aggressive brain tumor limits Irene’s life in many ways. But thanks to her volunteer Anne, Irene attends a weekly class where she creates art glass projects. Roy had been a jazz musician. As he lay semi-conscious in the nursing home, Mike played jazz CDs for him. One day, to everyone’s surprise, Roy started to tap his fingers in time to the music. PATiEnT AnD FAMily PrOGrAM I had peace of mind every time a volunteer was assisting my wife (while I was at work). – Family Member “ 6
Healing Broken Hearts When grief moves in, Hospice Caring’s bereavement program is ready to provide support quickly and compassionately. We bring together adults who have experienced a similar loss, provide two trained and compassionate volunteer facilitators, and offer a soothing environment in which to meet. Then we allow the power of peer support to work its magic in healing broken hearts. On any given week throughout the year, six to ten of our groups are meeting. Our groups have welcomed surviving family members of tragedies we hear about on the local news: drunk-driving accidents that kill our children, lightening that strikes our neighbors, suicides that shock our community. In addition to parent-loss and spousal-loss groups, we offer the only ongoing groups in Montgomery County specifically for bereaved parents of adult children, for suicide survivors, and for spouses still shaky years after being widowed. Some members commute from Howard or Frederick counties, D.C., or Virginia. ADulT BErEAVEMEnT PrOGrAM Volunteer Adult Bereavement facilitators outside the Hopsice caring cottage. Recently, three mothers purchased bricks in the Cottage garden in memory of their grown children who died of breast cancer, an enlarged heart, and a stroke. The mothers—strangers when they met but the closest of friends today —carefully decided the placement of the bricks next to each other. One mother spoke for all three when she said, “We were so desperate when we first came to the group. We want our children’s names to be here together where we began to heal. Thank you, Hospice Caring.” “ The support and affection of the facilitators and the group members has been a life line for me that I could not have found anywhere – Support Group Member else.“ 7
Page 1 and 2: 2011 Annual Report
Page 3 and 4: Message from the Executive Director
Page 5: A Different Kind of Hospice THE HOS
Page 9 and 10: Camp Caring Makes a Difference Camp
Page 11 and 12: Our Unique Volunteer Training Hospi
Page 13 and 14: • Carol Kerr • Cookie Kerxton
Page 15 and 16: Financial Overview Total Operating
Page 17 and 18: Hospice Caring Events TRee oF LoVe
Page 19 and 20: Board of Directors, Staff, and Trus
Page 21 and 22: • JADE DAViS • MAry Ann DAViS
Page 23 and 24: • DEBrA nOrTOn • KArEn nOVAK

2011 HCI Annual Report - Hospice Caring

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