Blog: Hospice Views
What is a Home Funeral?
When many of us think of a home funeral, we picture the traditional Irish Wake where the deceased is laid out in a room in their home, and family gathers to celebrate their life. In the U.S., this old tradition of home funerals is regaining popularity.
A Sporting KC Fan's Final Wish
Patient Thephayonh “Lee” Promsenmuong has been a Sporting Kansas City fan since the team started in 1996. He loved attending their matches and frequently joined the KC Cauldron pregame tailgates. When we approached him about what his perfect day would be, he told us it would be attending one more Sporting KC match.
Social Workers: Meeting Families Where They Are
One of the principal challenges of being a social worker is “meeting patients and families where they are.”
Girls Night Out
Our Gift of a Day program is designed to give patients one perfect day. Those days are as varied as the patients we serve.
Crossroads Hospice patient makes magical memories with a Gift of a Day
Herbert Bahr is a man who remembers his happiest times in terms of others. A patient of Crossroads Hospice in Dayton, Herbert, 89, told Crossroads social worker Stephanie Jackson that the best time of his life was in the early days of Walt Disney World® in Florida, where he worked as a supervisor-foreman on the landscaping crew.
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