Hospice News

JANUARY 13, 2023

But what brought him to hospice was the bereavement care he and his family received following a loss. This led him to become a hospice volunteer and later a board member at Florida’s Tidewell Hospice, now an Empath affiliate. Over time, his health care career began to move in a new direction.

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

There’s an organization that I took my training from, which began, I want to say, in 2012. What’s the difference between end-of-life doula and a hospice volunteer? Beth: It depends on the volunteer. Hospice volunteers do lots of things. I would say 15 to 20 years, death doulas have been around.

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High Peaks Hospice

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Camillus, director of Uihlein Mercy Nursing Home in Lake Placid, worked to ensure hospice services would be available to nursing home residents. She also provided an opportunity for new hospice volunteers to be introduced to working with the infirm. Dr. David Merkel served as Medical Director of Hospice until his death in 2012.

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