by Melanie Herron | Apr 18, 2023 | Bereavement Support, Blog, Hospice, Hospice Volunteers, Transitions
Ask anyone who has experienced hospice, and they will tell you that the people who work within it make all the difference. Hospice is where people go to live the rest of their life with peace, dignity, and comfort. It takes a team of selfless, caring, and special...
by Melanie Herron | Mar 30, 2023 | Blog, End of Life Planning, Hospice
Sometimes the little things make the most significant difference, especially when a person is at the end of their life. Unless you’ve experienced hospice care first-hand, it may be hard to imagine how much the bedside care delivered by a hospice nurse means to a...
by Melanie Herron | Dec 22, 2021 | Blog, End of Life Planning, Hospice
The idea of a person dying with dignity has surprisingly not been a focal point in healthcare until the 1950s when Dame Cicely Saunders shed light on the fact that people with a terminal illness needed a specialized approach to care. Her vision was for comprehensive...
by Melanie Herron | Aug 31, 2021 | Blog, End of Life Planning
Some people put off taxes. Others put off exercise. But a large portion of the population put off end of life planning. End-of-life planning involves considering and preparing for how you would like the moments leading up to and after your death to be. While our...
by Melanie Herron | Apr 22, 2021 | Blog
A hospice volunteer is a special breed of volunteer, and Hospice of Redmond enjoys so many of those unique individuals. Through the years, Hospice of Redmond has been fortunate to have a constant stream of good-hearted individuals willing to complete the specialized...