“My wife, Amy, has Alzheimer’s. Everyone I’ve met from the Community Care Hospice team has been extremely professional, and they have a heartfelt concern for their patients and caregivers.”
– Ronald Davidson, husband of Amy Davidson,
patient of Community Care Hospice
Read more about how we're providing compassionate care for Amy and her family.
Community Care Hospice has been honored and privileged to serve Amy Davidson, a community member who has benefited from superior care and superior services with the not-for-profit hospice.
Working with Amy’s husband, Ronald Davidson, the care team at Community Care Hospice has developed goals of care, which include keeping Amy home and maintaining her safety due to a history of falls.
“My wife, Amy, has Alzheimer’s. Everyone I’ve met from the Community Care Hospice team has been extremely professional, and they have a heartfelt concern for their patients and caregivers,” Ronald Davidson said. “One example is Brandy Laws, my wife’s personal care specialist. Amy spends most of her time with her eyes closed and is generally silent and expressionless. When Brandy comes through the door, Amy’s face lights up a with a huge smile.”
Community Care Hospice is providing superior care and superior services with visits to Amy from our certified nurse practitioner, nurses and personal care specialists.
In addition, we have been able to serve Amy and her family in the following ways:
- Community Care Hospice is providing Amy with 24/7 RN on-call assistance. The care team has made more than 1,000 visits to provide care to Amy in her home. They meet with Amy at the family’s home, monitor Amy’s vitals and her illness progression; keep her comfortable; and make sure that her skin is in good condition.
- The care team is providing caregiver support to Amy’s family and has educated her caregivers about her illness and its progression.
- The care team has placed durable medical equipment in the couple’s home and educated her husband on the use of a gait belt. The team also provides Amy with massage therapy for pain.
- Our personal care specialist makes morning visits to help with Amy’s care. Our hospice chaplains have visited Amy to provide spiritual support. In addition, our social workers have visited Amy and her husband, providing support.
Amy’s family is grateful for the help that the not-for-profit hospice provides.
“I don’t know what we would do without Community Care Hospice,” Ronald Davidson said. “I don’t think I could have made it this far without the nurses and personal care specialists, especially Brandy. I can tell that Amy enjoys having her here.”
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Meet Amy Davidson
Amy Davidson was born in Dayton, Ohio, and grew up near Morrow and Lebanon, Ohio. She is a graduate of Little Miami High School. She and her husband have two children, Kim and Dwight. After their children were born, Amy was a homemaker for many years.
She later worked at Thornton’s Landscaping as a production manager. She also was a piano teacher who loved teaching piano out of her home. She played for church groups and was passionate about passing on her knowledge to other pianists. She has seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
“My mother, Vanilla Stritenberger, has struggled with COPD. Through Ohio’s Hospice of Fayette County, Mother has had so much needed wonderful nursing care. Smiling, loving faces greet her with uplifting conversation, ready to attend and help in any way.”
– Lisa West, daughter of Vanilla Stritenberger,
patient of Ohio’s Hospice of Fayette County
Read more about how we're providing compassionate care for Vanilla and her family.
Ohio’s Hospice of Fayette County has been honored and privileged to serve Vanilla Stritenberger, a community member who has benefited from superior care and superior services with the not-for-profit hospice.
Working with Vanilla’s physician, the care team at Ohio’s Hospice of Fayette County created an individualized plan of care to help her remain at home, manage her symptoms, and remain out of the hospital.
“My mother, Vanilla Stritenberger, has struggled with COPD. Through Ohio’s Hospice of Fayette County, Mother has had so much needed wonderful nursing care,” said Lisa West, Vanilla’s daughter. “Smiling, loving faces greet her with uplifting conversation, ready to attend and help in any way. Her care team also has been there for me, answering questions and telling me not to hesitate to call any time of the day or night. Knowing they will walk beside us as this disease progresses is a comfort to our family.”
Ohio’s Hospice of Fayette County is providing superior care and superior services with visits to Vanilla from our certified nurse practitioner, nurses and personal care specialists.
In addition, we have been able to serve Vanilla and her family in the following ways:
- Ohio’s Hospice of Fayette County is providing Vanilla with 24/7 RN on-call assistance. The care team has made more than 600 visits to provide care to Vanilla in her home.
- The care team is providing caregiver support to Vanilla’s family and has educated her caregivers about the disease and its progression. The team also has provided the family with training on how to care for her.
- Vanilla also desired to have a spiritual connection. To help her meet her goal, the care team connected her with one of its hospice chaplains.
- The care team also provided respite care to her daughter, Lisa, when she had surgery.
Vanilla’s family is grateful for the help that the not-for-profit hospice provides with her breathing medications, management of her care, and monitoring of her breathing needs.
“It was a relief that I could have the time to take care of myself and not have to worry about my mother’s care,” she said. “I love the care that we receive from Ohio’s Hospice of Fayette County and the people who provide my mom’s care!”
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Meet Vanilla Stritenberger
Vanilla Stritenberger was born in Pippa Passes, Kentucky, a small town in Appalachia. Family legend says that her father named her Vanilla after the bottle of vanilla in the kitchen. When she was 8, her family moved to Clinton County, Ohio. She moved to Fayette County when she married her husband, Ralph.
They have three children, Brian Stritenberger, Teresa Seyfang, and Lisa West. They also have seven grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. When her children were young, the family performed concerts at several local churches. They traveled and sang in Michigan, Kentucky and Indiana. They recorded and produced a record, “The Stritenberger Family.”
