Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare will host its next monthly bereavement support group, Growing Together, on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 4-6 pm, at The Barn Restaurant (877 W. Main St., Smithville, OH 44677). The group is for those who have lost a loved…
To provide transportation options for patients and to allow families to ride alongside their loved ones, Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare now offers a mobile care unit. “Having our own mobile care unit to transport our patients helps us extend our care and…
To best meet the needs of patients in Holmes County, Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare recently opened a hospice care suite at Pomerene Hospital in Millersburg, Ohio. The suite features a patient room, waiting area and a family area with a large…
More than $60,000 was raised through the Charm Days raffle this past October benefitting the Amish Care Fund at Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare. Charm Days is a two-day festival held annually the second weekend in October in Charm, Ohio. In past…
For those who would like to honor their loved ones, Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare is offering the community an opportunity to remember them through its Lights of Remembrance program. Memorial trees have been placed throughout the community for friends and family…
Meet Fritz. Fritz is an 11-year old Weimaraner with beautiful, compassionate green eyes. Fritz is proudly wearing his therapy dog vest. Like the seven other therapy dogs of Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare, Fritz wears a vest that matches his human’s vest…
Back in the mid-1970s, Fran invited some local movers and shakers to sit at her kitchen table to talk about bringing hospice care to our communities. In 1982, when we served our first patients, Fran was in the very first…
Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare visited 17 area extended care and assisted living facilities in Wayne, Ashland, Holmes and Medina counties, as well as Wayne County Fairgrounds, in November, pinning and honoring 300 Veterans as part of its Veterans Day celebration. “At…
Bonnie Burnside, who has worked at Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare for the past 18 years, noticed a dramatic change in her grandmother. Her health was declining, and when they moved her into a nursing home, it seemed as if her world…
Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare will host its next monthly bereavement support group, Growing Together, on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 4-6 pm, at The Barn Restaurant (877 W. Main St., Smithville, OH 44677). The group is for those who have lost a loved…
