Delicate, artistic and beautiful, the newest addition to the Heartfelt Gifts location at Ohio’s Hospice of Dayton offers families a living keepsake of remembrance after the loss of a loved one. Memory Seed cards are the original creation of Ohio’s…
The news cycle is full of warnings about the flu and recommendations to protect yourself by being immunized. It is especially important for those caring for loved ones with chronic illnesses to avoid the flu virus. Caregivers may themselves experience…
Ohio’s Hospice of Miami County has offered a grief camp to help children who have lost a loved one for over two decades. Planning is underway for the 2018 camp experience and volunteers are needed to help. The grief camp…
Do not resuscitate. These are three powerful and confusing words for families and patients. They are words weighty with the implication of inactivity. The misperceptions—and subsequent heartbreaking conversations—caused by this three-word phrase are real. Families are torn over the language of…
Hospice volunteers play a vital role with the interdisciplinary teams serving hospice patients and their families. Ohio’s Community Mercy Hospice seeks new volunteers and will hold a new volunteer orientation on Saturday, March 10, 2018 from 8 am to 1…
Max is a very busy young man. In addition to being a sophomore pre-med student at the University of Dayton, carrying a grade point average that qualifies for membership in the pre-med honors society, and being involved in UD theater…
Community Care Hospice is offering a grief support group that will meet Thursdays weekly March 1 through April 5, 2018. When experiencing grief, many people feel like strangers in unfamiliar territory. People grieve differently, and one person’s experience may look very…
Several members of the Ohio's Hospice of Dayton clinical staff participated in a recent mission medical trip with Fairhaven Church to Ecuador. This project enables Ecuadorians with little access to routine medical care to access services and screenings from visiting…
Ohio's Hospice of Dayton RN Care Manager Jeanne McAleer was among the outstanding nurses recently honored at the Wright State University Miami Valley College School of Nursing Cameos of Caring® Awards. When asked to describe Jeanne, colleagues say she is…
It is flu season again. It is especially important for those caring for loved ones with chronic illnesses to avoid the flu virus. Caregivers may themselves experience compromised immune systems due to lack of rest and stress. If they contract…
