Flu is a contagious respiratory illness that is easily spread and can result in severe illness, hospitalization or even death. If you’re still not convinced, consider these facts. Is flu really that bad? Flu kills. A total of 143 pediatric deaths were reported to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) during...
Bob and Holly Miller (REM Development Co., LLC) cherish hospice’s ability to support patients and loved ones at the end of life, and they’re committed to making hospice services available to all seeking them. That’s why they’ve generously offered to match contributions to support the McClure Miller Respite House, dollar-for-dollar...
[Editor’s Note: During National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, we honor our chaplains and their work supporting the spiritual care needs of hospice clients and their loved ones. Their work promotes connection, depth, meaning and peace. We are indebted to them for their strength, loving kindness and creation of this...
[Editor’s Note: During National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, we honor our chaplains and their work supporting the spiritual care needs of hospice clients and their loved ones. Their work promotes connection, depth, meaning and peace. We are indebted to them for their strength, loving kindness and creation of this...
The winter holidays are generally perceived as “the most wonderful time of the year.” But for those facing grief after the death of a loved one, the holidays may instead be filled with pain and sadness. Even for those for whom grief is not as raw, the holidays may serve...
By Lindsay Gagnon, MSN, FNP-BC, ACHPN “You matter because you are you, and you matter to the end of your life. We will do all we can not only to help you die peacefully, but also to live until you die.” – Dame Cicely Saunders, founder of the modern hospice...
Judy Wright’s Thursday nights include stops at area restaurants to pick up donated meals for hospice families. Wright received a recent evening’s deliveries from Charles Reeves, chef-owner of Burlington’s Penny Cluse Cafe and Lucky Next Door. Reeves’ establishments are among 32 Chittenden County eateries supporting local families through the Brandon-based...
Throughout November, UVM Health Network Home Health & Hospice joins organizations locally and nationwide in recognizing National Hospice and Palliative Care Month. For more than 40 years, hospice has provided compassion, comfort and dignity to millions of people at the end of life, allowing them to spend their final months...
Congratulations to Joe Haller, RN, Complex Care Coordinator, for being nominated as this month’s Employee SpotlightAward recipient! Joe was co-nominated by Todd Patterson, Director of Home Health Services, and Heidi Hill, Ambulatory RN at UVMMC. Haller recently switched his role at Home Health & Hospice and is working in the...
Congratulations to this month’s Employee Spotlight Award recipient, home health social worker Martha Marciel! “Martha is amazing at her job,” says supervisor Dawna Stowe, RN. “She is compassionate and caring, and provides the highest quality of care to her clients.” As a medical social worker, Martha conducts home visits with clients who...
