Season of Giving
In this season, we appreciate our community for including us on holiday gift lists. Your financial donations to our UVM Health Network – Home Health & Hospice Annual Fund are gifts that keep on giving. These allow us to continue to provide care and support where it is needed most...
Preventing Falls This Winter
Falls are a leading cause of emergency room visits in Vermont, especially during the winter months when the roads and sidewalks are wet, cold and slippery. And for seniors, falls are a serious concern. A fall can result in severe injuries like a hip fracture or head injury. Because of...
Madison-Deane Initiative Supports Medical Students at UVM College of Medicine
Madison-Deane Initiative (MDI), an end-of-life education program at the UVM Health Network – Home Health & Hospice, contributes every year to initiatives in the community that support its’ mission to improve end-of-life care through inspiration, education and collaboration. One such initiative is their support of the medical students at the...
Noyana Singers Celebrate 10 years
Noyana Singers is celebrating 10 years! Noyana Singers is a trained group of Hospice volunteers who provide songs of comfort at the bedsides of those who are nearing the end of life. The group, who are familiar and comfortable with the hospice philosophy of care, performs for people in their...
UVM Health Network – Home Health & Hospice Welcomes New Members to Board of Directors
UVM Health Network – Home Health & Hospice is happy to announce the appointment of four new members to its Board of Directors and the 2017 Board officers elected at the annual fall board retreat. Brian Harwood is the retired CEO of HMC, a marketing firm that began in Stowe and is...
Jackie Reno Receives Early Educator of the Year Award
We are thrilled to announce that Jackie Reno, preschool teacher at UVM Health Network – Home Health & Hospice’s Janet S. Munt Family Room, was named Vermont’s 2016 Early Educator of the Year! This award is given annually by the Permanent Fund for Vermont’s Children to recognize and celebrate excellence in...
UVM Health Network – Home Health & Hospice Receives Governor’s Award
UVM Health Network – Home Health & Hospice is pleased to announce we are one of three Vermont organizations to receive the Governor’s Award for Business Excellence in Supporting Mature Workers. The inaugural awards were presented by the Governor’s Commission on Successful Aging during a luncheon at the state’s annual conference of...
Day of Reflections and Memories
On Saturday, September 24, UVM Health Network – Home Health & Hospice staff, volunteers, community members and families of past residents gathered at McClure Miller Respite House in Williston to honor our first hospice home. The day was filled with music, inspirational readings, a time for personal reflections and an opportunity to share...
McClure Miller UVM Health Network – Home Health & Hospice Respite House to Open in Colchester
The UVM Health Network – Home Health & Hospice of Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties (VNA) will cut the ceremonial ribbon and open the doors to the new McClure Miller UVM Health Network – Home Health & Hospice Respite House on Monday, September 12, 2016. The ribbon cutting celebrates completion...
Honoring Sacred Space
For the past 25 years, many people have chosen to spend their final days surrounded in the comfort and care found at McClure Miller Respite House. To be a part of this important moment of a person’s life journey has brought a sense of respect, love and sacredness to this...