Hospice of Humboldt observes national event
- Nov 8, 2022
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Throughout the month of November, Hospice of Humboldt will be joining organizations across the nation celebrating National Hospice and Palliative Care Month. This year’s NHPCM theme is “Meeting you where you are.”
For more than 44 years, Hospice of Humboldt has help provide supportive care to thousands of people, allowing them to spend their final months wherever they call home and surrounded by their loved ones. Hospice of Humboldt’s teams craft plans of care that ensure pain management, therapies and treatments that all center on the patients and their loved ones goals and wishes. Hospice care also provides emotional support and advice to help family members become confident caregivers and adjust to the future with grief support services.
“At the heart of hospice and palliative care is meeting patients and their loved ones where they are during difficult times when support is needed most,” said Dianne Keating, CEO, Hospice of Humboldt, “National Hospice and Palliative Care month recognizes the crucial role hospice and palliative care providers play in caring for their communities year-round.”
Each year, Hospice of Humboldt provides compassionate care to patients ranging in age from infant to over 100 years old. When a patient is not eligible or ready for hospice care, they may benefit from home-based palliative care.
“Palliative care is patient and family-centered care that optimizes quality of life by anticipating, preventing, and treating suffering,” said Amy Bruce, director of Palliative Care Services. “Palliative care provides an extra layer of support by addressing physical, emotional, and social, needs guided by patient goals and wishes.
One way to celebrate with Hospice of Humboldt this month is by participating in its Light Up a Life season. For more information, visit www.hospiceofhumboldt.org/light-up-a-life or call 707-267-9811.
Donations can be made via the Hospice of Humboldt website, www.hospiceofhumboldt.org, by phone at 707-445-8443, or can be mailed to 3327 Timber Fall Court, Eureka, CA, 95503.
Hospice of Humboldt has been serving families locally since 1979, has a staff of 100 employees and has more than 75 volunteers.
This story originally appeared on the Times-Standard.com
