Throughout November, National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, hospitals across the country are raising awareness about hospice and palliative care. This year, the official theme is “It’s About How You Live.”
How Hospice and Palliative Care Make a Difference
During National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, we at Calvary Hospital are doing our best to raise our voices and remind the public how much these programs mean to patients and their families.
There are many ways hospice and palliative programs help people:
HEALTH AND WELL BEING, Dr. Christopher Comfort – National Hospice and Palliative Care Month.
For National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, WCBS Radio’s “The Health and Well Being Report” interviewed Dr. Comfort extensively. To hear Pat Farnack’s full interview:
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“What a wonderful gift families give their loved ones by helping them be at home as long as possible and, quite often, until the end of life.”
Nancy S. D’Agostino, RN, MSN, CHPN, Vice President of Community Patient Services
Catholic New York publishes article on the continuum of CalvaryCare® available to our patients.
“Although much has been written about Palliative and Hospice Care, there is ongoing confusion in the medical community and the general public about how to define each of those terms and when to bring that care into a person’s life.”
Kathleen Lynch, RN Administrator of Admitting, Intake and Outreach Services Calvary Hospital
“The idea of ‘healthy dying’ sounds like a contradiction, but it’s not. If we lived in a society that embeds palliative care throughout the life course, we would be enveloped with love, compassion, and tender care in all our years, right through to the final moment.”
Dr. Lawrence Gostin, Professor, Georgetown University and Global Public Health Expert
At Calvary, we appreciate the privilege of caring for those who most need it in the most difficult time of their lives.
Our many friends and supporters make our mission possible, join us!