by Maria Lorensen Development Director, Hospice of the Panhandle I happened to raise my head and look out my office window last week as the sun was getting ready to set, low in the sky, casting an amber hue across the clouds and landscape. As I looked across the parking lot, I saw a man…
Pediatric E-Journal | Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Care in the Community ISSUE #69 | NOVEMBER 2022 Renee Bledsoe, LPN, CHPLN Clinical Educator Adaira Green, RN, BSN, CHPN QAPI Manager Julie Sayre, MA, LSW, LMFT Social Work Manger Pediatric patients with terminal illnesses often have a team of pediatric specialists who have seen this patient from…
By Margaret Cogswell CEO of Hospice of the Panhandle As a nurse and hospice provider I have always recognized the need to have good medical care. I’ve had my check-ups and recommended screening tests since I was in my 20s. As I think back over that time, I’ve noticed the changes in those visits. I…
Ryan McCarthy MD, WVU Medicine November is National Hospice Month. Let’s take a moment and reflect on how our very own Hospice of the Panhandle enriches our lives. I celebrate the gift of Hospice every month because, as a doctor with WVU Medicine, I am lucky to work alongside these amazing folks daily. These humble…
Warren says one of the things he is most grateful for is that Reva was cared for by the Hospice team with dignity and she was able to live her last months on her own terms.
KEARNEYSVILLE – Hospice of the Panhandle has joined the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI), a national nonprofit collaborative that focuses on high quality care for patients in the last stages of life. NPHI, which is made up of 85 plus not-for-profit, community-integrated hospice and palliative care providers, is dedicated to ensuring patients…
Reva, the love of Warren’s life, wanted to stay in the home where she lived from birth despite the fact leukemia was eroding her health and limiting her days. Warren shares how Hospice of the Panhandle supported him and Reva for seven months so he could care for his wife safely at their home and…
By Maria Lorensen Development Director Theirs was a romance for the ages. They were married more than 58 years, raised a family, farmed the land, got involved in local politics and lived in the only house that Reva Mickey called home. They were hard-working, decent Jefferson County salt-of-the earth people, who loved their community and…
By Ashley Horst Fundraising & Marketing Coordinator It seems appropriate that today, Independence Day, we talk about freedom and independence – and in the story below, how that is impacted by aging. People with serious illnesses often lose their independence. Depending on the illness, this may happen suddenly—like when a stroke occurs—or gradually as the…
Two longtime Hospice of the Panhandle employees have been promoted. Nikki Bigiarelli, most recently the clinical director and earlier nursing home team manager, has been named chief clinical officer. Danielle Ruble, previously the access team manager and more recently the assistant clinical director and quality assurance manager, has been named clinical director. Bigiarelli first came…