Carousel cares for kids needing pediatric hospice and palliative care across the greater Kansas City area. Kansas City Hospice provides compassionate care for 70-100 children in our Carousel Pediatric Care program in any one year. While we all wish that...
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Published: January 22, 2019
Categories: Compassionate Care, Home Health Care, News and Views, Stories of Support
Soup, glorious soup! Can you think of a culture around the world that does NOT have several soups on the menu? It's comfort food. So, no matter what your family tradition, there's soup. Soups are warm, mostly. They're delicious and...
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Published: January 18, 2019
Categories: Compassionate Care, Kansas City Hospice
[caption id="attachment_12359" align="alignleft" width="300"] Kansas City House House in South Kansas City.[/caption] by Mary Zahner Bauer, Direct of Donor Relations at Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care Did you know…. You can reduce taxes by making a gift from your...
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Published: December 27, 2018
Categories: General, Stories of Support
by David Wiley, President & CEO of Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care As the end of 2018 approaches, we look back on a year filled with stories that have touched our hearts and changed our lives. I’d like to share with...
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Published: December 21, 2018
Categories: Kansas City Hospice
If we profiled one of our volunteers every day for a year, we would not begin to cover all their remarkable stories. The volunteers of Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care run the gamut of service to their community. Some...
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Published: December 14, 2018
Categories: General, Kansas City Hospice, News and Views, Stories of Support, Volunteer Stories
by Lane Foster, Volunteer Coordinator-Community Engagement & Special Events Baking for others is a gift to those who receive the cookies, breads and pies, but it's also a blessing to the baker. A wonderful article in the Huffington Post, Psychologists Explain...
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Published: December 7, 2018
Categories: Compassionate Care, General, Kansas City Hospice, News and Views, Stories of Support, Volunteer Stories
by Caryn Hohnholt, Vice President of Development for Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care Congratulations on making it through our first big snowstorm of the year, hopefully with plenty of hot chocolate and time together with loved ones. After the...
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Published: November 27, 2018
Categories: General, Kansas City Hospice, News and Views
by Gloria Soendker RN, Director of Clinical Services for Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care November is National Family Caregivers Month. “Across America, daughters and sons balance the work of caring for aging parents with the demands of their careers...
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Published: November 21, 2018
Categories: General, Home Health Care, Hospice Care, Kansas City Hospice, News and Views
by Todd Steinbrecher, US Navy Veteran, Director of Patient Support Services for Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care Have you ever wondered how many Veterans have served in the United States Armed Forces? Over 40 million! As I have...
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Published: November 11, 2018
Categories: Compassionate Care, End of Life Care, General, Home Health Care, Kansas City Hospice, Our Stories
by Judy Waechter RN, CRRN, Clinical Liaison, Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care Alzheimer’s disease is responsible for more deaths each year. Even worse, the disease is contributing to many more cases of poor health and disability. The illness lasts...
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Published: November 8, 2018
Categories: Compassionate Care, End of Life Care, General, Home Health Care, Hospice at Home, Kansas City Hospice, News and Views
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