We Honor Veterans – Independence Day and Every Day
It's an honor and a privilege to be asked to care for veterans — an honor that we at Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care take very seriously. For many years we have been part of the We Honor Veterans...
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Published: June 30, 2021
Categories: Compassionate Care, General, Kansas City Hospice, News and Views, Our Stories, Volunteer Stories
Enjoy each day
Enjoy each day. A story of Carousel Pediatric Hospice Care, originally published in 2019. Balancing emotions and finding expressive outlets can be especially difficult during cancer treatment. Seventeen-year-old Hannah Viens is acutely aware of this challenge. “I struggle with emotions,...
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Published: February 2, 2021
Categories: Compassionate Care, End of Life Care, General, Hospice at Home, Kansas City Hospice, Volunteer Stories
Have a merry “little” Christmas
What does it mean to have a merry "little" Christmas? The holidays this year will be so much different than last year. Have yourself a merry little Christmas When Judy Garland sang "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" in 1944,...
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Published: December 22, 2020
Categories: General
Connecting despite COVID
By Pamela Harris, MD, FAAPMR, FAAHPM, Director of Medical Programs at Kansas City Hospice You can find ways of connecting despite COVID-19. I imagine most people who are not in the medical field are getting really tired of being told...
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Published: December 11, 2020
Categories: General, Home Health Care, Kansas City Hospice, News and Views, Our Stories
Hanukkah is a time for mitzvah
Hanukkah (or Chanukkah) is the Jewish eight-day “festival of lights.” There are many traditions aside from lighting candles on the menorah, which is a mitzvah itself. Nightly families light the menorah and say special prayers. The menorah holds nine flames,...
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Published: December 10, 2020
Categories: General, Kansas City Hospice, News and Views, Our Stories
70 over 70 in 2020
By Lane Foster, Volunteer Coordinator at Kansas City Hospice We have amazing volunteers of all ages. This year, in its third annual 70 Over 70 Awards, the KC Shepherd’s Center honored two Kansas City Hospice volunteers for their impressive and...
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Published: December 3, 2020
Categories: General
Giving Hope Giving Tuesday
Today on Giving Tuesday, we thank our many donors who are giving hope to families in Kansas City this year. This video had its debut at our Sunday Night Live online event this year. It shows a few of the...
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Published: December 1, 2020
Categories: Compassionate Care, End of Life Care, General, Kansas City Hospice, Our Stories, Stories of Support
Behind the Scenes in Hospice
by Paul Weddle, COO for Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care Behind the Scenes in Hospice Day is Wednesday, November 30, 2020. Several years ago Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care started a new tradition, Behind the Scenes in Hospice Day! We started this...
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Published: November 30, 2020
Categories: Compassionate Care, General, Kansas City Hospice
This Thanksgiving we focus on the thanks
This Thanksgiving we focus on the thanks! It’s been a difficult year for all of us, but it's especially difficult for those facing serious illness who cannot be together with their loved ones right now. Some might even feel that this...
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Published: November 24, 2020
Categories: General, News and Views, Our Stories, Volunteer Stories
Donors support the golden hour
There is a moment of warmth, just before the sun slips behind the horizon, when the world is infused with a soft, ethereal glow. Photographers call it the Golden Hour. At Kansas City Hospice, this Golden Hour reflects the moment...
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Published: November 19, 2020
Categories: Compassionate Care, End of Life Care, General, Our Stories, Stories of Support
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