Volunteering is 3 times blessed
When you volunteer: 1. You bless the organization you've chosen. 2. You bless the person or family you impact. 3. You give blessings to yourself. Our 500+ volunteers at Kansas City Hospice will tell you that they receive as much...
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Published: April 10, 2019
Categories: Compassionate Care, Grief Support, Kansas City Hospice, News and Views, Our Stories, Passages, Volunteer Stories
Sorting Through – what do I do with all this stuff?
Sorting Through by Christy Hansen, LMSW, Grief Support Specialist at Kansas City Hospice When you must sort through a loved one’s belongings, it can be an overwhelming and emotional task. Whether it’s a home that holds a lifetime of memories...
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Published: March 27, 2019
Categories: General, Grief Support, Kansas City Hospice, News and Views, Passages
Social media and grief – the online challenge
Social media and grief - the online challenge by Melissa Waugh, MS, Grief Support Specialist at Kansas City Hospice Grief is an internal process and mourning takes grief public to some extent, as we integrate loss into our lives. What...
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Published: March 21, 2019
Categories: Grief Support, Kansas City Hospice
Day of the Dead can inspire us to cope with grief
Part Three of a three-part series on how grief support looks to traditions like Day of the Dead to help people learn new coping skills. Read Part One "Day of the Dead is a celebration of life" Read Part Two "Day of...
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Published: November 2, 2018
Categories: General, Grief Support, Kansas City Hospice, News and Views, Passages
Day of the Dead may provide insights into grieving
Part Two of a three-part series on how grief support looks to traditions like Day of the Dead to help people learn new coping skills. Read Part One "Day of the Dead is a celebration of life" By Denise Brown MA-ATR,...
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Published: October 31, 2018
Categories: General, Grief Support, Kansas City Hospice, News and Views, Passages
World Hospice and Palliative Care Day is October 13
By David S. Wiley, President & CEO of Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care Each October, World Hospice & Palliative Care Day offers the opportunity to speak about end-of-life care in our community. Kansas City Hospice wants to raise awareness...
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Published: October 12, 2018
Categories: Compassionate Care, End of Life Care, General, Grief Support, Home Health Care, Hospice at Home, Kansas City Hospice, KC Hospice, News and Views, Stories of Support, Volunteer Stories
Solace House Video Wins a PRISM Award
Solace House was represented at annual PRISM Awards Gala on September 20. The Public Relations Society of America of Kansas City hosted the event at Studio Dan Meiners. Kansas City Hospice + Solace House received the 2018 Silver Award for...
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Published: October 9, 2018
Categories: Grief Support, Kansas City Hospice, News and Views, Our Stories
Dear Coffee Mug
By Jacque Amweg, Grief Support Specialist Dear coffee mug, I decided to pour coffee into you today. You have been empty for months now as I seemed to be waiting for him to take you off the shelf. An old...
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Published: August 7, 2018
Categories: Compassionate Care, Grief Support, Passages, Volunteer Stories
Back to school, back to routines…or not
By Jacque Amweg, Grief Support Specialist at Kansas City Hospice Maybe it's time to start getting back to school, back to routine...or not... It’s been awhile since I’ve prepared children for back to school, but as I see the commercials...
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Published: July 31, 2018
Categories: Compassionate Care, Grief Support
Grief in the Digital Age
By Melissa Waugh, MS, Grief Support Specialist Grief is an internal process and mourning may make grief public, but what does it mean to go through a private experience when people are used to sharing everything through social media?...
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Published: July 11, 2018
Categories: Compassionate Care, General, Grief Support, Kansas City Hospice, KC Hospice, Passages
