American Heart Month
February is American Heart Month, a time to educate ourselves and our families on ways to maintain a healthy heart. 134,000 people in Kansas and 354,000 in Missouri have coronary heart disease. The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute says...
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Published: February 19, 2019
Categories: End of Life Care, General, News and Views, PaIliative Care vs Hospice
Gary Kirkland Heart of Hospice Award
Gary Kirkland was awarded the 2019 Heart of Hospice Patient Care Volunteer Award by the Missouri Hospice & Palliative Care Association on February 6, 2019. Gary has spent more than 13 years volunteering with Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care....
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Published: February 7, 2019
Categories: General, News and Views, Our Stories, Volunteer Stories
Doris Lisenby Lifetime Achievement Award
Doris Lisenby was awarded the Heart of Hospice Lifetime Achievement Award by the Missouri Hospice & Palliative Care Association on February 6, 2019. Doris has spent more than 28 years volunteering with Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care. She has...
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Published: February 6, 2019
Categories: General, News and Views, Our Stories, Volunteer Stories
Carousel cares for kids in pediatric hospice and more
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
Inspiring Volunteers Give the Gift of Time
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
Join the Baking Brigade at Kansas City Hospice
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
The Giving Season
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
National Family Caregivers Month
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
The Rising Tide of Alzheimer’s
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
Kansas City Hospice turns 38
by David Wiley, President & CEO, Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care Kansas City Hospice is now 38 years old. Forty years ago a group of compassionate and insightful members of our community began the journey to explore the option...
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Published: November 7, 2018
Categories: End of Life Care, General, Home Health Care, Kansas City Hospice, News and Views, Volunteer Stories
