Showing Author: Emma Dekker-Arellano
When All There’s Left to Say is “I Do”
Blue Ridge Hospice chaplains are available to provide our patients and their families with spiritual care during their end-of-life journey. Our Interfaith Chaplains provide support through presence, counsel, prayer, or religious rituals, but they are also available to provide comfort in other ways. “We do a lot of legacy work,” says Larissa Blechman, who has worked as a hospice chaplain for 14 years, with more than three years at BRH.“Patients often want to look back [...]
Blue Ridge Hospice’s Thrift Shop on Berryville Avenue in Winchester Is Relocating
Winchester, VA, July 11, 2022—The Blue Ridge Hospice Thrift Shop in the Sharp Shopper Grocery Outlet shopping mall in the east of Winchester is moving to the larger space in the same mall currently occupied by 81 Outfitters. The new location is expected to open in early August. Once the Blue Ridge Hospice Thrift Shop is settled into the new location at 808 Berryville Ave., Blue Ridge Hospice will open a pop-up Holiday shop in [...]
Blue Ridge Hospice Announces 24/7/365 Toll-Free Support Line
Winchester, VA, June 27, 2022—Blue Ridge Hospice announces the launch of its 24/7/365 Toll-Free Support Line at 1-833-898-0714 or (540) 313-9230 local. Healthcare providers, case managers, nursing home staff, patients, and patients’ caregivers or families are encouraged to make referrals or get someone admitted when the time is right for hospice. “A common misconception about Blue Ridge Hospice is that we only operate during regular doctor’s office business hours—that’s not true,” says Chief Business Development [...]
Honoring Our Veterans, One Last Time
W]illiam is a volunteer with Blue Ridge Hospice’s We Honor Veterans program, a joint effort of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide specialized veteran-focused end-of-life-care. “I have always felt called to serving those in need,” says William, “and after concluding my ten years in the army, I was looking for a way to continue serving my community.” Since 2020, William has helped coordinate and conduct numerous [...]
Blue Ridge Hospice Hosts the Butterfly Ball in Celebration of 40th Anniversary
Winchester, VA, May 25, 2022—Blue Ridge Hospice’s Butterfly Ball celebrated the local hospice provider’s 40th anniversary Saturday, May 21, as nearly 230 supporters gathered to commemorate the not-for-profit’s notable history and look forward to an even brighter future. The attendees gathered at the Gardens of Glen Burnie located at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley in Winchester, VA, for a belated, post-pandemic anniversary gala that raised more than $200,000 to support Blue Ridge Hospice’s charity [...]
Blue Ridge Hospice Awarded PACE Program
This press release was revised on August 8, 2022 to comply with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' marketing guidelines. Winchester, VA, May 19, 2022—Blue Ridge Hospice has been awarded approval from the Commonwealth of Virginia to develop a Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) to assist the frail elderly in the northern Shenandoah Valley to remain safely at home. The award, from Virginia’s Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS), was made [...]
