Showing Tag: We Honor Veterans
From The Bedside: A Soldier Remembered
Shortly after walking into the nurse’s station on the Blue Ridge Hospice Inpatient Care Center, one of the nurses craned her neck around the doorway and asked, “Hey doc, would you mind meeting with room 8’s family when you get a chance?” “Sure,” I replied, “what’s the situation?” Having not read through the patient’s chart yet, I was curious as to how I was needed. The nurse related that the patient in room 8, [...]
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 [...]
