What Hospice Care Means to Patients and Their Families
November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month — a time to celebrate the care that helps patients and family caregivers find comfort, respect and...
Gilchrist’s Own Homegrown Therapy Dog
Meet Cherish, a 14-week-old Labrador Retriever who has become the most popular new team member at Gilchrist! Cherish (named by the Gilchrist staff) will be...
Rooted in Faith – Gilchrist’s Thriving Spiritual Care Practice
In honor of Spiritual Care Week, we offer this perspective from a Gilchrist hospice chaplain. I left a patient’s room laughing the other day. She...
Gilchrist Celebrates World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
October 12, 2019, is World Hospice and Palliative Care Day. On this day, Gilchrist will unite with organizations and individuals around the world to celebrate...
Create Your Legacy with a Planned Gift
Supporting Exceptional Hospice Care Every year, sometimes twice a year, Martha Chestem was able to create her legacy through her contributions to Gilchrist. For over...
Sacred Moments: When There Are No Words to Comfort, Silence Is Enough
When I get the call that a pediatric hospice patient has died, it’s never an easy moment. No matter how many times it happens, sadness...
“Someday, We’ll Meet Again”
Honoring a patient’s choice to share their experience with others. It comes as no surprise that, when we hear music—good music, familiar music, music that is relatable, we...
What It’s Like to Be a Hospice Child Life Specialist
As a hospice child life specialist, I work with seriously ill children, their siblings or any other young people impacted by a child’s illness and...
Celebrating National Dog Day the Gilchrist Way
National Dog Day is Monday, August 26, 2019, and according to nationaldogday.com, it “honors family dogs and dogs that work selflessly to save lives, keep us...
The Fourteenth Week: My Family’s Experience With Gilchrist’s Jewish Care and Support Program
We have a principle in Judaism that God sends the “cure” before the “disease.” While my husband’s devastating diagnosis of glioblastoma—fatal brain cancer—had no cure,...