Gilchrist Ambassadors: Educating the Community About End-of-Life Issues
Gilchrist Ambassadors are able to speak about end-of-life, elder care and other issues that are important to people with serious illness. The U.S. medical system...
Gilchrist Kids: Age is Just a Number
“So, you must LOVE kids, right?” This is a common question I hear when describing my work as a Gilchrist Kids pediatric and perinatal hospice...
Pediatric Hospice: The Unknown Road Ahead
The first time Joan Garlow walked through the doors of Gilchrist Center in search of information on pediatric hospice care, she broke into sobs and...
7 Things I Never Knew About Hospice
My 91-year-old mother, Evelyn, moved in with my husband and me after Dad died in 2010. Five years ago, she was diagnosed with dementia. After...
Thanks To You
Thanks to you, each day, more than 900 adults and children in our community receive compassionate hospice care and support from Gilchrist. As a hospice...
Choosing How You Want to Live…And Die
November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, and we at Gilchrist—along with hospice and palliative care programs across the country—want to help people understand...
People Choose Gilchrist for the Range of Services
Gilchrist is a nationally recognized, nonprofit leader in serious illness and end-of-life care. We provide counseling, support and care to people at every stage of...
What Hospice Quality Means At Gilchrist
Healthcare quality professionals at Gilchrist proudly join the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) and those around the country in celebrating Healthcare Quality Week, October...
Finding the Good Days: Pediatric Cancer
A diagnosis of pediatric cancer is a devastating blow to children and their families. Fortunately, pediatric cancer treatment has come a long way in the...
Giving Children Control in Their Care Choices
Families facing a terminal prognosis for their child are faced with an impossible choice: to continue treatments—grasping at any hope for a cure even when...