The Gilchrist Blog
The goal of our blog is to provide you with comprehensive and inspiring information about issues that are important to our continuum of care. We also share the latest news about Gilchrist, highlight our work in the community, promote upcoming events, provide program-specific information and offer ways you can help – either by volunteering or fundraising.
When We Say Goodbye to Our Pets
Grieving the loss of a beloved pet often goes unrecognized but it is as real, honest and raw as it is for any loved one. ...
Join Gilchrist for Steps of Hope: A Virtual Event to Remember Loved Ones
Gilchrist’s 6th Annual Steps of Hope Virtual Healing Tribute Walk begins with a video launch on July 23, at 7:30 p.m. Gilchrist’s Steps of Hope...
Getting Back to What Matters: A Love of Life
Elder Medical Care’s home-based services made all the difference for Philip Easter and his love of life. Philip Easter has a love of life, an...
Gilchrist Kids Celebrates 11 Years of Caring for the Youngest of Patients
This July Gilchrist Kids celebrates 11-years of service. Gilchrist’s Kids is a pediatric hospice program providing medical care to children with life-limiting illnesses and emotional...
Person and Family Advisory Council Helps Gilchrist Continuously Improve
Gilchrist is committed to listening to feedback from those we serve to continuously improve our care and services. One of the ways we do that...
Nursing Assistants Week — Honoring Gilchrist’s Hospice Aides
Nursing Assistants Week is June 17–24. We are honoring Gilchrist’s hospice aides for their compassion and dedication to our patients and families. During Nursing Assistants...
The Stormy Village
The Stormy Village is a poem inspired by Gilchrist Chaplain, in response to the pandemic. The Stormy Village is a poem that wrote itself. It...
Anticipatory Grief – Grieving Before a Death
Many people assume grief occurs only after a death. But the process of grieving can begin long before the loss of a loved one. Once...
Gilchrist Celebrates Military Appreciation Month
May is Military Appreciation Month, a time to pay tribute to those who have sacrificed so much for our freedom. The month concludes with Memorial...
Gilchrist Focuses on Trauma-informed Care Education on World Diversity Day
May 21 is World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development Trauma is a painful and nearly universal part of the human experience. An...