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.
Gilchrist Integrative and Palliative Medicine: Using Our Toolbox to Enhance Well-being
Gilchrist’s Integrative and Palliative Medicine team focuses on the mind-body care of patients with serious illness and their families, using all the “tools” that work....
Spotlight on Gilchrist Ambassadors
Gilchrist is fortunate to have a dedicated group of volunteer Ambassadors whose sole mission is to educate the community about end-of-life care issues and the...
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...