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.
Answers When You Need Them
Before coming to Gilchrist, Debbie Dasher’s experience with the healthcare system was harrowing. After a surgery to remove a tumor on her lung, doctors said...
New Gilchrist Grief Facebook Group
For many of us, our use of social media during the COVID-19 pandemic has changed from a guilty pleasure to more of a survival tool....
People With Serious Illness Need a Continuum of Care
The needs of older adults with serious illness are too often overlooked by the health care system. For many, comprehensive care for serious illness occurs...
Gilchrist Volunteers Find New Ways to Serve During the Pandemic
Our volunteers are the heart and soul of Gilchrist. They share the gifts of their time and talents every day to make a difference in...
Gilchrist Offers Help for Serious Illness at Every Stage
The diagnosis of a serious illness for you or a loved one can bring fear and uncertainty. You may be unsure about your options for...
Integrative Medicine Helps Patients With Cancer Live Their Best Life
By Rhonda Gold, Ovarian Cancer Survivor Gilchrist’s Integrative and Palliative Medicine services are available to patients receiving cancer treatment at GBMC. Encouragement, mindfulness, hope and...
Gilchrist Responds to the COVID-19 Pandemic
As the novel coronavirus took hold in our community in mid-March, Gilchrist rapidly responded to the pandemic to ensure our patients and families could continue...
Healthcare Decision Making Is More Important Than Ever
Many people put off healthcare decision making, especially if they are relatively young and healthy. But the COVID-19 pandemic is a reminder that serious illness...
Loss of an Adult Sibling: Bringing Awareness to the Forgotten Griever
When grieving the loss of an adult sibling, many find that their grief is largely unacknowledged by others. This is referred to as “disenfranchised grief,”...
Gilchrist Celebrates Nursing Assistants Week
June 18 to 25 is National Nursing Assistants Week — a time to celebrate the unique contributions of hospice aides and other nursing assistants across...