by Melanie Herron | Mar 18, 2022 | Blog, Hospice
Making decisions about hospice care can feel like a monumental task. The process is deeply emotional, as you navigate big choices about how you want to live the rest of your life. It’s not easy and trying to figure out what kind of hospice care is best for you can add...
by Melanie Herron | Jan 21, 2022 | Blog, End of Life Planning, Hospice
When confronting terminal illness and end-of-life planning, making the choice to begin hospice care can seem daunting and fraught with mixed and troubling emotions. Along with common misconceptions about hospice, discontinuing curative treatments in order to improve...
by Melanie Herron | Dec 22, 2021 | Blog, End of Life Planning, Hospice
The idea of a person dying with dignity has surprisingly not been a focal point in healthcare until the 1950s when Dame Cicely Saunders shed light on the fact that people with a terminal illness needed a specialized approach to care. Her vision was for comprehensive...
by Melanie Herron | Nov 29, 2021 | Blog, Festival of Trees, Hospice
Every November, as families prepare for their Thanksgiving feast, the local Central Oregon community comes together to ring in the holiday season in support of a cause near and dear to so many Central Oregon hearts. Hospice of Redmond has been hosting Festival of...
by Melanie Herron | Oct 29, 2021 | Blog, Hospice, Veterans
Like clockwork, on the third Wednesday of every month at 4:30 pm, an exceptional group of veterans gathers at the Wall of Honor located on the grounds of Hospice of Redmond for a Taps ceremony. They meet to honor veterans, a tradition that began in October of 2017 and...
