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Our Mission
Honoring every moment of life, Pathways
Hospice provides compassionate, excellent,
comprehensive care for those who have an
advanced medical condition and those
who are grieving.
A New Pathways Hospice Program to
Honor and Support Military Veterans
Pathways Hospice is pleased to
announce our partnership with the
National Hospice and Palliative
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Care Organization (NHPCO) to offer
A New Pathways Hospice Program to
a local program which focuses on
Honor and Support Military Veterans
providing respectful, compassionate
Families Participate in Creating
care to military veterans in
Memorials for Loved Ones
Larimer and Western Weld County,
Peace at Last
recognition of their service and
specialized support for their
An Original Hospice Nurse Receives
Care With Our Gratitude
families. Approximately 23,000
Larimer County residents are Veterans,
Pathways Hospice Thanks Community
accounting for 10% of the 2009 adult
Fundraisers
Caregivers Pampered at Pathways Hospice population (www.co.larimer.co.us).
Upcoming Events
Pathways Hospice - Involved in Our
Community
While we anticipate continued
expansion of this program the first
phase includes:
Remembering a Cowboy
Pathways Hospice Volunteer Recognized
Join Us for Breakfast in the Park
a community-based non-profit agency
• dentification of patients and
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immediate family members who’ve
served our country enabling us to
provide individualized meaningful
assistance
• eteran specific training for
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Clinical Staff on medical and
cultural concerns and Veterans
benefits
• trengthening our relationship
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with both Larimer County Veterans
Services and the Cheyenne VA
Medical Center
• artnering with community
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veteran’s organizations
• dding veteran resources to our
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community library, such as Chicken
Soup for the Veteran’s Soul, Peace
at Last: Stories of Hope and
Healing for Veterans, War and the
Soul: Healing our Nation’s Veterans
from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
and many more
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Expansion of the Pathways Hospice
veterans to veterans volunteer
program, which pairs a veteran
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Summer 2011