In Touch Summer 2011

InTouch N E W S L E T T E R 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 inside this issue 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 I immediate family members who’ve served our country enabling us to provide individualized meaningful assistance •  eteran specific training for V Clinical Staff on medical and cultural concerns and Veterans benefits •  trengthening our relationship S with both Larimer County Veterans Services and the Cheyenne VA Medical Center •  artnering with community P veteran’s organizations •  dding veteran resources to our A 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 •  Expansion of the Pathways Hospice veterans to veterans volunteer program, which pairs a veteran continued on page 2 Summer 2011