House was Dr. Simons, Hosparus of Louisville Inpatient Care Center
medical director.
“Karen and I both have a passion for end of life care. She’s aware
of the difficulties of caring for folks who have no one to care for
them,” said Dr. Simons, who was asked by Cassidy to come aboard
as Hildegard House board chair. Her outlook on the ever-changing
quality of care during a patient’s final days was discovered much
as Karen Cassidy’s was, by seeing patients who were underserved.
“When I went through medical training, I saw a lot that didn’t
make sense to me. I’m working really hard to save the life of a woman who has advanced cancer and dementia? x