Becoming a Hospice Volunteer
Kimberly Mills, PhD, is the Volunteer Coordinator at Angels Grace Hospice in Illinois. She recruits and trains volunteers (many of them young pre-med students) to sit with the patients. She has been with Angels Grace for 5 and a half years, and has trained many volunteers.
Meet Dr. Larry LaPalio, Medical Director
Dr. Larry LaPalio is board-certified in Hospice and Palliative Care, Internal Medicine, and Geriatric Medicine. Hospice is his passion, he really loves taking care of people at the end-of-life, one of the neglected areas of medicine.
What Does a Hospice Social Worker Do
Well, I like the story. There’s always something I’m going to learn, uh, with someone because I like the story. So that’s one way. And if we’re looking at outside life, it’s really the things that people have taught me, right? It’s pay attention to time. Be in the moment, …
What Does a Nurse Case Manager Do
My name’s Rhonda Gordon. I am a nurse case manager. We are basically in charge of the care for our patients across the board. We coordinate the care of the social worker, the chaplain, and we manage the physical care for our patients, and we also manage the, uh, nurses …
Angels Grace Continues to Grow
I’m Traci Miliauskas-Varak administrator of Angels Grace hospice. I was lucky enough to start with patient one and family one. And I’ve worked my way through all of the career paths that I could. Honestly, I’ve seen extreme growth. We now have multiple teams. We have many case managers, many …