Columbus Hospice
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15th Annual
Living With Grief: Children & Adolescents
Live Teleconference, Wednesday, April 16, 2008
The Hughston Foundation Auditorium
February 28,
2008
Due
to a tremendous early response, all seats have been filled. We have been very
pleased with the overwhelming level of interest in our program, but regret that
the facility will not be able to accommodate everyone. Please accept our
apologies for any inconvenience and know that your name will be held in the
order which it was received. Thanks again for your interest and support of our
annual program. Please consider us again in planning your 2009 continuing
education calendar.
Sincerely,
Diane Thompson, LPC
Bereavement Care Coordinator
Columbus Hospice, Inc.
(706)569-7992
(Click here for brochure)
Good News for Hospice Care
For
Immediate Release: March 21, 2007
New
Research Finds Patients Do Live Longer Under Hospice Care
Hospice
Patients Lived an Average 29 Days Longer Reports NHPCO
(Alexandria,
VA) - A new study published in the March 2007 issue of the
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management reports
that hospice care may
prolong the lives of some terminally ill patients.
Among the patient populations studied, the mean survival was 29 days longer
for hospice patients than for non-hospice patients. In other words, patients who
chose hospice care lived an average of one month longer than similar patients
who
did not choose hospice care.
(Click
here for full PDF article)
Columbus Hospice Wins
NBCHPN Employer of the Year Award
November 8, 2006—
The National Board for Certification of Hospice and Palliative Nurses (NBCHPN®)
has announced that Columbus Hospice is the 2006 recipient of the Employer
of the Year Award.
(Click here
for press release)
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