N E W S L E T T E R
August 2007
“Walk the
Walk for Hope Hospice”
Hope Hospice is starting an annual event called
“Walk the Walk for Hope Hospice” September 29th at
1.
T-shirts
(Given to all walkers)
2.
Oldest
walker
3.
Youngest
walker
4.
Longest
traveled distance
5.
Most
pledges received
6.
Drawing
Our goal is to give an awareness of Hope Hospice’s
compassionate care at the end-of-life. Everyone may participate, young or old,
big or small. It is our hope that families of loved ones, will be able to come
and walk, and remember their loved ones while raising support and awareness.
Hope Hospice truly recognizes the support given in
the past, and would like to invite you to join your neighbors in support of the
first annual “Walk the Walk for Hope Hospice” today. (We suggest a pledge of
$10.) PLEASE GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS
August Bereavement Support Group
The Bereavement Support
Group will meet from
The video, Grief
and Addiction, will be shown. It was produced to help people understand the
powerful correlation between grief and addiction in our culture. We see
interesting statistics, for example, 45% of all adults in drug and alcohol
treatment centers have had a major loss within 5 years of admission and nearly
75% of all adolescents in treatment report a major loss within five years of
admission. The video relates not only to the affects of grief as it relates to
addiction but also offers solutions in helping people deal with grief as it
relates to their addiction.
Findings
Support the Growing Quality Movement within Healthcare”
(
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.
Sponsored by the National Hospice and Palliative
Care Organization, the study was conducted by NHPCO researchers in
collaboration with the highly regarded consulting and actuarial firm, Milliman,
Inc.
Researchers selected 4,493 terminally ill patients
with either congestive heart failure (CHF) or cancer of the breast, colon,
lung, pancreas, or prostate. They then analyzed the difference in survival
periods between those who received hospice care and those who did not. Data
came from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and represented a
statistically valid five percent sampling from 1998-2002.
Longer lengths of survival were found in four of
the six disease categories studied. The largest difference in survival between
the hospice and non-hospice cohorts was observed in CHF patients where the mean
survival period jumped from 321 days to 402 days. The mean survival period also
was significantly longer for the hospice patients with lung cancer (39 days)
and pancreatic cancer (21 days), while marginally significant for colon cancer
(33 days).
“There’s an inaccurate
perception among the American public that hospice means you’ve given up,” said
J. Donald Schumacher, NHPCO president and CEO. Co-author Bruce Pyenson, an
actuary at Milliman in
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PLEDGE SHEET
10th
Hole Pavilion Across from Faith Outreach
224-HOPE
(4673)
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If you would like to learn more about
Hope Hospice, how the hospice program may serve you, how you may volunteer, or
how you may make a donation, please contact:
HOPE
HOSPICE
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