by admin | Mar 6, 2019 | Bereavement
Day of Renewal: A Creative & Experiential Exploration of Grief April 27th: 9 am – 4:30 pm, Trinity United Methodist Church (4001 Speedway Austin, TX 78751) This special day combines gentle movement, aromatherapy, art, writing, and meditation. • Coffee/Tea,...
by admin | Feb 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Every patient who comes to Hospice Austin’s Christopher House – upon arrival and every few days thereafter – is brought a fresh bouquet of flowers. Lady Bird Johnson said, “Where flowers bloom, so does hope.” Flowers embody the mystery of beauty that one poet called...
by admin | Feb 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
Drop-In Grief Support Groups Please join Hospice Austin for these free Drop-In Bereavement Groups this month. Being Alone in My Grief: Solitude vs. Loneliness The experience of grief includes periods of loneliness and times of solitude. Join us to discuss the...
by admin | Jan 15, 2019 | Bereavement
When we first lose someone we love, or when we’re grieving a previous loss for the first time, it’s all we can do to simply survive each day. There are times in our grief journey, however, when we become ready to make changes in how we grieve and heal. Change begins...
by admin | Dec 14, 2018 | Caregiving, Hospice, Patients
It’s not unusual for families to go into a tailspin during the agonizing terminal illness of a child. However, Mary Rodriguez and her husband, Ricardo Perez, traversed that difficult journey with incredible courage and grace. They had no indication during Mary’s...
by admin | Nov 19, 2018 | Volunteering
Serving as a Hospice Austin volunteer for just the past 9 months, I have already witnessed nurses, chaplains, department coordinators, nursing assistants, case managers, social workers and other volunteers skillfully and effectively serving the needs of others, always...
by admin | Nov 19, 2018 | Volunteering
There is a reason I got the opportunity to be part of Hospice Austin. Hospice kept coming up in my life. First my grandmother had hospice care in San Antonio. She was at home and near the end, dealing with multiple cancers and emphysema. A hospice nurse was with us,...
by admin | Nov 9, 2018 | Bereavement
Everything seemed perfectly normal in the Brown household on that August day in 2015. Mara took the four kids shopping for school supplies while Steve worked; after dinner, the family went to the pool and then watched a meteor shower. That night, at about one am,...
by admin | Oct 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
The end of a person’s life can so easily be consumed by chaos – pain, fear, grief, denial. Hospice Austin chaplains meet patients where they are, and, in the process of listening, bring comfort, peace, and invite patients to reflect on and define the meaning of their...
by admin | Oct 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
Several years ago, a patient was readmitted to Hospice Austin’s Christopher House late on a Friday afternoon. When he had been there before, he’d met Hospice Austin volunteer Rusty and her therapy dog, Faraday, a loving one-eyed white lab. As soon as this patient was...
