by admin | May 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
One of our patients in a nursing facility used to see his daughter every day. He’s elderly, and almost completely deaf. His Hospice Austin nurse, Sara Templeton, said that though he wears a hearing aid, he can only make out some of what you say if you put your mouth...
by admin | Apr 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
Hi Friends, This is National Hospice Volunteer Appreciation Week. This is the week we had originally planned to have our beautiful volunteer appreciation luncheon at Green Pastures. That is, before the world turned upside down taking most of our plans with it. We...
by admin | Apr 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
Three of the five nurses selected as finalists in the hospice category in the Austin American-Statesman’s Recognizing Nurses competition are from Hospice Austin. The public may vote online for a finalist once a day through May 1, then the top three finalists...
by admin | Apr 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
Three of the five nurses selected as finalists in the hospice category in the Austin American-Statesman’s Recognizing Nurses competition are from Hospice Austin. The public may vote online for a finalist once a day through May 1, then the top three finalists...
by admin | Apr 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
Three of the five nurses selected as finalists in the hospice category in the Austin American-Statesman’s Recognizing Nurses competition are from Hospice Austin. The public may vote online for a finalist once a day through May 1, then the top three finalists...
by admin | Apr 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
These uncertain times have been challenging for most of us; for parents of terminally ill children, they are particularly frightening. Not only do parents worry about their child being exposed to the virus, many of them were already financially impacted by their...
by admin | Apr 9, 2020 | Being Present
This blog post, which originally appeared on the website of P4Strategies, discusses an encounter the author had with Hospice Austin volunteer Tony Corasaniti. It is reprinted here with the author’s permission. The Unexpected The evening was uneventful; I...
by admin | Mar 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
Hi friends, During this time of global uncertainty, we wanted to let you know the steps Hospice Austin is taking to help keep our patients, families, volunteers and staff safe. Health Screenings For the safety of all, our staff and volunteers are checking and...
by admin | Feb 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
I have been a singer and choir director my entire life and have witnessed the joy of music-making in a wide variety of ways from enabling adults to sing classical pieces that they thought were beyond their abilities, to teaching young children to sing simple refrains...
by admin | Feb 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
We often get letters from family members after a patient has died, but recently Hospice Austin Executive Director Marjorie Mulanax received this lovely letter from Deborah Wallis, the sister of our current patient, Jeffrey Wallis, about his nurse. It is reprinted here...
