One of the key priorities of the Hospice Foundation’s recent “Cornerstones for Living: The Crossroads Campaign” was construction of the new 12-bed inpatient unit located on Center for Hospice Care’s Mishawaka Campus along the scenic St. Joseph River. Thanks to the generosity of Ernestine M. Raclin, who provided the lead gift for the project, this inpatient unit...
I am once again on a “Ugandan adventure!” I was busy leading up to my leaving and failed to take time to tell you of my plans, but many of you know I will always take the opportunity to return to what I consider “my second home.” I’m so thankful to have been on one...
On November 21, Center for Hospice Care (CHC), the Hospice Foundation (HF) and the Center for Education & Advance Care Planning (CEACP) welcomed the 2019-2020 school year’s Vera Z. Dwyer Fellow in Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Dr. Collin Bowman. The event was held at Raclin-Carmichael Hall at the IU School of Medicine South Bend (IUSM-SB)....
This was my last weekend in Uganda, so I tried to make the most of these last two “free days.” On Saturday, I went to the Entebbe Botanical Gardens and walked around a little bit. Rumor has it that some Tarzan scenes were filmed there, so naturally, I had to go and see for myself....
It has been another very busy week here at PCAU. I spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Jinja with Mark and Rose meeting children and guardians. We were able to visit four schools and do three home visits. We also held a meeting and talked with all of the guardians just like we did in Hoima...
I had a great weekend here in Uganda. Saturday, I took a taxi to Entebbe and sat at a café to get some work done. I had a lot of paperwork to do after returning from Hoima, but I also had lots of preparation to do for these next few days in Jinja. Overall, it...
It has been a very busy and fulfilling week here at PCAU. After spending a month working with the children’s files, I got to finally meet some of them in person. I traveled with Mark (Programs Manager) and Ronald (driver) to Hoima. We had a pretty full schedule, but we managed to meet with every...
I had an eventful weekend! On Saturday, I went to Sports Day at Gabi’s school. The events consisted of some dances, relay races, and other fun activities. Ritah and I even got to participate with Gabi for one of the events. It was so cute seeing all of the little kids competing and having such...
The past few days have not been too busy at PCAU. I have finished my documentation project for the moment, so Mark (PCAU’s Programs Manager) has been giving me some other projects to work on. PCAU and the Center for Hospice Care (CHC) have a scholarship program for nurses, so I have been organizing their information...
A lot has happened since I last checked in! On Tuesday morning, the PCAU staff had a meeting to talk about their goals for this upcoming quarter. I was present at the meeting since I will be here for a chunk of that time. I enjoyed getting to see the plans that they have to...
