Each year the Veterans Tribute Ceremony serves as a time for friends and family members to honor and remember their veteran loved ones with memorial items at the Capt. Robert J. Hiler Jr. Veterans Memorial.
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Donor Profile – Mary Jane Stanley
Considering the community as part of her extended family has been a constant in Mary Jane Stanley’s eventful life of servant leadership
On the Horizon – 40/40 in 2020. The Lost Year.
The year 1980 saw two major developments in the healthcare industry in our community – oncologist Dr. Rafat Ansari began caring for patients at Michiana Hematology Oncology and Center for Hospice Care served their first patient.
A Look Back – Gardens of Remembrance and Renewal Memorial Dedication Events
Center for Hospice Care’s (CHC) annual Gardens of Remembrance and Renewal Memorial Dedication events looked a little different in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Improving the Quality of Living for More than 40 Years
Center for Hospice Care has been serving patients for over 40 years. They have never turned a patient away, regardless of ability to pay.
Donor Profile: Jean Perrin
“I believe that Center for Hospice Care saved my life,” Perrin said as she reflects upon the impact of the grief counseling that she received from Center for Hospice Care’s (CHC) Life Transition Center. “I was overwhelmed with grief. I don’t know what I would have done."
Education – Honoring Choices® Indiana – North Central: Here to Help Document Your Medical Wishes
The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened public awareness of the need for advance directives. One of the most important things to do while you are healthy is to let your loved ones know what your health care wishes are. Having these conversations provides you and your loved ones with peace of mind. Honoring Choices® Indiana –...
Education – Introduction to Hospice and Palliative Care Course at the University of Notre Dame
A course about the delivery of compassionate care to those suffering life-limiting illnesses was highly appropriate as COVID-19 made its way across the US this spring. “Introduction to Hospice and Palliative Care,” offered by the University of Notre Dame in conjunction with Center for Hospice Care (CHC), used lectures, films and a mock interdisciplinary team...
Education – Panel Discussions go Virtual
Support from the Vera Z. Dwyer Charitable Trust has allowed the Center for Education & Advance Care Planning (CEACP) to transition its trusted advisor panel discussions to a virtual platform with ease. Due to the impact of COVID-19, CEACP decided that getting expert advice on how to facilitate conversations surrounding end-of-life planning was more important...