by Janine Smith-Citron | Oct 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
Join friends, family and neighbors for a brief candle lighting ceremony of remembrance at Hospice Services of Lake County. Share memories and new hopes for the future.
by Janine Smith-Citron | Jul 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
June 20, 2015 – The day began at the check-in table. Hikers of all sizes and ages came to make the hike. All photographs courtesy of Karl Parker Some came on two wheels, and some came with four legged friends. T-shirts were handed out and directions were...
by Janine Smith-Citron | Apr 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
Eight volunteers for Hospice Services of Lake County were recognized for outstanding service in 2014 at its annual volunteer appreciation luncheon on April 17, 2015. Laisné Hamilton for Patient Support; Madelene Lyon for Bereavement Support; Pat Brown for Clerical...
by Janine Smith-Citron | Apr 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
When Laisné Hamilton says she loves volunteering, brain chemistry is at work literally producing a pleasure chemical in the body called dopamine. According to David J. Linden, professor of neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University, “Your brain’s pleasure circuits are...
by Janine Smith-Citron | Mar 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
In any given week, Sharon Weeks and Annina van Voorene may find themselves delivering birthday flowers, arranging for a repair to a home wheelchair ramp, making travel arrangements, counseling a family whose loved one is dying, filling out forms, or researching...
by Janine Smith-Citron | Feb 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
Published in the CHAPCA newsletter Trendsetter, February 2015 What would the US medical system be like if physicians were as well trained in the human aspects of patient care as they are in the technical aspects of medicine? In a recent article published in The...
