by Janine Smith-Citron | Nov 11, 2015 | Uncategorized
November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month and hospices across the country are reaching out to raise awareness about the highest quality care for all people coping with life-limiting illness. Hospice is not a place. Hospice is a program of care that...
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...
