Hospice & Palliative Care of Chenango County

During this time every year, as one year ends and a new begins, it is the privilege of all of us at Hospice & Palliative Care of Chenango County to come together with our fellow community members to honor and remember those whom we have lost. Our annual ornament sale is an opportunity for the community to support the work that we do and to remember our loved ones. This year, there are several options to choose from. We have three types of beeswax candles, molded by one of our... very own Volunteers from beeswax donated by Kutik's Everything Bees. The two handmade ornament selections include a glass blown cardinal and a wooden, dancing angel. You may also choose to have the name(s) of the person (or people) you are purchasing the ornament in memory of to be written in ink, or etched into either of the ornament choices. The ornaments and candles, adorned with the names of your loved ones will be featured during this year's Light Up a Life event, which will premiere on Youtube on December 10th at 7:00PM. Following this event, you are welcome to contact our office at 607-334-3556 to pick up your ornament, or when you place your ornament order, you can indicate that you would like us to mail it to you so you will receive it in time for the holidays. Thank you for your continuous support of Hospice & Palliative Care of Chenango County, and we wish you a safe and peaceful holiday season! Here's the order form https://hospicechenango.org//2020-Ornaments-Order-Form-Bro and soon we'll have the option for you to order directly from our website. We will post that link as soon as it's available.

Sarah Green, our Volunteer Coordinator & Compliance Officer, will be on WZOZ, WDHI/WIYN of Townsquare Media, tomorrow, Saturday, November 7, around 7:10 am to talk about the We Honor Vets program and upcoming events! To learn more about the We Honor Veterans, a program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, which we participate in, visit their website: https://www.wehonorveterans.org/

Today is National Hospice & Palliative Care Month Social Media Action Day! Time to snap those selfies, groupies! We hope you'll join us for this day of sharing positive images and stories of hospice and palliative care, using #hapcFacesofCaring and #HospiceMonth via National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization We have many faces of caring at Hospice & Palliative Care of Chenango County, you'll be meeting them throughout the month!

Today is International Volunteer Manager Day aka Sarah Green Day! #ivmday #hapcFacesofCaring "As the volunteer coordinator, Sarah manages the most staff at Hospice. She is so helpful and always has a smile on her face. She has shown so much creativity throughout the pandemic, finding ways to keep volunteers safe and busy. Thank you, Sarah!" ~ Kendall Drexler, LMSW, Executive Director

The most elusive of intangibles! Be that as it may, one thing is certain: there are as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in the year's course. Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word "happy" would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. Of course, it is understandable that we seek happiness and avoid unlucky and disagreeable chances, despite the fact that reason teaches us that such an attitude is not re...asonable because it defeats its own ends -- the more you deliberately seek happiness the more sure you are not to find it. It is therefore far better to take things as they come along, with patience and equanimity. After all, perhaps once in a while, there will be something good, lucky, or enjoyable for you in Fortune's bag of relevant and irrelevant gifts. From "The Art of Living", an interview with Jung from 1960. See more

November is National Hospice & Palliative Care Month. We'll be posting about it all month! This Friday is Social Media Action Day! Join us for a day of spreading positive images of hospice and palliative care on social media! Stay tuned for details!

Are you a registered nurse or know someone who is looking for a job? We’re looking for an RN to join our team at Hospice & Palliative Care of Chenango County! Apply here: https://www.indeed.com/m/viewjob

Since the beginning of the year, many Americans have become caregivers for the first time and about half of those because of COVID-19. An experienced caregiver offers her advice on caring for a loved one. From AARP

It’s National First Responder Appreciation Day!! First Responders are there for us day-in and day-out and today is our day to honor them! We want to thank ALL of our Fire, EMS, Law Enforcement and Dispatch who help keep our communities safe. Be sure to thank the first responders in your life today!

For those who celebrate Halloween, the images can bring many things to mind: pumpkins, costumes, fall leaves, and of course, candy. It’s also a time when we’re bombarded by images of death: headstones, skeletons, ghosts. Some houses really amp up the gore in their decorations, with hanging skeletons, arms, and legs reaching out of the ground, corpses in caskets, and other images that can be extremely disturbing to those newly bereaved. For grieving children and families, the ...Continue reading

They're all smiling (behind masks)! Left to right - Volunteer Katie Becker, Volunteer Carole Stanbro and Volunteer Coordinator Sarah Green representing Hospice and Palliative Care of Chenango County today at the last Saturday in the Park with Chobani

Too often, unused prescription drugs find their way into the wrong hands. That's dangerous and often tragic. Tomorrow, Saturday, October 24th is the day to clean out your medicine and turn in unused or expired medication - safely and anonymously. In Norwich it would be the Norwich Police Department, NY, from 10 am - 2 pm, outside of Norwich please visit this website and enter your location and it'll show you your nearest collection spot. https://takebackday.dea.gov/

Making a good list of passwords and everything else about your financial life can spare your family much work and heartache spelling out last instructions if you become incapacitated or die.

Kiernan Hamilton, board member, and LCSW-R shares this with us: this year our environments have been changed and meshed into the same space, and there is little time for transition breaks. Where we once had a significant period of time to transition from work, school, home during the commute, now has to happen in less than a second. Those living in middle-class households with children aren’t getting emotional rest opportunities that used to be given during the day. That, combined with the natural disasters of the year, politically-charged climate, social unrest, and Covid-related stressors, people are going to be unable to do it all. Give each other grace, space when needed, and give yourself grace and ask for space when needed.

Volunteer Virginia Lee at today's Saturday in the Park in Norwich representing Hospice and Palliative Care of Chenango County! Stop by and say