Hope Hospice Honors Veterans

As our nation pays tribute to the men and women who have served our country on Veteran’s Day, the Hope Hospice team honors our veteran patients and those who care for them, as well as our volunteers, staff and board members who have served in the military.

Hope Hospice is a proud participant of We Honor Veterans (WHV), a program of National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization in collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs. This program helps our hospice team honor our veteran patients’ service to our country and to enhance the quality of care we provide to help meet the needs of veterans.

“Our goal is to ensure excellent end of life care for our nation’s Veterans and their families,” says Hope Hospice social worker Felicity Burdick, MSW.” She says a patient’s military service history is highly relevant to helping staff members provide the most appropriate, personalized end-of-life care. “It is our privilege and honor to assure that every veteran is able to receive hospice care at the time and place of need.”

Hope Hospice works with VA professionals, veterans, volunteers, and other interested organizations to offer quality services and educational events to provide information about advance care planning, available resources, and care options.

Earlier this year, long-time Hope Hospice Home Care volunteer Thais Carlucci began a special project as a way to say thank you to our veteran patients. She creates plush lap blankets adorned with patriotic symbols – the American flag, stars and the American bald eagle – to be given to these patients.

“When I visit our veteran patients and they talk about their time in the service, it’s clear that it’s something they’re really proud of – it doesn’t matter if they served for two or 20 years – it’s important to them,” Carlucci says. “Making these blankets is a tiny part of how we at Hope Hospice honor our veterans. “

Information, photo submitted by Hope Hospice

Photo caption: Livermore resident Thais Carlucci proudly displays one of the blankets she created for veteran patients on hospice.