Samaritan Healthcare and Hospice's Jewish Hospice Program Prepares for the Holiday Season

Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice’s Jewish Hospice Program has been a flurry of activity in December. Recently, the program received a generous gift of personal care items from the National Council of Jewish Women. The items included shampoo, soap and toothpaste, and will benefit the program’s patients and their families. Additionally, Samaritan volunteers have been preparing Hanukkah gifts for Samaritan’s Jewish patients and their families.

Samaritan’s Jewish Hospice Program provides a very special kind of care and support for all Jewish people living with serious illness when a cure is not possible. Our mission is to bring a Sukkat Shalom – a Shelter of Peace – to our patients and their families by providing comfort, dignity and quality of life in the spirit of Chesed Shel Emet, eternal loving and compassionate kindness.

Samaritan’s Jewish Hospice Program was created more than 15 years ago in coordination with the Samost Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Southern New Jersey to ensure that no Jewish person is ever alone when facing serious illness. For more information, visit www.SamaritanNJ.org.

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Samaritan 001: (from left) Samaritan’s Spiritual Support Counselor Rabbi Geri Newburge accepts gifts of personal care items from National Council of Jewish Women volunteers Florence Engel and Shirley Srolovitz. The shampoo, soap and toothpaste will benefit Samaritan’s Jewish Hospice Program patients and families.

Samaritan 002: (from left) Samaritan volunteers Eve Brannen, Vicki Stein, Rosalie Mittleman and Wilma Messler gathered to prepare Hanukkah gifts for Samaritan’s Jewish patients and their families.

About Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice:
Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice is the regional leader for hospice care, palliative (comfort) medicine, geriatric care management, grief support and counseling and end-of-life education, research and advocacy. In addition to hospice services covered by Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers, Samaritan’s Family of Services also provides nearly $1 million each year in essential, yet non-reimbursed, services through generous community support.
Samaritan is a not-for-profit, non-sectarian, independent organization accredited by The Joint Commission, a member of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) and its’ We Honor Veterans program created in collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Samaritan serves people in Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester and Mercer counties who are coping with the stresses of aging, serious illness or grief. For more information, visit www.SamaritanNJ.org.

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