By: Angela Ross, Communications Specialist, Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care One of the most selfless acts of kindness a person can provide is dedicating their life’s work to caring…
When people hear the word hospice, it often brings up fear, confusion, or assumptions based on things they’ve heard secondhand. At Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care, we talk with…
By: Allison Apple, Donor Specialist, Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care I can still feel the warmth of her hug — the one that came with a gleeful, “There’s my…
By: Marie Marley, PhD Volunteer – Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care Alzheimer’s disease is a serious illness and deservedly so. But sometimes laughter can be good medicine. My experience…
By: Marie Marley, PhD Volunteer – Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care When Jennifer’s Alzheimer’s became more advanced, she went to live with her daughter, Susan, in a small town…
By: Heather Murphy, BS, BSN, RN Director of Quality & Regulatory Compliance, Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care At the end of the year, we all learned the sad news…
By: Jeannie Wilcox KCH Sr. Communications Manager Earlier this year Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care (KCH) introduced end-of-life doula opportunities to our already robust volunteer program. As Kansas City’s…
By: Allison Apple KCH Donor Specialist How Kansas City Hospice is there for Ann Nelson. Ann Nelson is not who you might expect a typical 89-year-old hospice patient to be.…
By: Jeannie Wilcox, KCH Sr. Communications Manager Published: January 3, 2024 For sisters and super fans Janet and Sherrie, what the Kansas City Chiefs’ record is right now in the…