Good Samaritan Society Hospice Albuquerque

06/03/2024

Today marks the first day of , a month-long celebration of LGBTQ+ communities around the world, and a recognition of the Stonewall Uprising in June 1969 that helped vitalize the modern gay rights movement.

As we commemorate Pride Month, let us also recognize the ongoing disparities LGBTQ+ individuals face in accessing quality care. LGBTQ+ patients may require special care when they are experiencing serious illness at the end of life.

Follow NHPCO accounts throughout June as we share NHPCO health equity resources and highlight some member organizations and individuals who provide programs, policies, and best practices that demonstrate efforts to increase access to and quality of care for the LGBTQ+ community.

06/03/2024

03/29/2024

Good Samaritan Society Hospice Albuquerque would like to wish everyone a very happy Easter!

03/12/2024

Sanford hospice has many types of volunteers: letter writers, photographers, musicians. Meet patient visitor volunteer Linda Bates.

03/12/2024

In 1963, Dame Cicely Saunders introduced the idea of specialized care for the dying to the United States in a lecture at Yale University. Shortly after in 1967, she created St. Christopher’s Hospice in the United Kingdom, founding the modern hospice movement. In honor of Women’s History Month, we want to recognize and thank Dame Cicely Saunders for her instrumental role in the holistic, person-centered hospice benefit we have today.

01/22/2024

The start of a new year is the perfect time to engage in advance care planning, either completing advance directives for the first time or ensuring existing directives match current wishes for care.

CaringInfo.org, a program of NHPCO, provides free resources to educate and empower patients and caregivers to make decisions about serious illness and end-of-life care and services.

In addition to a library of annotated advance directive forms for all 50 states plus Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico available in English and Spanish, CaringInfo provides valuable education about advance care planning, including the different forms included, practical tips for storage, and tips for getting started: https://www.caringinfo.org/planning/advance-directives/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=Facebook&utm_campaign=2024acp

12/29/2023

The philosophy of hospice is to recognize that quality of life, peace, and comfort at the end of life should be the focus of healthcare when curing a patient’s disease is no longer possible.

12/29/2023

Pueblo the dog and the rest of the volunteer team at Good Samaritan Society – Hospice in Albuquerque, New Mexico, comfort patients and their families with companionship, conversation and smiles.

12/29/2023

Happy New Year from your Good Samaritan Society Hospice Albuqueruqe

12/08/2023

We had a great time at Manzano Del Sol yesterday caroling! GSS volunteers are the best!!

12/07/2023

Jimmy Carter entered month 10 on home hospice care just as Rosalynn Carter began hospice and died in days. Can someone 'outlive' their hospice stay?