Audubon Hospice

11/10/2023

11/10/2023

Audubon Hospice honors the men and women who protect our freedom past, present, future.

09/20/2023

Happy Birthday Dr Freeman!!

08/14/2023

I shared this with our staff when I returned from the LMHPCO conference. It’s about one of our nurses that Mr Garner referenced several times during his presentation. It’s very worthy to share with everyone who has experienced what hospice is in some sort of fashion.

Tanya, this is Steven Garner who met you
when he was in Angola. He thanked you several times throughout his presentation here at the LMHPCO Conference for the difference you made in his life and the lives and deaths you touched when the Angola Hospice program began. He said you asked him for a quilt and it changed his life. He now continues to quilt and is featured in magazines, museums and tv shows. Now he travels to other prisons to help facilitate the starting of other prison hospice programs. Did you ever imagine your time spent with Mr Garner would someday continue to help prisoners all over the United States to learn what compassion, dignity and stewardship means. Your gifts that you give to helping those live while dying are what hospice is all about. We love you Tanya. Thank you for difference you continue to make. And Mr Garner says tell “Mother Goose I said hello”

06/27/2023

Happy Birthday Kat! We love you!!!!

05/08/2023

Happy Nurse’s Week
Thank you for providing care for those in times of greatest need ❤️

05/08/2023

04/24/2023

We love our Volunteers here at Audubon! Happy Volunteers Week! We can’t thank you enough Janelle and crew for everything you do for Audubon Hospice!

03/24/2023

We are always up to honoring our staff. Happy Social Worker Month. Thank you for what you do. You are Audubon, and we are proud to have you.

02/27/2023

IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER - by Erma Bombeck
(written after she found out she was dying from cancer).

I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren't there for the day.

I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage.

I would have talked less and listened more.

I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained, or the sofa faded.

I would have eaten the popcorn in the 'good' living room and worried much less about the dirt when someone wanted to light a fire in the fireplace.

I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ramble about his youth.

I would have shared more of the responsibility carried by my husband.

I would never have insisted the car windows be rolled up on a summer day because my hair had just been teased and sprayed.

I would have sat on the lawn with my grass stains.

I would have cried and laughed less while watching television and more while watching life.

I would never have bought anything just because it was practical, wouldn't show soil, or was guaranteed to last a lifetime.

Instead of wiling away nine months of pregnancy, I'd have cherished every moment and realized that the wonderment growing inside me was the only chance in life to assist God in a miracle.

When my kids kissed me impetuously, I would never have said, 'Later... Now go get washed up for dinner.'

There would have been more 'I love you's, more 'I'm sorry's.'

But mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute; look at it and really see it; live it and never give it back..

STOP SWEATING THE SMALL STUFF!

Don't worry about who doesn't like you, who has more, or who's doing what
Instead, let's cherish the relationships we have with those who do love us.

02/09/2023

What can you offer someone who is dying?
Sometimes it’s the simplest things that matter most.

Hold space…

Allow them to say what they need to say
or
simply sit with them in total silence

Extend your hand as a reminder that they’re not alone

It’s not about grand gestures
It’s about being a kind human to all of human kind ❤️