Reservations Open for Gala on Derby Eve
Your “place to be on Derby Eve” is back for its 13th year: The Gala on Derby Eve. The benefit gala brings together 200-plus guests in Richmond each year to celebrate Kentucky’s Derby tradition while raising funds for Hospice Care Plus. This year’s Gala on Derby Eve is Friday, May 6 at 7 p.m. Registration…
To Get Back Home
Nancy Isaacs, a Hospice Care Plus nurse, now retired but with 20-plus years under her belt, will never forget one patient’s bucket-list story. “He hadn’t lived in our county very long,” remembers Nancy. “He was from a small town in eastern Kentucky, and his greatest wish was to have his body taken back there to be…
To Learn to Drive
In this reflection from a current staff member and former volunteer at Hospice Care Plus, we learn that sometimes, even family members of hospice patients have important bucket-list items. I became acquainted with hospice as a volunteer while in college. My first assignment was with an older couple I’ll call Mr. and Mrs. C. I…
To be Self-Reliant
Mrs. Brown taught us that we have to balance the need for self-reliance with the need for safety–and that creative solutions are always at-hand.
To See My Granddaughter Again
We ask “what’s most important to you today?” at every visit with patients and families. Last week, the answer was simple, beautiful, and led to an emotional reunion.
To Continue a 37-Year Tradition
Our stories about meaningful experiences are written as they unfold. Therefore, most stories are in the present tense. Some of the patients in these stories are no longer with us. They, and their families, gave us permission to share their experience with you. For those who have since passed, we share these in their memories…
To Show Other Kids You Understand
This doesn’t exactly fit our bucket-list-story mold, but we couldn’t help but share it. As we’ve said before, most of our bucket-list wishes come to us in response to the question, “What’s most important to you today?” We didn’t ask that question of these teenagers, but still they told us how important it was to…
To be There for His 1st Day of School
Nancy and her husband Skip had nearly 40 years of history together when she learned she had lung cancer in June 2009. By Christmas, she knew curative treatments were no longer helping. Her focus became quality of life, and we were honored to be asked to care for her at home. Nancy and Skip were…
To Marry Karen
One February day in 2014, we made a special request on our Facebook page: did anyone have a sized 32-34 suit or tux we could borrow for a patient who wanted to get married? We asked our Facebook followers because the patient’s care team—the nurse, social worker, nurse aid, and chaplain—had all checked with friends and…
