CHP Home Care & Hospice is celebrating a half century of providing home-based health care services in Northwest and West Central Ohio. The nonprofit, 501c3 organization was incorporated in December of 1974 and served its first patient on March 1, 1975. Dr. E. E. White, a local physician, initiated the establishment of a home health […]
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In honor of National Nurses Week, May 6-12, CHP Home Care & Hospice offered a “blessing of the hands” — a centuries-old tradition meant to honor the vital role nurses play in healing and compassion. “Blessing of the Hands” ceremonies are now fairly commonplace during Nurse’s Week. Human touch is such a crucial part of health
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CHP Home Care & Hospice has established an endowment fund with the Van Wert County Foundation in memory of its former Vice President of Finance, Fawn Burley, who passed in March. Named the Fawn Burley CHP Hospice Patient Care Fund, the endowment will benefit hospice patients in Van Wert County through CHP’s Hospice Patient Care
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Back in 1995, the staff at CHP Home Care & Hospice noticed the need to fulfill wishes for adults in its hospice program who had limited time remaining in their lives. The idea was expanded to include individuals from throughout the state of Ohio, and the Angel Foundation was established. Over its 28 years, the
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November is National Home Care and Hospice Month – a time set aside to recognize and honor home health and hospice caregivers nationally and locally. Every day, nurses, home care aides, therapists, social workers, and others dedicate themselves to serving the health care needs of patients and families in their homes. We recognize the contributions
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Over the past couple of weeks, hospice patient, Kim Feehan of Stryker experienced the well-worn idiom, “Have your cake and eat it too.” The 52-year-old received two special wishes from the Angel Foundation, a nonprofit organization operated by CHP Home Care & Hospice that grants wishes to terminally ill adults living in Ohio. The first
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To see Bobbie Schulte of Van Wert today, you\’d never imagine where she was just seven months ago. The journey of healing she\’s experienced over the past three months is remarkable. Schulte suffers from severe arthritis. She has undergone six painful surgeries which completely replaced her spine from skull to tailbone, leaving her bedridden, riddled
Managing grief is hard for people of any age, but it can be especially complex for children and teens. Whether it’s grief from losing a parent, a relative, or a friend, it’s important for kids to have support from others with a sympathetic ear and words of encouragement. That\’s what CHP\’s Rays of Hope Camps provide.
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Skilled home health care is an insurance-driven medical service delivered wherever is home at the time of need – your house, apartment, or assisted living residence. Skilled home care is prescribed by your doctor as a temporary or intermittent service, to get you back on your feet. Visiting Nurses Here in northwest Ohio, you may
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Daniel Roebuck, an actor best known for roles including Deputy Marshal Robert Biggs in The Fugitive and its spinoff film U.S. Marshals, plus television roles in Lost, Matlock, and more, is coming to Bryan and Van Wert for showings of a 2017 film he wrote, directed, and starred in called, “Getting Grace.”
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