A patient’s hospice care team is a specially-trained, multidisciplinary group with each member playing a role in the planning, providing, and managing of the patient’s end-of-life care. Playing a crucial role in the care team is the hospice medical director, an expert physician that is responsible for ensuring that every patient’s care wishes are honored,…
Below is a great article by Lisa Nicely of the Crescent News. After 25 years, the Linus Slattery Memorial Golf Tournament Weekend ended on a high note on the weekend of June 8-9 in Defiance County. The event raised more than half a million dollars since its inception. This was the last year for the annual…
Many of our offices hold an annual Beacon of Hope Dinner and Charity Auction that raises money to support CHP’s Patient Care Fund. Below is a great article about Defiance’s upcoming Beacon of Hope by Lisa Nicely of the Crescent News. Community Health Professionals (CHP) will hold its annual Beacon of Hope Dinner and…
Below is a great article by Lisa Nicely of the Crescent News. It’s like a Christmas gift for the region. Each year, Re/Max Realty in Defiance does an activity — typically adopting a family — for Make a Difference Day in October, but this year the staff wanted to do something that would have a…
November is National Home Care and Hospice Month, which recognizes the compassion and dedication of home care and hospice workers. Every day, nurses, aides, therapists, social workers, clergy, and volunteers deliver the care necessary to keep the elderly, ill and disabled of all ages living independently as possible in their own homes. Home health enables…
Sept. 17-23 is National Adult Day Services Week. Every year, this important week is recognized to honor the beneficial services adult day care centers provide to seniors, disabled individuals, and their overwhelmed caregivers. This special week has been celebrated annually since it was proclaimed on September 27, 1983, by former President Ronald Reagan to raise…
“Live United” is the slogan for the United Way of Van Wert County. But it means more than that for a Convoy man and his family, as they have been both on the giving and receiving ends of the community’s generosity. Michael Chesbro is in the midst of a battle with stage 4 esophageal cancer.…
Below is a great article written by Josh Ewers of The Bryan Times about CHP’s Rays of Hope Camp in Archbold which will finished on July 20th. The jubilant sound of children playing is not a concept usually associated with the grieving process, but they go hand in hand at Community Health Professionals of Bryan…
People often believe that hospice is for patients with only hours or days to live, however this is not always true. For the family of longtime Van Wert resident Wally Purmort, the hospice journey was experienced for over a year at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center.