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16th Annual R.E. Thomas Memorial Benefit

16th Annual R.E. Thomas Memorial Benefit
Join Johnny and Joyce Thomas and their extended family and friends for the annual R.E. Thomas Benefit for HGI.

Join Johnny and Joyce Thomas and their extended family and friends for the annual R.E. Thomas Benefit for Hospice of The Golden Isles

Enjoy a delicious prime rib and shrimp dinner catered by Mudcat Charlie’s, live entertainment from local talent and most of all the palpable fellowship buzzing through the Shrine Club.

To Register, call Johnny Thomas at (912) 269-5001

Event will be held at the Brunswick Shrine Club, Saturday, August 28, 2021! Tickets are $60/person • Doors open at 6:30pm • Dinner at 7pm • BYOB

Home Hospice Care: What To Expect

home hospice care what to expect

Bringing hospice care into the home improves the quality of life for patients and their families. Once you’ve started home hospice care, you have access to an incredible network of support that goes far beyond the realms of clinical and comfort care. 

If you’re new to the idea of hospice, read our post What is Hospice Care for a general overview of the services we provide.

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Palliative Care And Hospice Care

palliative care and hospice care  

As hospice care providers we often see or hear the terms palliative care and hospice care used interchangeably even though they are not exactly the same thing.  

While these two services do share things in common, there are distinct differences. Knowing and understanding what each healthcare service offers helps you to make the most informed healthcare decisions for yourself or a loved one.

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Hospice of the Golden Isles Looking for Volunteers

Hospice of the Golden Isles, the hometown hospice for Glynn, CamdenMcIntoshBrantley, and Charlton counties, is looking for volunteers to help make a difference and improve the quality of life for people in the community.  Volunteers are diverse and special members of the community, offering companionship and a listening ear to patients and family members, assist with administrative work or provide support at fundraising events, there is a volunteer opportunity for everyone.

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What Is Hospice Care?

what is hospice care  

The value of hospice care is – quite simply – invaluable to patients and their families. And, because there is such a general misunderstanding of what hospice care is and how it’s structured, patients and families often miss out on months – or even years – of support that they would have had access to otherwise.

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Tips For Choosing A Hospice Care Provider

Hospice is an incredible service provided at any desired, qualified location – hospital, nursing home, assisted living community, the comfort of your own home, a dedicated hospice house, etc. While the medical and comfort services offered by hospice care providers are fairly universal from agency to agency, the accompanying services may vary.

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5 Signs You May Need Grief Support

“Grief and love are sisters, woven together from the beginning. Their kinship reminds us that there is no love that does not contain loss and no loss that is not a reminder of the love we carry for what we once held close.” – Francis Weller (The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief)

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What To Ask Your Hospice Provider During COVID-19

One of the things that makes hospice so special is the ability to customize the level of services to a client’s needs and wants. The current pandemic has challenged all of us in the hospice and palliative care realm as we work to balance CDC and other health guidelines with our clients’ differing levels of need for human contact with care providers.

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