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By JON HEDDLESTON
MfptlMMwrk Newt Staff Writer
When Lorraine Robson and Elizabeth Van Warn beck of Slate Mills graduated October 30 from an eight-week course on hospice care, both women embarked on new beginnings in volunteerism.
Hospice is a special program for terminally ill patients, most of whom choose to spend their final days at home with loved ones. Hospice provides physical, emotional, social and spiritual care for these patients and their families, primarily through the help of volunteers.
When Mrs. VanWambeck moved with her family to Rappahannock from Chicago’s North Shore four years ago, she thought she would have to leave her hospice-volunteer work behind. She had come to the county with enthusiasm and interest in hospice care, but alas, no hospice.
That is, no hospice until about a year ago, when Hospice of the Rapidan, Inc. was founded in Culpeper.
Mrs. VanWambeck heard about the start-up, got in touch with Hospice Coordinator Pat Bankhead, and rekindled her relationship with a volunteer group that is spreading like fire throughout Northern Virginia, where several counties are becoming known for hospice services.
Mrs. Robson came to know hospice-type care a few years ago when her son Bruce was diagnosed as terminally ilL A friend of her son, Andrea Armin, flew from California to New York where Bruce was hospitalized. She spent the following two months with the family, and visited Bruce every day. Ms. Armin’s dedication helped the family through the most difficult of times, Mrs. Robson recalled.
A few months ago, Mrs. Robson dreamed of her son—a difficult dream - -the kind she said she seldom has.
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