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management, psychosocial support, and spiritual care to patients and their families. In addition to attending to the comfort of patients, hospice: understand that most family members do not know how In help care for their loved one, so caregiver guidance and sup port are an important part of hospice care. Hospices also serve as important sources of information about care options.
Hospice of the Rapidan i committed to informing the community and local healtl care professionals about the benefits of hospice care and tc honoring those who do thi. important work each day “When families think of the care their loved one received in hospice, they think of th< concern on the face of a nurse as she made their loved one more comfortable, or the smile on the face of the volunteer lis tening to an old family story or joke,” commented Kathy Clements, Executive Director of Hospice of the Rapidan. “National Hospice and Palliative Care Month pro vides a wonderful opportunity to celebrate these “faces of car ing” in our community.”
In recognition of National' Hospice and Palliative Can Month, Hospice of the Rapidan is also donating copies of the book Facing Th* Final Mystery: A Guide To Discussing End Of Life Issue: by Laura Larsen to the Rappahannock County Library as well as the Warrenton Library, the John Marshall Library and the Bealeton Library in Fauquioi County, the Orange County Public Library as well as it Wilderness Branch in Locust Grove and Gordonsvilh Branch, the Madison County Library, and the Culpeper Library, all of which are in communities served In Hospice of the Rapidan.
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