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The decision to admit a loved one to hospice is a challenging and heavy one for any family, but Hospice Medical Director Dr. Mary McDonald has plenty of advice. With her background in hospice and geriatrics, she understands the considerations that ...

Patients benefit from clear discussions about their care preferences in every healthcare setting. Hospice Goals of Care are in-depth, no-cost consultations between the patient, their family, and healthcare providers. When a person enters hospice ...

When a patient dies, it is expected for their loved ones to grieve. While healthcare professionals are accustomed to death, they, too, can be deeply affected by the loss of a patient. It is important that their grief is acknowledged too. “The grief ...

Charlie Smith’s day job as Frederick County State's Attorney often involves helping victims of crime get justice for the loss of their loved ones. As such, he is no stranger to death. It wasn’t really until his own father, J. Charles Smith, Jr., a ...

The Community Foundation of Frederick County’s Wertheimer Award for Excellence in Volunteerism exists to reward those who otherwise wouldn’t draw attention to their tireless service, and prolific hospice volunteer Elaine Junker certainly deserves it. ...

Holly Shifrin, a volunteer who’s been serving with Hospice for six months, has known how to sew since she was a child. “My mother taught me,” she recalls. She didn’t imagine that it was a skill she would use in keeping a hospice patient company, but ...

When most people think of music therapy, they don’t necessarily think of humor, yet Diane Huseman’s latest music therapy project makes her laugh. Diane is a hospice patient at Spring Arbor Senior Living, who has been working with Hospice music ...

In her words... The very moment my family needed it, I admit I didn’t know much about hospice care. I didn’t know that our own Frederick Health Hospice had been serving the people of Frederick County for over 40 years without regard for their ability ...

I hope this message finds the friends of Frederick Health Hospice settling well into the new year. On behalf of the Hospice Board, I have to deliver some news that has brought us a bit of sadness, but is also an opportunity to celebrate what we’ve ...

It seems like fall arrived just yesterday, but before we know it, we’ll be heading into those colder months that cause us to reflect on the people and opportunities bringing warmth to our lives. Gathering with family and friends naturally causes us ...

Over 400 people attended hospice's lecture and book signing featuring Hadley Vlahos, R.N., a hospice registered nurse and TikTok star (“Nurse Hadley”) at the forefront of a movement to change attitudes about death and end-of-life journeys. We were ...

Frederick Health Hospice is excited to announce that the Adventist HealthCare system in Montgomery County, Maryland, has selected them as their hospice of choice. Frederick Health Hospice will provide general in-patient level of hospice care to ...