Hospice

by Dotty St. Amand November is National Alzheimer's Awareness Month, National Family Caregivers Month, and National Hospice Month. While each designation focuses on an important issue, the connection between the [...]

Originally published in the Fort-Myers News Pressby Francesca Donlan There is always hope. That’s why the staff and volunteers at Hope hatched a plan to make each moment special for [...]

At Thanksgiving, many Americans express their gratitude for the opportunity to live a good life. Even people who are appropriate for hospice care can share that opportunity. Recently a little [...]

World Hospice Day is observed internationally on the second Saturday of each October. Unfortunately only half of the world’s countries have access to hospice care. In our own community, where [...]

Mark Meyers and Tenya with their children In 1999, filmmaker Mark Meyers and his wife, Tenya, learned that their newborn son, Kaymen, had severe cerebral palsy - leaving him with [...]

More trees, commemorative ornament added this year This year marks the 24th season for the Hope Hospice and Community Services Tree of Lights at Edison Mall. This signature event enables [...]

Members of the Hope Hospice staff recently participated in a beautiful wedding. They knew the groom well – he was in our care, and the wedding was conducted in our [...]

In the past year, Hope Hospice cared for nearly 500 people in our community with Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia, and as with all of our patients, we constantly [...]

Originally published in the Fort Myers News-Press Hope Hospice of Southwest Florida is coming to Lehigh Acres. Samira Beckwith, Hope’s president and chief executive officer, said that a Hospice House [...]