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MAY 2017
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If you love to shop Amazon, consider using
Amazonsmile.org
and designating Hospice of the Valleys as your charity of choice. Amazonsmile offers all that Amazon does, and Hospice of the Valleys will benefit at no cost to you!


Colin Hay
Lead Singer From
Friday, July 28th
6:00PM
Each Vip Ticket Package Includes
Gourmet dinner dessert & wind included, Access to private wine bar, Up close VIP seating, Personal server.
Tickets Available
www.HospiceoftheValleys.org
Benefiting the patients & families of Hospice of the Valleys for over 35 years

Thank you Gina Reinecke for hosting an inspiration and motivational workshop last month and designating Hospice of the Valleys as one of your benefiting charities. We are so grateful for your support and generosity!



Hospice of the Valleys joins the American Nurses Association in honoring our dedicated nurses for National Nurses Week, May 6-12. The theme this year is nursing: The balance of mind, body, and spirit. We honor and applaud our wonderful nursing staff as they daily pour themselves into their patients and families needs with skill and compassion.Please consider making a donation in the name of your nurse this month. Your gift will allow us to continue providing care to patients and their families regardless of their inability to pay.

Thank You Volunteers!

By: Dr. Lynn Euzenas
Director of Spiritual Care & Bereavement Services

Dear Friends:I recently saw a powerful and unusual quotation about what it means to be a nurse.

Rawsi Williams wrote:

“To do what nobody else will do, in a way that nobody else can do, in spite of all we go through: that is to be a nurse.”

This quotation gets to the heart of the lived-in reality of being a nurse: the calling of a nurse supersedes all the difficulties and challenges which come with the job. The calling to serve as a nurse elevates the spirit and soul of the nurse to walk in the higher path of a healer. A difficult path, but a rewarding one.

Nurses indeed do what nobody else will do. They care for and tend to sick and broken bodies, they care for wounds and bodily functions, and live face-to-face with human frailty and illness, never forgetting the precious human person ever-present in a broken or diseased frame. Nurses touch the untouchable, sooth the unsoothable, hear the unhearable, and bring healing to those who are told that they cannot be healed. They support those dealing with devastating diagnoses and troubling states of mind, meeting them in all their difficulties with respect and without causing embarrassment.

Nurses act in a way that nobody else will do. With exquisite care and professional acumen, they care for their patients without judgment. Their skill is balanced with gentleness and overarching kindness, and a patience extending often beyond human limits. Nurses find and share joy in places where many could only see despair. They have the rare gift of caring which uplifts the souls of their patients. They are beings of faithfulness.

As Rawsi Williams suggests, nurses go through a lot. They experience human suffering first hand on a level most of us could never imagine. They daily walk through frustrating and difficult human situations which often have no immediate resolution. They are often called to be the problem solvers for issues which have no good solutions, or to be a bearer of bad news. Nurses have personally, and often, experienced death and seen human tragedy. Nurses have learned how to work creatively within a sometimes not-so-friendly hierarchy of medical professionals. They are resilient.

Nurses are tough and highly skilled…they are funny and inspiring, and they work hard. Maya Angelou helps us recall the truth of any of us who have been cared for by a special nurse: “They may not remember your name, but they will never forget how you made them feel.”

Happy Nurses Week to all our very special hospice nurses,

Dr. Lynn L. Euzenas

Nurses May Not Be Angels but They Are the Next Best Thing

Anonymous
Dr. Leslee B. Cochrane

National Nurses Week begins each year on May 6th and ends on May 12th, which is Florence Nightingale’s birthday. Webster’s Dictionary defines nursing as “the work of caring for the sick or injured or infirm.” While this definition is accurate, I feel that it does not adequately describe all that nurses do. In my opinion what makes nurses so special is not so much about what they do (although what they do is AMAZING); it is mostly about why they do what they do. Although each nurse has their unique story to tell about why they selected nursing, one thing they all share in common is that they feel that nursing is more than just an occupation, they feel it is a calling.

Florence Nightingale is recognized as the founder of the modern day nursing movement. She was born in 1820 to wealthy English parents while traveling abroad in Italy and was named after the City of Florence, where they were staying when she was born. She was a bright and beautiful young woman and her parents had great expectations for her including marriage and a rewarding social life. When she was 17, Florence experienced a “divine calling” which ultimately led her to pursue training as a nurse. This is especially noteworthy because during this period in history nurses were typically looked down upon as poor, unskilled individuals of questionable moral behavior. Contrary to her family’s wishes, Florence never married but instead devoted herself fully to serving others and gained recognition for her pioneering nursing work during the Crimean War in 1854. She then returned to England and founded the St. Thomas Nursing School in London which laid the foundation of the modern nursing movement.

In 2016 Nurses were ranked as the most trusted professionals by Gallup Polling for the 15th consecutive year, followed by pharmacists and physicians. (It seems ironic that the politicians who set healthcare policy were ranked lowest). One of the reasons why nurses consistently score so high is that they are devoted to providing the very best of care to their patients. I feel honored to work with the dedicated and compassionate nurses at Hospice of the Valleys and I hope you will join me as we recognize them during Nurses Week.

Thank you Tate Donner, owner of Nothing Bundt Cakes, Temecula for providing delicious treats to the Board and Cares, Assisted Livings and Skilled Nursing Facilities where we provide hospice care to our patients. We appreciate your support!
Thank you to Europa Village for selecting Hospice of the Valleys as the benefiting charity at their incredible Festa! concert on April 21st.
The evening was filled with music, food, and wine and Europa Village generously donated a portion of their proceeds to Hospice of the Valleys, resulting in a donation of close to $1500 which will serve out patients and their families in need. Thank you, Europa Village!!
Thank You, Europa Village!

Hospice of the Valleys hosted it’s Annual Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon, celebrating 35 years of honoring the Best Volunteers on Earth!
Hospice of the Valleys gives special thanks to Toni Jorgensen, Miller-Jones Mortuary, Rosati’s Restaurant, The Sun Meadows Players and Great Oak High School Hospice of the Valleys’ Club for their part in making a very special luncheon for our volunteers.
The key to our success rests in our volunteers as their services are invaluable. Their dedication and selfless commitment enables us to provide the best care possible for our patients, their families and caregivers. Our volunteers may never know the profound effect that they have made in a person’s life but I have no doubt Hospice of the Valleys volunteers are making a difference in the world for the better.
“To the World you may be one person but one person you may be the world”

Hospice offers volunteers an opportunity to support your community. Our hospice volunteers are exceptional individuals who bring companionship and compassion to the hospice patient. Hospice always has the need for volunteers in patient support, veteran to veteran patient support, community outreach art & music program, music & memory program, office, fundraising and much more. Hold a Hand-Give a Hug-Touch a Heart.
(Training course includes all 4 days for patient assignment volunteers or 2 days for all other volunteers)
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
Thursday, June 22, 2017
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
Thursday, June 29, 2017
(A light dinner will be served)
5:00 pm – 9:00pm
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