Tag Archives: Hospice in Southeast Texas

Bereavement Groups – 2012

We at Compassion Hospice know what it’s like to experience the pain associated with the loss of a loved one. Our goal is to meet you where you are in your grief process. Whether it’s a recent loss or one that happened many years ago, we want you to know that you are not alone....

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Volunteers

We are always looking for volunteers to help with various duties at Compassion Hospice. Being a volunteer means that you give of your time in order to help others in need. Volunteer activities range from sitting with patients for shorts amount of time to allow the caregiver to have a break, making things such as...

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Upcoming Holiday Activities

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We’ll be at the Barnes and Nobles on Dowlen Road for the next several Friday afternoons with a few other local nonprofit organizations assisting with wrapping gifts and sharing Christmas spirit – if you’re in the area and doing some holiday shopping, stop by and visit with us! We’ve scheduled our annual memorial service and...

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Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk – November 13th, 2010

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Join Compassion Hospice as we support our local chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association in their annual Memory Walk! The Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk® is the nation’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer care, support and research. Since 1989, Memory Walk has raised more than $300 million for the cause. Memory Walk is...

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Research Shows Patients May Live Longer with Hospice and Palliative Care

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(Alexandria, Va) – A new study released by the New England Journal of Medicine found that among patients with non-small-cell lung cancer, those who received palliative care lived, on average, almost two months longer than those who received standard care. Researchers also found that the patients receiving palliative care reported a higher quality of life through the final course of their illness.

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