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Adair resident and retired LWC executive joins Hosparus board 'Volunteering for Hosparus is the most rewarding thing I've ever done. If I can make a patient smile and bring some spirit into their lives, it's worth it. I find when I sit with a patient and provide that caregiver needed respite, they are so grateful' - RON HEATH Click on headline for complete story, photo(s) By Stephanie Smith, Director of Communications, Hosparus Ron Heath, an Adair County resident, recently joined the Hosparus Green River Community Board. No stranger to hospice work, Heath served on the board for several years at Hospice of Dubuque in Dubuque, Iowa before relocating to Columbia to accept the vice president of advancement position at Lindsey Wilson College. Now retired, he devotes his time not only to board service but to providing patient support and respite services for Hosparus patients and families. "Volunteering for Hosparus is the most rewarding thing I've ever done. If I can make a patient smile and bring some spirit into their lives, it's worth it. I find when I sit with a patient and provide that caregiver needed respite, they are so grateful," Heath says. He adds, "I believe that once people take that step to enter hospice care, they feel relieved. There is a sense of peace." Along with patient care, in his role as a community board member, Heath plans to help get the word out about the benefits of calling Hosparus much sooner, "The one thing I hear over and over is that families wish they would have accessed care much earlier." He also wants people to understand that Hosparus cares for people regardless of their ability to pay. This care also extends to pediatric hospice patients, fondly known as the organization's Kourageous Kids and bereavement services at no cost to Hosparus families after the death, "The reimbursement Hosparus receives doesn't begin to cover the cost of providing such care and yet the organization remains committed to serving everyone whether they can pay or not." For more than 35 years, Hosparus, a fully accredited non-profit hospice organization, has provided care, comfort and counseling for people facing life-limiting illnesses in Kentucky and Southern Indiana. Hosparus cares for more than 6,000 patients and their families each year. To learn more about Hosparus services, visit www.hosparus.org This story was posted on 2014-03-06 14:52:58
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