Celebration!

Welcome to Celebration! a gathering to connect and renew the spirits of the hospice team in our mission to celebrate life and provide the best care to our patients.

Celebration #2 Becomes a Ritual of Renewal

On a sunny September morning, Debbie Robson, Executive Director of the Hospice Care of the West, and I swung open the doors and welcomed each ...

Our First Celebration!

“Celebration is about bringing our mission home,” said Debbie Robson, Executive Director of Hospice Care of the West, as she welcomed her team of ...

Last Hair Cut

Nancy Johnson received a call that Katherine, a 93-year-old hospice patient, needed a haircut and style. It would probably be her last. Nancy is ...

Reminiscing Corner: Celebrating Our Hospice Social Workers

In celebration of our social workers, we invited the special team at Hospice Care of the West to a Reminiscing Corner. Take a moment to click and ...

Hospice Social Worker Transforms Life’s Final Frontier

In the early 1980s, Gemma Heffernan greeted an elderly couple entering her office at Leisure World. As the Director of Social Services, she often ...

Marine to Father: Our Greatest Generation Tribute

Watch the Life Review Video on John Marting and read the excerpt on his life review from my book Parting Ways…On a rainy winter afternoon, ...

The Power in Sharing Your Wisdom

In Las Vegas, we shared our mission of celebrating life and preserving your legacy at Hospice Care of the West with a group of hospice care ...

Celebration illuminates end-of-life lessons

At the book launch for “Parting Ways”, the community learned how to celebrate life at any stage. Read more in the Orange County ...

Parting Ways: A New Book About Celebrating Life

Denise Carson, author and columnist, releases Parting Ways: New Rituals and Celebrations of Life’s Passing. In the book, Carson takes us on ...