Hospice Pioneer Traces Family Line of Faith

In May 1941 at just 10 months old, Lois Bechtle arrived in a little town called Pasto in the Andes Mountains of Colombia. Her mother, Katherine, ...

Home Health Aide Cares for Body and Spirit

When he was just a boy, Edvin Tejeda, a home health aide at Hospice Care of the West, felt a higher calling to care for the whole person ...

On the 10th anniversary of service as the first nurse at Hospice Care of the West, we are honored to celebrate Julie Voelz. Her journey is ...

When Dr. Jorge Rivero was a young medical student in Lima, Peru, his grandfather, Felix, challenged his newly acquired patient care skills. ...

By Dave Boyle “The first thing to go from my memory after my dad died was his voice. The second, his laugh.” Denise was only twelve years old ...

Sandy Platamone, a nurse at Hospice Care of the West, holds a knowing presence at the bedside with her patients and their families. They are ...

Just days after her father died, Debbie Robson, Executive Director of the Hospice Care of the West, watched the montage of his life review in ...

Recently at Don Jose restaurant for lunch in Anaheim, Karyn Randall, the Business Development Director at Hospice Care of the West, heard a man ...

Kathy Rojas, Patient Care Manager at Hospice Care of the West, arrived at Eli’s home in Leisure World. The doctors were at a loss with Eli. They ...

Each time, Dave Boyle, a hospice spiritual care coordinator, sits down at the bedside, he embarks on a journey with his patients that begins with ...