by Anne Beaver | May 4, 2021 | News
MEMORANDUM On May 3, 2021, Governor Ron DeSantis issued Executive Order 21-102, Suspending All Remaining Local Government Mandates and restrictions based on the COVID-19 State of Emergency. Due to the high level of patient-related vulnerability in those we serve, Big...
by Anne Beaver | Apr 26, 2021 | Blog
Submitted by Katie Kliner, Big Bend Hospice Youth Bereavement Counselor It’s a Thursday afternoon and a group of strangers have gathered to talk about something personal, painful, and raw. I ask the group to share why they have decided to attend today. Nearly every...
by Anne Beaver | Apr 20, 2021 | Blog
Submitted by Katie Mandell, Community Engagement Manager In 2020, Volunteer Jenny Haverland reached her 20th year of service with Big Bend Hospice. “Hospice looked a little different back then”, she explained, “the Dozier Hospice House had been open a very short time...
by Anne Beaver | Apr 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
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by Anne Beaver | Apr 1, 2021 | Blog
April Is National Volunteer Appreciation Month submitted by Katie Mandell, CVA, BBH Manager of Community Engagement Big Bend Hospice (BBH) recognizes and values our Volunteers. Every hour a Volunteer donates makes a significant impact on our patients and their loved...
by Anne Beaver | Mar 25, 2021 | Blog
Submitted by Kelly S. Williams, BBH Volunteer Coordinator BBH volunteers have been doing everything they can to continue to help our patients throughout the pandemic. Some are even beginning to return to patients’ homes as more people are vaccinated. However,...
by Anne Beaver | Mar 19, 2021 | Blog
Submitted by Sharon Davidson Recently, BBH staff partnered together to assist one of our hospice patients in Gadsden County. The patient had been living in a van in the Quincy Walmart parking lot for two months when he was referred for hospice services. The BBH...
by Anne Beaver | Mar 16, 2021 | Blog
Big Bend Hospice (BBH) is honoring and highlighting their social workers during March as part of National Social Workers Month. This year’s appropriate theme “Social Workers are Essential” expresses what hospice patients, families, and BBH staff have always known....
by Anne Beaver | Mar 11, 2021 | Blog
The Impact it Could Have on COVID-19 Submitted by Sharon D. Davidson, CVA, BBH Senior Director of Community Engagement Big Bend Hospice teamed up with Pilot Club Tallahassee and the Florida Peanut Federation to provide 15 dozen cases of peanut butter to Franklin...
by Anne Beaver | Mar 5, 2021 | Blog
Contributed by by Fabiola Jean-Charles, Transitions Program Manager and Ryan Thompson, Transitions Program Social Worker This month, Transitions recognized the caregivers of our clients for Caregiver Appreciation Day (February 19). With the help of an exceptional...
