Patient Stories

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Hospice Grief Programs Help All Ages Jan 2, 2024
Hospice Grief Programs Help All Ages

Following the heartbreaking loss of their 2-year-old son, Beckett, the Hartner family found comfort not only in their community but also in Frederick Health Hospice's grief support programs, Camp Jamie and Project Christine. Camp Jamie especially ...

Patricia Clock Was a Force of Nature Nov 15, 2023
Patricia Clock Was a Force of Nature

Despite the physical and cognitive challenges she faced from her Parkinson’s Disease, Patricia Clock lived her life with passion and energy. A caregiver to others throughout her life, it was always difficult for her to acknowledge when she needed ...

Preparing a new generation of caregivers Nov 15, 2023
Preparing a new generation of caregivers

One of the best ways to reverse stigma is to educate the younger generation. In a new partnership between Hospice and the Department of Nursing at Hood College, future healthcare providers are getting hands-on experience while learning about hospice ...

Healing From Grief Through Shared Languages Oct 15, 2023
Healing From Grief Through Shared Languages

As an extension of Frederick Health Hospice, the Equal Access Bereavement Program provides grief support, at no cost, to Hispanic residents and Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) in Frederick County with the help of Spanish-speaking ...

Nurse Volunteers Bring an Extra Dose of TLC to Hospice Patients Jul 15, 2023
Nurse Volunteers Bring an Extra Dose of TLC to Hospice Patients

Hospice volunteers come from a variety of backgrounds, but they all provide compassion and companionship, something that is second nature to life-long nurses. Terry Granger has been a registered nurse for 30 years, working at Frederick Health ...

Lois Spurrier's Story Apr 11, 2023
Lois Spurrier's Story

Lois Spurrier, was known for many things in her life: her 50 years as a teacher in Frederick County; as a musician who sang in the church choir and for the children she taught; a farmer’s wife who never gave up her love of the land; a local radio ...

The Power of Music Feb 15, 2023
The Power of Music

When Patricia "Patti" Druliner hears classical music, it takes her back to her piano-playing days. Even in the late stages of dementia, when verbal communication becomes difficult, the power of music endures. Music has always been a significant part ...

20 years - Kline House Anniversary 2002-2022 Jan 9, 2023
20 years - Kline House Anniversary 2002-2022

In 2000, Carl and Norma Miller donated 15 acres of rolling farmland in Mount Airy that would serve as the site of a new hospice house for residents of Frederick County. In addition to donating the land for the new facility, the Millers were actively ...

The Gifts Hospice Gave to my Family Aug 19, 2022
The Gifts Hospice Gave to my Family

Like many people, prior to my parents’ experience with hospice, I knew very little about it. I wondered if hospice meant “giving up.” I realize now that it is the exact opposite: it is taking back—taking back control of how—and where—we want to end ...

Paving the Way to Give a Patient What He Wanted Most Jun 2, 2022
Paving the Way to Give a Patient What He Wanted Most

Larry Stambaugh made it clear to his family and friends that he wanted to spend his last days in the home he built with his own hands on a mountaintop in Emmitsburg 40 years ago. When Frederick Health Hospice began serving Larry, wintery conditions ...

Garnet Lynch: A Teacher in Life and Death Jun 2, 2022
Garnet Lynch: A Teacher in Life and Death

As a life-long educator, Garnet Lynch spent her career teaching children in Frederick County Public Schools for more than 30 years. So it should come as no surprise that her passing provides a lesson to others on how hospice cares for the sick—and ...

Creating a Safe Space to Heal Feb 18, 2022
Creating a Safe Space to Heal

The month of June 2020 was a blur for Lauren Nolke. Not only was this working mother of two doing her best to manage the “new normal” thrust upon her by the escalating COVID-19 pandemic, she had just learned that her beloved father, Robert Brenneman, ...

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Hospice Grief Programs Help All Ages

Hospice Grief Programs Help All Ages

Jan 2, 2024
Following the heartbreaking loss of their 2-year-old ...
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Patricia Clock Was a Force of Nature

Patricia Clock Was a Force of Nature

Nov 15, 2023
Despite the physical and cognitive challenges she faced ...
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