Patient Stories

I am honored to introduce myself as the new Director of Hospice and Palliative Care. With over a decade of senior leadership experience in healthcare operations, I view hospice as a powerful intersection of medical excellence, human connection, and ...

When we’re well, music is such a constant part of life that we don’t often stop to consider its therapeutic potential. For hospice patients, however, regular music therapy can make an enormous difference and be a key source of comfort and peace. ...

The prospect of grief and the idea of hospice are topics that many people face with apprehension – and yet, there are a special few who experience end-of-life care as a calling. Some of our hospice volunteers have such a love for this work that they ...

Presented by Shabri Moore, CFP®, AIF® Charitable giving is an important piece of many individuals’ financial and estate plans. Beyond the tax advantages offered by charitable donations, many people have personal reasons for giving to charities. A ...

Grief looks different for everyone, but one of the most healing ways that family members can deal with difficult loss is to channel the feeling into action. Autumn Mehta, who lost her younger brother Gabriel to overdose, and Jerry Pierson, who lost ...

Like many hospice families, Brad Pingrey feels that hospice provided indispensable and empathetic support during an experience that would be taxing for anyone. In 2015, his wife, Donna, was diagnosed with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), a rare ...

When we think of someone retiring after a successful career, we don’t usually picture a dog – and yet Hospice’s most celebrated recent retiree is therapy goldendoodle Steeler, along with his dedicated handler Linda Kinna-Engel. A former Hospice ...

Two of Laura Blackwell’s strongest memories from Camp Jamie are a creative relay race involving donuts, and making a memory box to remind her of her father, who died when she was eight. “I actually still have the memory box,” she says. “It was ...

Scott and David Schulman’s mother Carole was at first skeptical of earlier hospice because, like many in the broader community, she thought hospice only served people with days to live. Luckily for the Schulman family, Scott’s wife Gayle is a ...

JoAnn and Charles Packan, were lifelong best friends who did everything together, so it was fitting that they entered hospice together as well. For their four children, it had become very difficult to manage their increasing care needs, and when they ...

Joyce Rhodes’s husband Edmond spent only a short time at Kline House before he passed, but it was long enough for her to be thoroughly impressed and deeply grateful for Hospice’s compassionate care. “I can’t say enough good things about our ...

Support Hospice and add a meaningful bracelet to your collection. 100% of the profits from the sale of this beautiful Em(brace)let will go directly to support Frederick Health Hospice. This Em(brace)let is a lovely way to honor a loved one or friend ...