Bob Fultz gestures toward the residents and staff of Homeland’s Ellenberger unit, including his wife and childhood sweetheart, Shirley. “This is my family,” he says. Family is important to Bob,
Editors Note: First published at csupalliativecare.org, we thank the Shiley Institute for Palliative Care for giving us permission to reprint this important and timely article. Experts say ‘Tis the Season
Every life has a story. These words are engraved on a simple stone at the entrance of the Dauphin County Cemetery, also known as Potter’s Field. The site serves as
Employee Spotlight on Brian Medkeff-Rose Brian Medkeff-Rose, M.Div., M.A., Bereavement Counselor at Homeland Hospice, found his true calling 26 years ago while attending a spiritual retreat in Washington, D.C. “I was called to full-time ministry,” Brian says. “That became my
As she watched her grandchildren happily opening the colored plastic Easter eggs, Homeland Center resident Jean White mused the adults get as big a kick out of the annual hunt as the kids. “I like it that Homeland encourages everyone
Eve James was a teenaged Homeland volunteer, helping residents with little things throughout the day. She quickly learned how much a small act of kindness could mean. “We had a resident who didn’t have a lot of family, and she
In the lunch meat business, there’s one thing you learn by doing. “I had to learn to slice,” said Homeland resident Donald Rudy. In those days, slicers didn’t have automatic stackers, so the operator had to slice and stack as
