Testimonials

Dear CFA,

Thank you!!  It was very special to receive the package of goodies.  We especially needed the Boost that was sent to us.  Del at least will drink that everyday.  For all the years we have donated to the Cancer Fund, now we are getting rewards!!

We would like to send our sincere thanks for the lovely care box my mother received from your organization.  Since Hurrican Katrina effected our beatuiful Biloxi, even the basic necessities seem like a true treasure to us and the fammilies in our area.  Unless someone has seen the damage first hand, no one can fathom what has happened to the whole area of the Gulf Coast. 

CFA Salutes A Hospice... 

  In January 1996, Green River Hospice partnered with Trover Foundation.  Green River felt the Foundation could meet the needs of our patients, along with allowing us to maintain our name and status as a not-for-profit organization. 

  Green River Hospice served more than 200 people in 2006.  More than 50% of these patients were cancer patients.  The other half of the patients were diagnosed with various other terminal illnesses such as cardiovascular, lung, renal, and liver diseases as well as many other terminal conditions. 

  Green River Hospice serves the people of McLean, Muhlenberg, and Hopkins County.  We serve all three counties thanks to the wonderful, supportive physicians we work with.  We care for an average of 30 patients per day from many economic backgrounds, many in remote locations.

  Hospice services are available to persons who have a prognosis, in the opinion of the attending physician, of six months or less life expectancy and have made a decision to seek quality of life and comfort rather than curative care.  Patient referrals are usually made by the physician; however, anyone can refer a patient to Green River Hospice.   Hospice services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.  They are available to patients without regard to age, gender, nationality, race, creed, sexual orientation, disability or ability to pay. 

  The practice of palliative/Hospice care is evolving.  Our goal is to promote comfort and thereby improve quality during the last phase of a life-threatening illness.  More and more people today are choosing home as the place they want to be when faced with a terminal illness.  Our role is to provide compassionate and professional care in the home.  The hospice team consists of registered nurses and a team of other healthcare professionals including home care aids, a master level social worker, Chaplain, and trained volunteers.  All of these services are under the discretion of the patient's own personal physician. 

  Other ways we offer to support our patients and families include having the entire Hospice team visit each patient in mid December to sing Christmas songs while Santa Clause (portrayed by Dr. Kenneth Holder, our medical director) presents each patient with a small gift.

  Requiring a smaller group of the Hospice team is the more intimate birthday celebration.  It usually involves the case manager, chaplain, and social worker who present the patient with a cake, card, and a small gift.  Patients and families alike have expressed gratitude for both the Christmas caroling and the birthday celebrations.

  Hospice is able to help some needy patients in certain circumstances.  For example, one patient lived in a nursing home with very little contact from his family.  Hospice was able to provide him with lounging clothes, slippers, personal items, along with Christmas and birthday visits.  Another patient became wheelchair bound and required a ramp to access his home.  Our medical director, Dr. Kenneth Holder, supplied both the materials and the labor to build that ramp.

  Trover Health System CEO Berton Whitaker states, "Our hospice organization is an incredible team of individuals who provide tremendous support to our community members in what may be their most difficult time."

  Green River Hospice allows a person to be in their own home, with the people they love, enjoying each day to the fullest.  We are so honored to have the opportunity to care and share in the journey of life.              Each of the staff of Green River Hospice has a heart of gold and immeasurable compassion. 

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