January 5, 2015

State of Hospice of the North Coast

A message from Sharon- State of Hospice of the North Coast As we close 2014 I want to take a few moments to recap the year […]
December 2, 2014

Thoughts for the Holidays

Like many, I have always enjoyed the holidays. It renews my connections to my family, my friends, my community, and God. It’s a time to give […]
November 3, 2014

November’s National Hospice and Palliative Care Month is a Good Time to Plan Ahead

A monthly InfoBlog by Sharon Lutz, RN, BSN, CHPN; Executive Director, Hospice of the North Coast November’s National Hospice and Palliative Care Month is a Good […]
October 1, 2013

Point of View: Not Death Panels; Life-Affirming Choices

Good sound bites do not equal good, sound decisions. As an apolitical entity, Hospice of the North Coast (HNC) is not on the “side” of any […]
September 24, 2013

Singing People Peacefully to Sleep

Around the world, mothers soothe their babies by softly singing songs of love, hope, inspiration and sometimes, simply lilting tunes of rhyming fun. Whether sung in […]
September 24, 2013

Forty Years, Five Months and Two Days of Love and Joy

Drue Knox Williams was born June 23, 1959. He died November 25, 1999. Throughout his lifetime, this much-loved, always smiling son of Knox and June Williams […]
September 24, 2013

H.O.P.E. Connects

In 2001, the nine-year-old only daughter in a family torn asunder by death felt isolated among her contemporaries by grief over her father’s recent passing. That […]
September 24, 2013

I Am At Peace

“Walter and I were married 49 years; very happily married,” Annie Carter wistfully relates, her voice breaking and tears escaping, one by one, from her eyes. […]
September 24, 2013

Always in Fashion

Celebrating 70 years of married bliss on September 29, 2011, Loren Palmer, 99, still knocks his 98-year-old wife Edna’s socks off.  Their socks, and much of […]