The Chrysalis Fall 2024 | Issue 24 A publication of Wings of Hope & Wings Home Dear Friends, Hospice has been in the United States for 51 years. I’ve been in hospice care for 26 years and have seen a lot of changes take place. Hospice started out as a...
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The Chrysalis Fall 2024 | Issue 24 A publication of Wings of Hope & Wings Home Dear Friends, Hospice has been in the United States for 51 years. I’ve been in hospice care for 26 years and have seen a lot of changes take place. Hospice started out as a ‘movement’, a vision of care at home with a goal of a peaceful and dignified death. Early hospices were run Butterflies on the Riverfront by volunteers. Hospice is now called an ‘industry’, and 75% of all hospices are for-profit businesses. Fraud in the hospice industry As part of our summer campaign, sometimes makes headlines. Government regulation has increased our amazing supporters can make a tremendously. donation in memory or honor of a loved one and have their name Wings of Hope was started in 1983 by a group of volunteers in placed on a white, silver or gold Plainwell. Wings moved to Allegan in 2000 and served all of Allegan butterfly. A beautiful tribute to those County. There was an understanding among hospices that each served
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