There are a lot of appreciation days throughout the year to recognize the many disciplines and roles that each of you contribute to support our mission. We have created a new way for you to honor and recognize your teammates during those special recognition times throughout the year! We are introducing the Scatter Kindness Board, a fun way to honor your teammates for their kindness and commitment to providing superior care and superior services. On the Scatter Kindness Board, you can leave kind messages and shout outs to your teammates during their time of recognition for their cause day, week, or month.
Just wanted to say thank you to the amazing team of social workers helping our patients across the state at our OHI @ UCH affiliate. Thank you Shelly McFarren for serving and assisting with our patients at Chapel Hill. We are so lucky to have you on our team. Thank you Shalonda Gamble for helping support our patients in the Columbus area. We are grateful for all that you do. Thank you Janae Davidson for the compassion and care you provide our patients in the Dayton area. Your kindness and support are so appreciated. Thank you Krissy Kearns for all the ways you support not just our patients, but your co-workers, and the community in SE Ohio. Your passion for reaching the community is amazing to see. Our entire team is so fortunate to get to work with so many amazing Social Workers. We couldn’t take excellent care of our patients without you. Kristy Tocknell
A huge shoutout to Dr Hannan for all she does for Lifecare Hospice as the medical director and actively running the show on all the direct care too. Happy National Doctor’s Day on 3/30, we are so lucky to have you here! Mirando Casto
Thank you to all our A.M.A.Z.I.N.G social workers who help guide our patients, families and staff though the process. Your hearts are overflowing with kindness and compassion. Well done!
Thank you to our HOFC/CCH Social Workers Lise Anne and Darrin. We could not provide the level of support/Care to our patients without them. They encounter many challenges throughout their day with grace and perseverance. Thanks for all that you do for our team! Sincerely, Sherry Arvin CTC HOFC/CCH and Cincinnati North Teams
Dr. Jodi Hannan & Dr. David Lance- thank you for all you do! You guys are “two-in-a-million” and I am so happy to work with you both every day in a field that is so rewarding. It would not be the same without you guys! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! Happy National Physician’s day!
Happy Social Worker Month to ALL of our amazing MSW at LifeCare! You guys rock! Lori Rogers
I’ve had the privilege of serving in hospice care for 30 years, which has afforded me the opportunity to work alongside hundreds of social workers, who are simply amazing at the work and services they provide to the patients we have the privilege of serving each day. One of my favorite memories about the impact social workers have on the patients we serve: I was attending a conference in San Diego in 2013 and was speaking at the conference. I was assigned to a person that would help me get my microphone on, show me to the stage and answer any questions I had. When I met the person who would be assisting me, she gave me a big hug, and her voice began to tremble as she shared with me that her sister, who lived in Dayton, had recently lost her husband, and was served by Ohio’s Hospice of Dayton in his final days. Her sister had three young children that were struggling with the loss of their father. She shared that our social worker had continued to check in with her sister and her nephews and niece each week to make sure they had the support they needed to work through their grief. She shared how incredibly kind our social worker was and how much her attention and support helped the family. There I was, thousands of miles away from Dayton, hearing this story of how impactful one of our social worker teammates was continuing to be in their lives. Supportive, caring, kind, compassionate and knowledgeable were all words she used to describe our social worker. Each day it is an honor and privilege to serve with all our social worker teammates and this month we celebrate the impact they have on our mission, our patients, and families and on our teammates. Thank you for your service, you help make our world a better place to live and be. Kindly, Kent Anderson In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute. -Thurgood Marshall
Our patients, their family & friends, and our staff are supported by All-Star Social Workers who do so much even in other job responsibilities. Thank you to all of our Hospice social workers including the following All-Stars Tracie Johnson Traci Sebastinas Vonne Meussling-Barnett Kayle Finley Carrie Shapiro Diana Zerkle Lisa Balster
Happy Physicians Day to the wonderful people who care, who take the time, who model professionalism and demonstrate skills for the benefit of all our learners who rotate through Ohio’s Hospice!
For more than 38 years, I have had the privilege of working as a nurse in the field of hospice care. The first hospice doctors I encountered were Dr Sherman, Dr Gordon, Dr Hines, and Dr Ungerleider. Each amazing and compassionate pioneering hospice physicians, focused on the patient and family’s comfort (physically, emotionally, and spiritually) and so willing to teach the rest of us on the hospice team. Since then I have continued. to encounter and be touched by our amazing, skilled, kind, and devoted hospice physicians…thanks to each of you who have impacted my life. To our current physicians at Ohio’s Hospice of Dayton: Dr Ahern (Medical Director), Dr Cass, Dr Jaffery, Dr Murali, Dr R. Patel, Dr C Patel, Dr Camacho, Dr Luu, Dr Schoen, Dr Ji, Dr Greeno, Dr Kirkpatrick, Dr MacLean, Dr Mestemaker, Dr Burke, Dr Zivkovich and Dr R. Verma…..you do make a difference every day! And we are truly grateful! Happy Doctors Day! Kim Vesey,