Entire Compass Regional Hospice staff receives Hospice Caregivers Award

Caroline Health Kent, MD Non-Profit Queen Anne's

CENTREVILLE — The entire staff of Compass Regional Hospice is the most recent recipient of the Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Hospice Caregivers Award. The staff was nominated by a patient’s family member to recognize their commitment to compassionate and personalized end‐of‐life care.

Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam hosted a special recognition breakfast for the Compass Regional Hospice staff during an all-staff meeting in July 2018.

Each staff member is committed to the mission of Compass Regional Hospice, which is to provide “Care on your terms” to individuals, families and the community through comprehensive, professional and compassionate end‐of‐life care and grief support.

Photo: Compass Regional Hospice’s entire staff is the most recent recipient of the Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Hospice Caregivers Award. Fellows Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home recently held a special breakfast to recognize the Compass Regional Hospice staff. Pictured, Kirk Helfenbein, left, reads aloud the Hospice Caregivers Award nominator’s letter to the staff of Compass Regional Hospice.
Compass Regional Hospice’s entire staff is the most recent recipient of the Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Hospice Caregivers Award. Fellows Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home recently held a special breakfast to recognize the Compass Regional Hospice staff. Pictured, Kirk Helfenbein, left, reads aloud the Hospice Caregivers Award nominator’s letter to the staff of Compass Regional Hospice. – Contributed Photo

The Hospice Caregivers Award nominator wrote, “Compass Regional Hospice is filled with some of the most kind, caring and wonderful people we have ever met. Without exception, everyone there was absolutely amazing, and made a truly horrible time in our lives much more bearable. From the moment our mother entered their facility (which felt more like home because of them) we could tell they all cared about her and her end of life experience from the bottom of their hearts. The tender way they treated her, and the kindness in their voices was not only a comfort to our mom, but an undeniable and true comfort to us. To all the people that make up Compass Regional (Hospice) please know how thankful we are. You will forever be a part of our ‘family.’”

The Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Hospice Caregivers Award is open to physicians, nurses, social workers, bereavement counselors, hospice aides, chaplains, administrative staff and volunteers of Compass Regional Hospice who care for patients in Queen Anne’s, Kent and Caroline counties. To nominate a hospice caregiver, contact Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home, 408 S. Liberty St., Centreville, at 410‐758‐1151 or info@fhnfuneralhome.com.

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~ Compass Regional Hospice – Care on your terms
Compass Regional Hospice is a fully licensed, independent, community-based nonprofit organization certified by Medicare and the state of Maryland and accredited by the Joint Commission. Since 1985, Compass Regional Hospice has been dedicated to supporting people of all ages through the challenge of living with a life-limiting illness and learning to live following the death of a loved one. Today, the organization is a regional provider of hospice care and grief support in Queen Anne’s, Kent and Caroline counties. “Care on your terms” is the promise that guides staff and volunteers as they care for patients in private residences, nursing homes, assisted living facilities and the residential hospice centers in Centreville and Chestertown. Grief support services are offered to children, adults and families of patients who died under hospice care, as well as members of the community who are grieving the loss of a loved one, through The Hope and Healing Center. For more information about Compass Regional Hospice, visit compassregionalhospice.org.