2024 Was a Busy Time

Hurricanes, fires, floods. All these things affected Hospice patients in unique ways. With your support we were able to help cover costs of relocating patients to safer places as they evacuated their homes ahead of natural disasters.  You can imagine hospice patients being cared for by loved ones who loaded them up for relocation to a hotel to ride out a hurricane only to have to stay put for weeks while their home was made accessible and safe. The power is out, elevators don’t work and every part of a daily routine is disrupted. The expense of this situation is cost that many cannot bear. That’s where we were able to help, thanks to our donors and their timely donations.

In 2024 one of our most common ways of supporting hospice patients and their families was through gift cards to purchase groceries. As so often happens, when caring for a loved one on Hospice, a caregiver reduces their hours at their job or has to take a leave of absence. This inevitably leads to not being able to make ends meet. Bills go unpaid and tough choices have to be made. With our donor support we were able to help fill the void with food. Taking a little anxiety out of the equation to help feed a family in a tough situation. Multiple times in 2024 the pressures of the economy and navigating care for a Hospice patient lead to Hospice providers reaching out to the Foundation for End-of-Life Care for assistance. We are so grateful for our donors who allow us to solve problems for patients and families.

The Foundation also helped several patients and families keep the lights on and the utilities active while they received Hospice care. In both rural and urban areas we swiftly acted to pay overdue bills to make sure patients didn’t lose power or access to services. It’s truly overwhelming what some caregivers and Hospice staff have to manage. Adding the possibility of power or water being shut off is one more thing they shouldn’t have to consider. Again, with the help of our donors we were able to solve that problem and ensure that patients and their families didn’t lose the utilities and suffer being in the dark without water.