Family Satisfaction – Striving to Provide the Best Care

Fall/Winter 2012
Family Satisfaction –
Striving to Provide the Best Care
Hospice of Holland is known for providing exceptional
quality end-of-life care. Satisfaction with our care is
measured by surveying the families who use our services
and their feedback is very important to us.
We met that goal in three out of the four categories. In
several areas, we scored near the top for satisfaction
among the 1600 other hospices nationwide, using the
same survey.
Our survey return rate is 50% meaning, one out of every
two surveys we send out is completed and sent back to
us. That is a great return rate - our goal is 30%.
Hospice of Holland’s goal is to be the best at providing
hospice care to the communities we serve. The data show
we are well on our way to meeting that goal.
Our survey addresses how we provide coordinated care,
attend to the needs of the family, communicate with
family, and provide information about what to expect at
end-of-life. Our overall goal is to be at or above the
national average.
www.hollandhospice.org | 616.396.2972
Ask For Us by Name
Dear Friends:
Torrey Husmann, MHA
Executive Director
You may have seen our current
billboard message, “Ask for Us by
Name” displayed in various locations
throughout West Michigan. At first
glance, the message appears simple,
but for those facing end of life, it
is part of a surprisingly complex
picture.
Welcome New Volunteers!
October, 2012, 16 individuals graduated from the Hospice
of Holland Orientation Program (HOP).
All of our volunteers complete an 18 hour training session
and an extensive background check to ensure we have
highly trained individuals spending time with our patients.
Facing a terminal diagnosis is complicated in and of
itself. With 16 hospice providers currently serving West
Michigan, individuals “making the first call” can feel very
overwhelmed by all of them. To select the best care
option, one must first understand all hospice providers
are not the same. When it’s time, you may have to ask for
the one you want - by name.
Hospice of Holland is passionate about meeting the needs
of individuals who are facing their final days. We serve
patients in Ottawa, Allegan, Kent and Van Buren counties
and have for over 31 years (and 9,000 patients).
Our enthusiasm for providing the best in end-of-life care
for our patients and their families is at an all time high. The
addition of a second physician to the clinical care team,
a 2nd disease specific care program, and high patient
family satisfaction are just snapshots of what happened
behind the scenes resulting in exceptional care.
As we continue the efforts started 31 years ago, we are
reminded what a privilege it is to serve our communities
in this way. Thank you for your generous support, your
positive feedback, and your donations to Hospice of
Holland. You make high quality end-of-life care in West
Michigan possible.
Bereavement Counselor, Kathy Miedema, MSW, leads the HOP class.
Highlights of HOP include an introduction and welcome
from Executive Director, Torrey Husmann, followed by
interactive discussions and group activities regarding family
dynamics, psychosocial issues, and the grieving process.
Social workers, bereavement counselors, and Medical
Director Roger Phillips, MD, walk the group through the
dying process to ensure they will be comfortable when
they are with patients on their own.
Congratulations to all 2012 HOP graduates! Thank you
for choosing to serve Hospice of Holland in this way.
For anyone considering hospice care for a loved one,
please do not wait. Our families always tell us “we should
have called sooner.” Call us direct. Ask for us by name,
Hospice of Holland, you’ll be glad you did.
Torrey Husmann, MHA
Executive Director
Volunteers left to right:
Jayne Olig, Leanne VanHouten, Diana Merryman, Sheryl Ponstein
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Adding More L ife
In Their Own Words
My brother Dan passed a couple of weeks ago and I just
want to say how professional and loving your representatives were. As I am sure you hear I wish they would have
been involved much earlier. However we had trouble
getting a doctor to say no more treatments – something I
am sure you have also heard before. I personally had to find the lead doc in GR and ask her
to stop saying she was considering more chemo. As it
was you guys only got involved about 2 days before he
passed.
I have heard about last messages and was given a book
titled “Final Gifts” that gives plenty of examples of
statements of individuals about to pass – the goal of the
book is to share the idea that we do not pass alone. Just
a few hours before Dan passed I was holding his hand
and nodding off when I felt him squeeze my hand and
when I looked up he looked like he regained strength he
had a week before and as he looked at me he said “Mike
they are calling my name” – how comforting for me to
hear, and just a few hours later he passed.
Mike Suman
“I want you to know how happy and grateful we are for
the excellent service rendered to my wife, Aileen, during
weeks of loving care prior to her death on December
sixteenth. Nowhere could there be such a dedicated staff
who showed so much sincere care and love. Amazing!”
Things I liked:
1. The professionalism and training your people have.
2. The natural empathy yet with an air of honesty they
showed.
3. The truth we finally heard when your nurse got us in
a circle and as painful as it was to hear she told us the
truth about what stage he was in and what we could
expect from Dan as far as stages, sounds, pain, etc. That was so needed by his immediate family.
4. The swiftness of how they put in the bed, removed the
drugs no longer needed and switched him on drugs
given to him by at least three doctors to drugs that allowed him to live and communicate as comfortable as
possible.
5. Hearing the truth allowed us to get far away family
members in to say their final messages which would
not have happened if we did not have hospice.
6. The little things like
a. Put a sign on the door of their home thanking
people for coming but now is not the time for a
visit but call this number if……
b. The swiftness of how they removed all evidence of
them being in the home.
c. How they told us all to call one number and not 911
or anyone else when he did pass and we did and
they took care of everything.
d. Coming in the middle of the night to confirm the
passing – almost stealth like without the coldness
of what the alternative of the police and EMS would
have brought. to Every Day
Sincerely, Earl Borlace
Thank you! These two small words cannot convey the
gratitude our family feels for the love, care and respect
that all of you at Hospice House provided for our parents
over these last seven months. You all made our mom and
dad feel as if they were the only patients in your facility.
Your ability to give such loving, personal and professional
care is truly a gift….to know that every staff member in
the building truly cared about our parent’s well being
made the journey less painful.
The Family of George and Shirley Christman
“Thank you for arranging for the meeting space and tour
and wonderful dinner! The Hospice House is just a wonder of amazing planning and beauty and is so needed for
those who occupy the space.” Arlene Welling,
member of Holland Hospital’s
Margaret P. Hummer Guild
Did you know the Hospice House
is available for your group’s meeting & tour?
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2012 Celebration Gala
Our heart-felt thank you to all who attended, sponsored and helped
to make the 2012 Celebration Gala a success for our patients. On
Thursday, May 17, at Laketown Golf & Conference Center, delicious
dishes from the chefs of 10 of the finest area restaurants and bakeries,
unique auction items, great music and good company resulted in
$130,800 for the Tulip Tree Fund. Thank you all.
SPONSORS
Executive
Director
Anonymous
Dick & Ethie Haworth
Lakeside Mechanical
Contractors, Inc
Producer
Jim & Ginger Jurries
Request Foods, Inc.
Screenwriter
Worksighted, Inc.
Crown Motors
Michigan Freeze Pack
Shoreline Container
Leading Actor
Bradford Company
Carol Wedeven
Comerica Bank
Dan Vos Construction
Company
Dick & Betsy DeVos
Foundation
Fifth Third Bank
Fillmore Equipment Inc
Gregory Kanaar
John & Linda VandenBos
Lighthouse Insurance
Group
Polarity Electric Inc
Thornapple Brokerage
Tolman’s Wholesale
Meats
Torrey & Julie Husmann
Trans-Matic Mfg Co.
Vogelzang
International Corp.
Warner Norcross
& Judd LLP
Supporting
Actor
R. E. Barber Ford, Inc.
Global Parts Source
Acrisure
AD Bos Vending Services
Ameriprise Financial
Anonymous
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Bravo Systems, Inc.
Bremer Authentic
Ingredients
Brewer’s City Dock
Creme Curls
Don & Minnie DeWitt
Dykstra Funeral
Homes, Inc.
Gentex Corporation
Heritage Packaging
Machinery
Mark & Giny Hoekman
Industrial Control
Automation
Meijer Inc.
Midway Machine
Technologies
Multi Packaging Solutions
Quality Air Heating &
Cooling Inc
Schreur Printing
& Mailing
Bob & Connie Sikkel
The Bank of Holland
West Michigan Uniform
Sponsor
Ben’s Rubber Stamps
Bertha Hren Lipton
Bill & Diane Ryckbost
BJW Berghorst
& Sons Inc
Bob & Beryl Jansen
Boerman Law Offices
Boer’s Transfer & Storage
Dr. Adam & Kristine
Fogg
Dr. Clare & Joan
VanWieren
Dr. Tom & Linda Bock
Ken & Margaret Elhart
Ed & Joan Fuder
Geenen & Kolean PC
Godwin Plumbing and
Hardware
Grassmid Transport
Greg & Susan Griffith
J & V Plumbing Inc
Janssen Farms Hatcheries
John & Ann Query
Lee & Linda DeVisser
Lou & Nancy Kincaid
Mall City Containers, Inc.
Mark & Susan LaFontaine
MI Holiday Gifts LLC
Michigan Commerce
Bank
Murdoch Marketing
Nephew Fabrication Inc
Oakes Carton Company
Purity Cylinder Gases Inc
Robert DeNooyer
Chevrolet
The Insurance Group
CELEBRATION
COMMITTEE
Tim Blackburn
Laurie Callari
Laura Durham
Beth & Larry Erlandson
Stacy Kamphuis
Betsy Rhein
Barb Slikkers
Maggie Stone
Torrey Husmann
Ann Schutt
Denise Stancill
Mark VanFaasen
CULINARY TEAM
Alpen Rose
Crazy Horse Steakhouse
Curragh Irish Pub
Holland Cakery & Sweets
Hope College Catering
Pereddies
Piper Restaurant
Respite Cappuccino
Court
Salt & Pepper Grill
Second Floor Bakery
The Gilmore Collection
Tom Nienhuis Catering
AUCTION &
SERVICES DONORS
Alle Rue No. 133
Art and Angels
Art Glass Alcove
Back to the Fuchsia
Bella Vita
Borr’s Bootery
Butch’s Dry Dock
David & Laurie Callari
CGI Motorsports
Clearbrook Golf Club
Crane’s Pie Pantry
& Restaurant
deBoer Bakkerij
deVries Studio
Dirkse Capital
Management
Don’s Flowers & Gifts
Elhart Automotive
Evergreen Commons
Everyday People Cafe
Felt Mansion
Fenn Valley Winery
& Vineyard
Fustini’s
Girlfriend’s Fit Club
Globe Design
& Vision, Inc.
Grand Haven Golf Club
Grattan Raceway
Gretchen’s Landing
Harbor Health & Massage
Hardie Jewelry
Holland Ace Hardware
Holland Peanut Store
Holland Symphony
Orchestra
Home & Company
Hope Summer Repertory
Theatre
Hudsonville Ice Cream
Ideal Window Cleaners
Images
It Is What It Is
Ivy Inn
jb and me
Ginger Jurries
Ken Keuning
Kilwins of Holland
Knickerbocker Theater
Lakeshore Pilates
Laketown Golf
& Conference Center
Lakeview Lanes
Landsharks
Laura Jean
Lily’s Limo
Maplewood Hotel
Mason Street Warehouse
Mermaid Bar & Grill
Michigan Photobooth
Mill Pond Realty
MiPhotoBooth
Model Drug Store
Nature’s Market
Al Nienhuis
Nines Gallery
Phillip & Son Jewelry
Protech Automotive
Services
Pumpernickel’s
Quaint Cottages
Quality Car Wash
Request Foods, Inc.
Betsy & Brad Rhein
Jenny Sak
Saugatuck Area
Charterboat Association
Saugatuck Brewing
Company
Shaker Messenger
Sinbad
Vern & Deb Slagh
Alex Slikkers
Soulz of Rhythm
Spice Merchants
Star Of Saugatuck Boat
Cruises
Studio K Clothing Co
Tamara’s Cooking
Classes, LLC
The Butler
The Butler Pantry
The Olive Mill
Thomas A. Davis Jeweler
Tip Toes
Joe VanFaasen
VanWieren Hardware
Velo City Cycles
VonIns Photography
VS Flowers
Walter the Wonderful Inc
WayPoint Restaurant
Wendy Wise Originals
Wicks Park Bar & Grille
Winding Creek Golf
Course
Worksighted, Inc.
Zeeland Hardware
Zeeland Schwinn
Adding More L ife
2012 Vander Leek Cup Hospice Regatta
On Saturday, August 18, great weather, two beautiful lakes, 3 yacht
clubs, 10 sailboats, 43 dinghies, 2 spectator boats, 500 dinners, 1 very
big building and an excellent band added up to lots of fun and $70K
to aid our patients who must rely on the Tulip Tree Fund.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you - to all who participated, donated*
& volunteered.
*Including Bayshore Yacht Club kids & parents who collected $403.50
of returnable bottles & cans!
Sponsors:
Commodore
Grand Rapids Auto
Auction
Mike & Gayle Grotenhuis
Tom & Sue DenHerder
Mark & Rhonda Capel
Holland Charter
Township
Lamar Construction
Company
Captain
Bayshore Yacht Club
Mark & Susan LaFontaine
Dave & Mary Slikkers
United Federal Credit
Union
Holland Terminal, Inc.
Jim & Ginger Jurries
Betty Miller
Quality Oil Company
First Mate
Mike & Kim Eilander
Rich & Lisa Mosher
Ronnie Richards
Peter & Susan Krupp
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Charter House
Innovations
Foster Swift Collins &
Smith PC
Galati Yacht Sales
Torrey & Julie Husmann
Randy & Judy Johnson
Fred & Pat LaFontaine
Lakewood Construction
Vander Leek Builders Inc
Waddell & Reed Inc.
Western Michigan
Pathology Associates
David & Jan Zessin
to Every Day
Crew
Fowler Chiropractic
Occupational
Rehabilitative Services
Edmar Manufacturing Inc
Jon & Sarah Grotenhuis
Sponsor
Jacob Vriesema
Itty Bitty Bar
John & Mary Walker
Dan & Joan Deleeuw
Vern & Marcia Brummel
CDR Disposal Service
Chris & Lynn Cronin
GMB Architecture
+ Engineering
Ben & Julie Grotenhuis
Lake Truck Sales
Sam & Jean Martin
Jim & Robin Moomey
Mitchell & Karen Padnos
Premier Lakeshore Title
Tom & Coreen Slanec
Lois Sligh
Jacob & Helen Smith
Jeff Vanderveen
Bob & Mary Jo DeJong
Mike & Elenor Bremer
Richard English
Paul & Annette Masselink
Milton & Barbara Rohwer
Douglas Slade
Anonymous
Bob & Mary Malone
Rod & Anne VanTol
Donors of
in-kind items
& services:
Anchorage Yacht Club
Amber Lee Bailey
Bayshore Yacht Club
Big Lake Outfitters
Veronica Bosgraaf
Doug & Melissa Brenner
Coast 2 Coast SUP
Coral Gables
DeLeeuw Lumber
Valerie Dietsche
Don’s Flowers & Gifts
Douglas House Inn
Down the Hatch Party
Store
Drummond Marine
Euro Lighting Designs
Four Corners Framing
Gordon Food Service
Great American Bagel
Great Lakes Ford Lincoln
Haworth Inn &
Conference Center
Mike & Darci Hengst
Hoity-Toity
Holland Peanut Store
Annie Hotwagner
Hudsonville Ice Cream
Itty Bitty Bar
James Brandess
L Salon
Mark LaFontaine
Lake Effect Gallery
Landsharks
Rod Leonard
Lia Sophia Jewelry Sales
Logan’s Roadhouse
Macatawa Bay Yacht Club
Macatawa Legends
Robin Moore
MVP Athletic Club
NBE Inc.
Newnham SunCatcher
Inn
Paint-a-Pot
Panera Bread
Remembering Loved Ones on Memorial Sail
Ken Parker
Peek a Boutique
Joel Petroelje, Auctioneer
Shelby Phipps
Port Sheldon Party Store
Quality Car Wash
Ralcorp Frozen Bakery
Products
RE/MAX Lakeshore
Salubrity Vida Health Spa
Saugatuck Dune Rides
Scooters Cafe & Pizzeria
Ship’n Shore Motel
Spectators Sports Bar
& Grill
Star Tickets
Chris Steele, Caterer
Stella & Dot
Suburban Inns
Sweet Heavens!
Taylor Rental
Team Marketing LLC
The Bag Lady Purse Store
The Hickory Pit
Tres Jolie Salon
Two Lous
Two Men and a Truck
Valley City Linens
Brenda VanderLeek
Shelby VanDyke
Leona Vereeke
West Marine
West Michigan Molding
Wicks Park Bar & Grille
Winding Creek Golf
Course
Wolf’s Marine
Wyrick Company, Inc
Xtreme Auto Group
Yacht Basin Marina
Zeeland Lumber
Regatta
Committee:
Pete Beukema
Sue & Bob Bladek
Matt DenHerder
Carol Genzink
Darci Hengst
Jack Knoblauch
Gwenn Kolk
Susan & Mark LaFontaine
Kelly Lappinga
Jeff Nienhuis
Dee Dee Rusch
Julie Shoemaker
Coreen & Tom Slanec
Brenda Vander Leek
Sheri VanMalsen
Ann Schutt
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Individuals Honored by Donations
IN MEMORY OF:
Phyllis Aalderink
Peggy Alexander
Douglas Arnold
Herman Assink
Karin Atherton
Ken Auwerda
Alberta Bakker
Cynthia Bale
Homer “Beezie” Bale
Sandra Bale
Janet Banger
Shirley Barense
Earl Barkel
Paul Barkel
Ray Barrett
Luella Fern Bartels
John Bartley
Patricia Baumann
Robert Baxter
Helen Beauchamp
John R. Benson
Marilyn Berens
Paul Berens
Ned Bergsma
William Berrevoets
Michael Bevins
Leon Billings
Lola Bing
Billy Bird
Ruth Bird
Andrea Bishop
John Blair
Lucille Blauwkamp
Pamela Bluekamp
Roger Boersen
Henrietta Bolhuis
Thelma Bolhuis
Gertrude Bomers
Mary Borgman
Hyo Bos
John Jay Bosch
Jone Bosch
Marian Bosma
Lucille Bouwman
Mary Bouwman
Keith Bradmiller
William “Bill” Brady
Richard Bramer Sr.
Beverly Brandt
Verna Bremer
Opal Bridges-Dunlap
Edna Brinks
Rondell Brinks
Clarence “Cal” Brower
Mark Brower
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Robert Cannell
Tomas Cantu, Sr.
Charles Cherrie
Colleen Cherrie
Mary Cherrie
Robert Christensen
George Christman
Shirley Christman
Patrick Coffield
Ivan Compagner
Luella Compagner
Gerald Cosgrave
Graham Cross
Jim Cullom
William Cutler
Elisabeth deBoer
Cora Decker
Louis Decker
Albert DeJonge
Alda DeJonge
Aljean DeJonge
Catherine Dekker
Jason DeKock
Charlotte DeVries
Gene Alma DeVries
Jason DeVries
Sharon DeWent
Roger DeWys
Angeline Diepenhorst
Howard Diepenhorst
Sharon Diepenhorst
Katherine Donnelly
Joseph Dooley
Lori DoubledayNorthrup
Paul Douma
Jim Dozeman
Johanna Driesenga
Charles Duskin
Anna DykemaVanTatenhove
Harriet Dykstra
Robert Dykstra Jr.
Rosemary Dykstra
Donna Eady
Margaret Edwards
Nellie Elders
Joe & Lucille Fabiano
William “Bill” Fabiano
JoAnn Feig
Melinda Fierro
Louise Fisher
Helen Folkertsma
Irene Fritz
Eugene Gaiser
Elaine Garvelink
4.1.12 – 10.1.12
John Gaydos
Janet Geertman
Gerald Gerrits
Margaret Gonder
Richard Gordon
Bernard Greving
Ann Grissen
Jane Gunneman
Violet Halstead
Harold “Hammie”
Hamberg
Robert Hartman
Ronald Heemstra
Helvi Heikkinen
Reta Heller
Dinah Hertz
Hilda Heyboer
Scott Hilbink
Joshua Caleb Hobson
Richard Hoerner
Donald Hoppen
Pamela Horn
Russell Horn
Bill Hovenga
Chester Hulst
Mildred Huyser
Barbara Interbitzen
Benjamin Jansen
Eleanor Jensen
William Jerue
Clarence & Frieda
Johnson
Eleanor Johnson
Thelma Johnson
John Juros
Kyle Jurries
Leona Kalmink
Pamela Kammeraad
Nicholas Kamphuis
Thomas W. Kapenga
Reinder “Rhine” Kars
Judy Kempkers
Donald Kidwell
Janet Kiel
Albertha Klein
Victor Kleinheksel
Everett “Ets” Kleinjans
Beverly Knoll
Henriette Koenes
John Kollar
Sara Koning
Erwin Koops
Mildred Koops
John Koppenaal
Hazel Kossen
Evelyn Kraak
Richard Kraker
Cassandra “Sandi”
Kuipers
Evelyn Kuntz
Patricia Kuyers
Theresa Langkamp
Doris Langworthy
Stanley Langworthy
Ruth Leach
Dorothy Leahy
George LePoire
Rena Lindeberg
Thomas Lokker
Jeffrey Long
Gladys Lucarelli
Larry Lugten
Reka Manning
Roger Mapes
Elizabeth Markes
Florence McCarn
Michael McGlaughlin
Marybeth McKinney
Sheila McLean
Viola McPeak
Alfred Medendorp
Alvin Meiste
Fred Menken
Pete Meshell
Kenneth Meulenbelt
Carol King Meyer
Mary Jo Meyer
Hilda Miedema
Steve Miller
Dennis Minnema
Marge & Harold Mintz
James Mokma
Donna Molendyk
John Molendyk
Sally Morris
Burdette Mulder
Patricia Murphy
John Myaard
Raymond Naber
Alan Nagelkerk
Harvard Nagelkirk
Hazel Nagelkirk
Charles Nivison
June Nyhuis
William Oberholtzer
Barbara Orloff
Ruth Overbeek
Lee Overway
Anna Paauwe
Billy Pankey
Marilyn Patterson
Eliza Paulin
Robert Payne
Bruce Pearson
Fran Peeks
Rev. Warren Pendell
Steve Pendley
Sal Perez
David Peterson
Nhuan Pham
Dale Pifer
Edna Pippel
Hazel Plakke
James Ponstein
Rev. Chester Postma
Kevin Raap
Richard “Dick”
Rademaker
Eileen Rankens
Alma Reed
Carl Reimink
Leon Reimink
Edward Riemersma
Bill Robertson
Beatrice Rodriguez
Cotton Lloyd Rogers
Louise Rogers
Donald Rolph
Marian Romich
Vern Rowan
Shirley Rowe
Bethany Rozema
June Ruprecht
Lyle Sanders
Harriet Schaftenaar
Ruth Schierbeek
Rev. Dr. Carl Schroeder
Stanley Schrotenboer
Theressa Schrotenboer
Lloyd Scott
Dora Scudder
Brian Scully
Miriam Secker
Carl Selover
Lee Sessions
Frank Sherburne Jr.
Shiloh
Ethel Shindle
Herman Shumaker
Elaine Slager
Vivian Slager
Robert Sligh
Robert Sluiter
Marjorie Smith
Doris Souter
Alice Spoolstra
Eugene Sprik
Helen Stam
Adding More L ife
In memory of, continued
Cathy Staskiewicz
Lois Stevens
Lois L. Stevens
Leon Streur
Shelby Streur
Lia Stronks
William Robert
Studer, Sr.
Danny Suman
Marie Susemihl
Charles Sutton
Ed Tarr
Robert Taylor
Marcia TenBrink
John Thake
James Thomas
Terrance Thornton
Lorrin Tien
Donald Timmer
Lester Timmer
Don Tindall
Sue Tisdale
Marcella Toering
Dwayne Tubergan
Jean Valuck
Lori VanAntwerp
Lileeth VanArk
James VanBruggen
Mr. & Mrs. John
VanDam
Joy VanDam
Anna Bell
VanDenBeldt
Mary “Pat” Vandenberg
Geraldine
VandenBrink
Menser VandenHeuvel
Mary Ellen VanderHill
Bonnie VanderMeulen
Earl VanderMeulen
Lyle VanderMeulen
Albertus VanderVeen
Emily VanDyke
Marvin VanEck
Arloa VanKoevering
Dale VanLente
John “Joe” VanWyk
Clarence Veldhof
Raymond Veldman
Jeneen VerBeek
Melinda VerBeek
Edwin VerHage
Gerrietta VerHage
Cathy VonIns
Carol Vork
Rickey Voy
to Every Day
Harvey Vredeveld
Stan & Florence Wade
Bertha Walters
Debbie Walters
Hans Walters
Jacoba Walters
Maria Walters
Steven Walters
Sietso “John” Watjer
Jim Watling
Marie “Betty”
Weatherwax
Fred Weaver
Stuart & Alice Webb
Jerry Weener
Lynn Welsch
William Welsch
Marjorie Westrate
Dorothy Whelan
William White
Doug Wieland
Arlene Wierenga
Mary Lou Wigger
Patricia Wodarczyk
Chuck & Mary Wood
Frances Ysseldyke
Sharon Zandbergen
Elmer Zeerip
Marie Zingle
Iola Zoodsma
Vincenza Zukowski
Florence Zuroske
Tressa Zuverink
IN HONOR OF:
John Armbruster
Terry & Karen DeRoo
Laura Durham
Herb Eldean
Hospice Staff
Alice Jansen
Linda Lamberts
Cindy Lucas
Bill & Darlene Qualls
Junior & Frances
Schreur
Tamra Simmons
Pamela Simpkins
Kenn Slager
David A. Slikkers
Jerry VanDyke
Lois Williams
Thank You De Bruyn Seed!
Did you know 160 pounds of birdseed are consumed at
Hospice House every 3-4 weeks? Our patients and families
frequently express their joy in having bird feeders outside
their windows at Hospice House. Please join us in thanking
everyone at DeBruyn Seed in Zeeland for the generous
donation of bird seed they continue to supply for this
purpose. Thanks, De Bruyn, for helping to make the Hospice
House a special place for our patients and their families.
Ken De Bruyn of De Bruyn Seed
Meet Tod Wyn, MD
Hospice of Holland welcomes a
new face to its team of experts
caring for end-of-life patients in
West Michigan. Tod Wyn, MD,
has accepted the position of
Associate Medical Director working
in tandem with Hospice of
Holland’s Medical Director, Roger
Phillips, MD.
Dr. Wyn served 16 years as an emergency room physician
at Hackley Hospital in Muskegon, Michigan. Dr. Wyn
was a full partner and a Vice President of West Michigan
Emergency Services, the provider of ER physicians for
Hackley Hospital. In addition Dr Wyn was active on
various committees in the hospital, including the Code
Blue Committee and chairman of the Stroke Team
Committee. Dr. Wyn recently completed a fellowship in
Palliative Care Medicine.
Welcome Dr. Wyn!
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through physical, emotional,
and spiritual support.
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Hospice of Holland’s
Newest Specialty Care Program
Introducing
Hospice patients with congestive heart failure often
experience difficult symptoms causing pain, anxiety and
repeated trips to the hospital.
The new Take Heart program provides a full range of extra
support and education to help end of life patients and their
caregivers reduce CHF symptoms and hospitalizations.
“In my 26 years practicing medicine, I have seen how
difficult it is for patients, families and physicians to cope
with and manage congestive heart failure. The Take Heart
program is making that task easier. By providing education
and extra support in the home, we can treat difficulty
breathing, pain and other symptoms, making end of life
more comfortable for these patients and their families.”
Learn more about Take Heart, or refer a patient, by calling
616.396.2972 to speak with an admissions professional.
Or see www.hollandhospice.org.
www.hollandhospice.org | 616.396.2972
-Roger Phillips, M.D.
Hospice of Holland
Medical Director