A son’s view on the evil and essential role tech played in her final days By Richard Harris for Next Avenue A year ago this week, right around Mother’s Day,…
Losing My Dad
With the death of her father, this writer discovers a different kind of grief By Jill Smolowe for Next Avenue It happened again this morning. I’d just finished a task…
Courtway named hospice clinical director
April Courtway, RN, will be the new clinical director for Heart & Soul Hospice of Farmington effective July 1. Courtway has been with hospice since March 2005, when she started…
Noubarian named hospice administrator
Traery Noubarian, RN, will be the new administrator for Heart & Soul Hospice of Farmington effective July 1, 2018. Noubarian succeeds Rodney Quinton, who is moving into a regional director…
Quinton named regional hospice director
Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America (PMMA) has announced the appointment of Rodney Quinton, administrator at Heart & Soul Hospice in Farmington, Missouri, to the role of full-time regional director of operations…
Are Boomers Ready to Make the Greatest Wealth Transfer in History?
As we build families and age, the discussion of wills and estate plans becomes increasingly prevalent. Our financial planners (and children) want to make sure our assets go where we…
My Mother-in-Law’s Legacy of Elegance
My mother-in-law and I rarely saw eye to eye. During her lifetime, I bristled against her perfectionism, her need for control and her sometimes chilly demeanor. Yet two years after…
Preparing for the test
By Greg Schmidt, hospice chaplain One of my sons called me to tell me he got a 92 percent on a test he’d taken earlier in the day. You have…
I Didn’t Miss My Mother — Until She Was Gone
On my occasional weekends away from home, I missed my view of the Hudson River, the varying shades and moods of the water outside my window. I missed my cats.…
Heart & Soul Hospice makes patient’s One More Time wish come true
Heart & Soul Hospice made a One More Time wish come true for Heart & Soul patient Yvette Downey. Downey is turning 96 on June 8. Her husband, Darby, turned…