In addition to providing hospice care, your gifts support needed programs available to our entire community. Most of these programs are available at no cost to anyone in the community. Your contributions support these programs, including:

- Grief counseling to anyone in the community who has lost a loved one

- Advance Care Planning so that end-of-life care choices will be known and legally documented

- Residential hospice care at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home for those who cannot be cared for in their own residence

- Education of healthcare professionals in the important areas of end-of-life care and pain or symptom control

- Complementary therapies designed to help patients and families experience the best possible quality of life

For more information on contributing to Hospice & Palliative CareCenter, please contact one of the following staff members at 336-768-3972 or 1-888-876-3663.

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Hospice & Palliative CareCenter is committed to improving excellence in the delivery of palliative, hospice, and end-of-life care.

Continuing Medical Education Offerings
Hospice & Palliative CareCenter’s medical staff services department offers several opportunities for medical professionals to gain a deeper understanding of end-of-life care.

Through a series of conferences, case studies, and other forums, our team of experienced physicians and nurse practitioners, will offer the following opportunities:

CME General Medicine Conference Series in Palliative Medicine
Hospice and palliative care focused training – various topics offered by our staff and guest speakers. The conference series is open to medical staff and other healthcare professionals interested in expanding their knowledge of Hospice and Palliative medicine.

Conferences are offered the 2nd & 4th Friday’s of each month and run from September thru June. Appropriate continuing education credits are awarded to healthcare professionals who attend.

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These additional factors play a key role in adequately protecting you and your heirs.

1. Review ownership and beneficiary designations. You can unwittingly limit your power to distribute certain types of property through your will. In the case of a married couple that owns all property in joint tenancy, the will of the first spouse to die may lose its effectiveness.

2. State your health care wishes through a living will. This simple document outlines your preferences about lifesaving medical treatments in certain circumstances such as if you are terminally ill. Combine this with a durable power of attorney for health care to appoint someone to make your medical decisions if you cannot make them yourself.

3. Keep your financial affairs private. Unlike a will, a revocable living trust is not available under public records, and all assets in the trust are handled with the same privacy. Your personal family business is not exposed.

4. Include a trust in your estate plan. If you have substantial financial assets, consider creating a credit shelter trust in your plans. The potential benefits include estate tax-saving opportunities that can help ensure that your heirs will not have to liquidate those assets to pay estate taxes.1

5. Finally, allow yourself peace of mind. Seeking professional advice and looking at all your options can lead to a tax-wise estate plan that meets the needs of your heirs and your favorite charitable organizations, such as Hospice & Palliative CareCenter, giving you the comfort of knowing that your assets will benefit those you leave behind.

Have questions? We can help. Contact Ellen Coble at 336-331-1312 or ellen.coble@hospicecarecenter.org.

1Currently federal estate taxes are repealed for all deaths that occur in the calendar year 2010. In 2011, estate taxes are scheduled to be reinstated for estates worth more than $1 million at rates up to 55 percent. Congress, however, is likely to address reinstating estate taxes before 2011. What the final legislation will look like and when it might become effective is unknown at this point.

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Our Annual Hospice Yard & Bake Sale is Saturday, June 12th!

Hospice & Palliative CareCenter will have their annual Yard & Bake Sale on Saturday, June 12, 2010 at Maple Springs United Methodist Church at 2569 Reynolda Road.

The Hospice Yard & Bake Sale helps raise money for Hospice patients and families who need help with groceries, heating costs, fans, etc.

WE NEED DONATED ITEMS TO SELL!! – We are accepting items at Maple Springs United Methodist Church on June 10th, 8a – 5p and June 11th, 8a – 7p.

Come hungry and ready to browse and buy! Homemade BBQ, cakes, pies and cookies will be available. No early birds please! Cash only please.

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For questions or to donate items, call: 336-331-1472

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