by Anne Beaver | Mar 5, 2021 | Blog
Contributed by by Fabiola Jean-Charles, Transitions Program Manager and Ryan Thompson, Transitions Program Social Worker This month, Transitions recognized the caregivers of our clients for Caregiver Appreciation Day (February 19). With the help of an exceptional...
by Anne Beaver | Feb 16, 2021 | Blog
Contributed by Fabiola Jean-Charles, Transitions & AmeriCorps Program Manager Caregivers have one of the hardest roles a person can fill, so Transitions, BBH’s pre-hospice program, recently showed their caregivers how much they are recognized, appreciated,...
by Anne Beaver | Jan 28, 2021 | Blog
Contributed by Fabiola Jean-Charles “How do you celebrate life?” I asked Ms. Still, a caregiver of one of our Transitions clients. Ms. Still is 80, a cancer survivor, and has been caring for her spouse for over a decade. She has been married to her husband...
by Anne Beaver | Jan 22, 2021 | Blog
Contributed by Wendy Morgan In memory of my mother, Jill Fletcher Pelaez. 4/24/1924 – 7/2/2012 Everything was in place. The tiny kitten played on my mother’s lap as the photographer snapped several pictures of my mother in her favorite bright green dress....
by Anne Beaver | Jan 15, 2021 | Blog
Contributed by Liz Dameron, Big Bend Hospice Volunteer After teaching mathematics for 40 years (5th grade – college), I retired at the end of September 2015. Since then, I have enjoyed each day of my retirement. There are so many ways that I enjoy celebrating life. In...
by Anne Beaver | Jan 12, 2021 | Blog
Contributed by Charles Hyde, Big Bend Hospice Social Worker Prior to moving to Tallahassee in 2018, I worked for several years at a large, corporate hospice located in a metropolitan area with over 30 hospice providers, the vast majority of which were for-profit...
