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Caring Matters

Fall 2020

• No slowing down for 84-year-old with VNA Care's nurses in his corner
• Flu vaccination more important than ever to lower risk, protect resources
• Making a difference in lives of patients, families
• Together, we stand up to the challenge of COVID-19
• Empty nester finds second act as hospice nurse caring for terminally ill

June 2020

• Thank you for supporting frontline home health and hospice clinicians
• Nurse reflects on caring for home health patients during the pandemic
• Gift planning provides benefits to donors while supporting charity
• You can make a difference for VNA Care's frontline nurses and clinicians 
• Hospice team brings comfort, connection to families facing end of life
• Philanthropist leaves important legacy to benefit the community 

Spring 2020 — Special Edition: Donor Report

• Your support brings life-changing health care into people’s homes and the community
• From butter and eggs stores to pioneers in home health care: Ames Nursing Foundation and the power of planned gifts
• Donor remembers wife and honors hospice team for making their lives better while facing heart failure
• 2019 by the numbers
• Honor Roll, Employee Giving, 25th Anniversary Campaign for the Tippett Home, and Thanks for Caring Society Honorees

Winter 2020

• RN turns to VNA Care colleagues for support after total hip replacement
• In memory of Gloria Powaza, retired CEO of VNA of Worcester
• Woburn Friends' 22nd annual Step Out for Hospice raises vital funds for end-of-life care
• You can make a difference: 25th anniversary campaign for Tippett Home
• Newlyweds celebrate good fortune by donating in honor of wedding
• Worcester volunteers' fall fundraiser gathers community in support of home health, hospice
• Respite can help you care for yourself when caring for another
• 14th annual Heroes in Health Care Gala raises $340,000
• Cranes and crafts among passions grandmother shares at Rose Monahan Hospice Home

Fall 2019

• Defining quality of life makes all the difference for couple facing cancer
• Visiting nurse painting to go on public display
• VNA Care celebrates centennial in Leominster
• North Shore Community Cabinet raised nearly $45,000 for home health at annual benefit
• Supporters gather to celebrate 25th anniversary of the Tippett Home
• Fall special events
• VNA Care honored with post-acute stroke quality improvement award
• Know the signs, get help fast to increase chance of recovery from stroke
• VNA Care recognized for commitment to exceptional home health and hospice care
• Donors choose how to make an impact
• VNA Care's home health team tackles extreme shoulder pain, diabetes, and more 

Summer 2019 — Special Edition: Donor Report

• Thank you for making our mission of caring possible!
• Because of you in 2018...
• Hospice patient becomes Justice of the Peace, reaches goals with support of VNA Hospice & Palliative Care
• Learning to walk again with VNA Care
• Honor Roll, Employee Giving, Bequest Society, and Thanks for Caring Society Honorees

Spring 2019

• Volunteer brings personal experiences to his work on behalf of hospice
• Continuing the legacy of compassion and caring: Campaign for the 25th Anniversary of the Tippett Home
• Keep Well clinics support seniors in maintaining good health and independence
• From your letters
• Dr. and Mrs. Kaulbach to be honored for community service at annual North Shore Spring Benefit
• Health care leaders honored at gala for home health and hospice care, over $250,000 raised
• Nurse specialist's expertise in wound care helped retired LPN back to health after surgery

Winter 2019

• Hospice team helps patients and loved ones focus on life
• Ribbon cuttings celebrate new Acton/Concord and Dorchester offices
• Volunteers organize first Halloween On Ice for home health, hospice, and Monahan Home
• Needham Area Cabinet hosts 5th benefit for VNA Care and Tippett Home
• Take steps to reduce your risk for a fall and fall-related injuries
• Woburn Friends and the community gather for 21st annual Step Out for Hospice Walk and Run
• Family donates a piece of nursing history
• From Your Letters
• Former visiting nurse experiences what it's like to be a home health care patient 

Fall 2018

• Kindness and compassion of hospice staff and volunteers inspire family to give back
• North Shore Cabinet's Kentucky Derby Party raised over $43,000 for home health care
• Congressman McGovern meets with VNA Care
• Join us at an upcoming benefit and make a difference in the health of our communities
• Physical Therapist helps patient bounce back after knee replacement

Spring 2018

• Music therapy among the ways hospice supports families and celebrates life
• RN turns to a nurse specialist to support her recovery from cancer surgery
• VNA Care welcomes Chaffee as CEO and Advani as board chair
• Yoffies' bequest supports cardiac and other educational opportunities for clinicians
• Your legacy makes a difference
• Heroes in Health Care Gala celebrated innovations in medicine and raised vital funds for home health care
• 110 years of Visiting Nurses on the North Shore
• Getting started with advance care planning

Winter 2017-2018

• Volunteer finds nothing more rewarding than supporting hospice
• VNA Care President and CEO Mary Ann O'Connor to retire
• Medicare "report card" gives VNA Hospice & Palliative Care straight A's 
• VNA Care Network & VNA of Boston named to HomeCare Elite 2017 top agencies
• Donors choose how to make an impact
• Supporters gather to celebrate Worcester anniversaries, build future of home health and hospice care 
• More than 300 walkers and runners Step Out for Hospice
• Longtime board member donates stock to support home health and hospice care
• VNA of Boston's Heroes in Health Care
• Needham area volunteers host most successful benefit to date
• Patient credits speedy recovery from hip replacement to VNA Care's home health team
• Mayors recognize VNA Care's contributions to the community 

Fall 2017

• VNA Care team gets mother of the groom to the wedding
• Hospice residence a "paradise" where family makes cherished memories
• Staff, volunteers accept key to the city
• VNA of Boston names annual Heroes in Health Care
• New England Coffee's 25th annual Charity Golf Classic brews support for hospice
• Celebrating a history of caring  
• Former vice president shows her support for home health and hospice care by joining bequest society
• Are your vaccinations up to date?
• Volunteers raise nearly $50,000 with Kentucky Derby Party to help home health care patients

Spring 2017

• Family remembers mom's love of life and "amazing" hospice team who cared for her
• Yoffies' legacy advances patient care through clinical education
• VNA Care awarded re-accreditation
• VNA of Worcester celebrates 125th, Rose Monahan Hospice Home marks 20th anniversary
• 11th annual Heroes in Health Care Gala funds vital home health care
• Woburn Friends accept National Hospice Month proclamation
• Spring cleaning: how to safely dispose of unused medications
• Longtime supporter becomes first-time patient, gets back to work with joint replacement therapy
• Total Joint Replacement Program takes home gold

Winter 2016-2017

• Palliative care makes world brighter for couple facing cancer
• More Cool Hot Jazz supports home health and hospice care
• Volunteer brings kindness to hospice patients and families
• Gifts of stock and other securities offer tax savings
• Hundreds Step Out for Hospice during 19th annual event
• Worcester area volunteers spearhead fourth annual Halloween fundraiser 
• State's first hospice residence celebrates 25th anniversary
• Reflect before trying to break a habit's hold on your life
• Honoring three Heroes in Health Care
• State Senate salutes you!

Summer 2016

• Architect finds calling as hospice residence caregiver
• Your caring makes history: Country's first VNA celebrates 130 years of compassionate care
• Great-grandmother overcomes serious fall with support of home health team
• Chronicle features hospice, Monahan Home's role in improving quality of life at the end of life
• CEO named to advisory board
• New England Coffee Charity Golf Classic a hole-in-one for hospice care
• North Shore Community Cabinet's Spring Fling secures over $40,000 for home health care
• Four steps older adults should take to prevent falls
• Anytime, anywhere exercises to improve balance