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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