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The California Hospice Network was formed in 2019 as a strategic partnership committed to sustaining local nonprofit, community-based hospice care in California. The network’s founding member organizations are trusted leaders in the communities they have served for more than 40 years. Aligned in their mission and values, the network members are working, sharing, and planning together to create stronger community hospices that deliver exceptional patient care and end-of-life services.
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‘Grief is a Journey’: Hospice support helps loved ones work through their emotions

November 2, 2023 California Hospice Network

“There’s incredible power in sharing with a group of people who are going through similar experiences,” says Joan*. After the devastating and sudden loss of her wife of nearly 40 years, Joan’s world felt empty, and she struggled to find meaning and connection in the aftermath. For months, Joan’s grief consumed her in ways that felt deeply isolating and insurmountable. When a friend recommended that she join a grief support group at YoloCares, a nonprofit hospice in Davis, Joan discovered that sharing her story with a community of fellow grievers helped her forge a path forward. […]

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Practicing Wisdom: California Hospice Network’s ethics committee provides guidance in the face of end-of-life dilemmas

November 1, 2023 California Hospice Network

While death and dying are universal, the end of each life is a unique experience—one that can be filled with gray ethical areas that challenge even the best hospice professionals to seek wisdom. To help nonprofit hospices best serve patients and their loved ones, a group of Northern California hospice agencies have launched a new and vital project: “Practicing Wisdom, the Ethics Committee of the California Hospice Network.” […]

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Stronger together: How collaboration is helping nonprofit hospices thrive

August 1, 2023 California Hospice Network

After nearly 20 years, Gwendolyn Kaltoft, chief of quality, compliance, and education, was set to retire from her post at YoloCares, a nonprofit community-based hospice in Davis, California. A determined and spirited woman, she had watched YoloCares balloon from a census of 30 to 130 over two decades and led the development of YoloCares’ community-based palliative care program, the first of its kind in Northern California. […]