Murfreesboro Mayor Tommy Bragg issued a proclamation recently recognizing the importance of hospice care in Murfreesboro.
Bragg presented the proclamation to Alive Hospice representatives during National Hospice and Palliative Care Month in November.
Those in attendance at City Hall included Murfreesboro-area Alive Hospice board members, staff and volunteers.
“Knowing your options before you need them is just good planning,” Bragg said. “I encourage every family in Murfreesboro to learn about hospice and palliative care. It starts with getting information and talking with your doctor before a serious illness comes along.”
Hospice and palliative care enhance quality of life by alleviating pain and other unpleasant symptoms caused by life-threatening illnesses.
Hospice care benefits patients when life expectancy is limited to six months or less and when curative treatments have been discontinued.
Palliative care is available for patients who desire comfort measures in addition to curative treatments.
Alive Hospice’s Murfreesboro Team provides hospice care and grief support services in Rutherford, Bedford, Cannon, Coffee and DeKalb counties. The team’s offices are located on Medical Center Parkway.
Through donations and grants, Alive Hospice is able to provide care to all who need it including uninsured and underinsured Middle Tennesseans.
Alive Hospice was one of the nation’s earliest hospice programs.
It was founded in 1975, just one year after the first hospice program in the United States was established in Connecticut.
Today, Alive Hospice serves 12 Middle Tennessee counties.
Each year, more than 1.5 million patients and families benefit from hospice care nationwide, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.
For more information about Alive Hospice, call 615-327-1085 or visit alivehospice.org. |
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