Testimonials

Donate to HFAThese testimonials let you listen to the voices of people who have experienced hospice, who work in hospice, and other experts who work in the area of grief and bereavement.

Click on an image below to view a short video segment about hospice and end-of-life care.  What is Hospice? - learn more here.

LaFrance Williams
Watch Video		 Millie Ye Yip
Watch Video		 Jon Wiant
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“It’s okay to live while you’re dying”
Meet LaFrance Williams, whose husband Robert was cared for by hospice. 

“It is a gift that people can give to their loved ones” 
Millie Ye Yip shares her experience when hospice cared for her mother.

 "That's what saves you at the end of the day"
Jon Wiant shares his ambivalence about engaging hospice for his wife.
Dorotea Gonzalez
Watch Video		 Mary Martin
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“…perfect for the Hispanic community”
Dorotea Gonzalez, nurse at Capital Hospice in Virginia, shares her perspectives on some of the philosophies at the foundation of Hispanic culture. 

"We helped her to live as best she could"
Mary Martin movingly recounts her family's experience with her young daughter Vivienne's recurring cancer.

“I can’t thank them enough….”
Ronnie Banks talks about how hospice cared for his mother at the end of her life.

Cris Abrams
Watch Video		 Sherry Meyers
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“…it is still very, very hard to say goodbye to someone you love”
Cris Abrams talks about her experience as a daughter with a mother who had Alzheimer's disease.		 “You need to let others know that hospice is out there” 
Sherry Meyers discusses some of the misconceptions she had about hospice care.		 "It meant a lot to me, and I could see it meant a lot to him as a fellow veteran"
Hear about a hospice program that uses young Marines as hospice volunteers.
Nellie Kwan
Watch Video 		Michon Lartigue
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“Most of them do not understand hospice at all”
Nellie Kwan, a Chinese-American social worker, describes the barriers that she encounters when discussing hospice care and end-of-life options with members of the Chinese-American community.		 "Wouldn't you want to be as prepared as possible?"
Michon Lartigue talks about facing her father's cancer diagnosis.		 “…to comfort and reassure her in her own language”
Two healthcare professionals—Guadalupe Pacheco and Dorotea Gonzalez, discuss the importance of delivering medical information in a language that the patient understands. 

This project is provided through the support of a grant from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to support hospice and end-of-life care outreach and education.

CMS funds of $571,000 with HFA in-kind services of $5,710 are funding a variety of outreach and educational programs.