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AseraCare Hospice Media Coverage

The media coverage section provides access to recent print, online and video coverage of AseraCare Hospice. Here you will also find our corporate press releases.

 

  • Microsoft Amalga Unifies Health Records

    Dec. 17, 2009

    Golden Living is using Microsoft Amalga to build internal apps that coordinate healthcare information between multiple internal organizations.

    The following article is provided courtesy of Informations Week magazine:

  • AseraCare Hospice donates to local agencies

    Dec. 09, 2009

    AseraCare Hospice Foundation has donated funds to three area agencies:

    • Grief Care Place-Stow, Ohio
    • Camp Quality Ohio-Akron, Ohio
    • Violet’s Cupboard-Akron, Ohio

    The following article is provided courtesy of the Akron Beacon Journal:

  • AseraCare Hospice provides care and support

    Nov. 25, 2009

    I don’t know if I can come up with enough adjectives to make people understand how wonderful those people are,” Cheryl Gassman says. Cheryl’s father, Lawrence Gassman, was living in a retirement home in Lincoln when hospice care was recommended to Cheryl. She contacted AseraCare, and was impressed by the level of care he received — and she, as well.

    The following article is provided courtesy of the York News-Times:

  • November is Hospice Month

    Nov. 25, 2009

    Two hospice services operate in York. AseraCare is part of Golden Living, a nationwide provider of healthcare services for the elderly. Tabitha is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and is headquartered in Lincoln.

    The following article is provided courtesy of the York News-Times:

  • Hospice a philosophy, not a place

    Nov. 17, 2009

    "I can remember being scared to deal with death, but actually I've found it less so over the years, and now I find it very rewarding to help others," said Chera Wertz, social worker and volunteer coordinator at AseraCare Hospice near Shoemakersville. Many of her volunteers have discovered the same thing.

     The following article is provided courtesy of the Reading Eagle

  • Volunteers have essential role in hospice care

    Nov. 17, 2009

    Jamie Wagner, 56, Exeter Township, got in a comfortable position to push 91-year-old Lena Snyder's wheelchair. Suddenly, there were smiles and laughter as if the duo were off to the races or at a night at the opera or simply up to some monkey business. Jamie Wagner, Exeter Township, is a hospice volunteer who regularly visits Lina Snyder, 91, at Golden Living in Exeter Township. They share a laugh as they make their rounds around the nursing facility.

    The following article is provided courtesy of the Reading Eagle

  • AseraCare co-sponsors a workshop to cope with grief on Nov. 1

    Oct. 22, 2009

    On Sunday, Nov. 1, AseraCare Hospice, First Presbyterian Church of Clarks Summit, and Abington Community Library will sponsor a grief workshop to help prepare for the holidays. The event will be held from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Ryon Room of the Library, located at 1200 W. Grove Street.

    The following article is provided courtesy of The Arbington Journal:

  • Friends, AseraCare support Abington Community Library in response to budget cuts

    Oct. 20, 2009

    In anticipation of a tough forthcoming economic year for the Lackawanna County Library System, member libraries were advised to cease ordering materials for the duration of 2009 unless they had alternative funding sources. The Abington Community Library (ACL) was fortunate to have found financial support from the Friends of the ACL and AseraCare Hospice, located in Clarks Summit.

    The following article is provided courtesy of The Arbington Journal:

  • AseraCare Hospice honors the Nebraska Make-A-Wish Foundation

    Sep. 29, 2009

    AseraCare Agency Gives Gift to Benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Nebraska. CSI stands for Community Support Initiative.  The CSI program is a way for Living Centers or AseraCare Agencies to apply for a financial grant to be donated to meet a need of a non-profit organization in the community.

    The following story is provided courtesy of Nebraska TV:

  • Gentle Paws with a Cause

    Sep. 03, 2009

    Hospice takes care of those in their last stage of life. What if that stage can be enhanced with a little puppy love?

    The following story is provided courtesy of the Nebraska TV.