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Preparation Protected Our Patients & Staff
by Brianna Halstied, Media Coordinator With the nation dealing with a global pandemic, access to personal protective equipment (PPE) has become scarce in many parts ...
A Day in the Life of a Music Therapist
Please join me as we travel through a day in the life of a hospice music therapist. Our first visit of the day is with ...
A Wedding at Bruns House
I first met Tonya on a Monday evening as I was preparing to go home for the day. Her mother had been admitted to Bruns ...
Veteran Volunteers – Interview with Bob Ellis
On February 18, 2019, Hospice East Bay Volunteer Bob Ellis was interviewed by Stephen Burchik for the CCC-TV program “Veterans’ Voices.” This is an edited ...
An Expression of Gratitude
In February of 2019, the wife of one of our patients addressed the staff at Hospice East Bay to express her gratitude for the care ...
Giving Tree Delivers Cheer at the Holidays
It was another successful year for Hospice East Bay’s Giving Tree project! At the holidays, the Giving Tree project amplifies the kindness that Hospice East ...
Music Therapy Supports Patients
Hospice East Bay incorporates music into many aspects of our work. Our Spiritual Care Counselors use music when caring for patients and families, our Music ...
Note from the CEO, Summer 2017
Hospice East Bay is celebrating our 40th year serving our communities. We are proud to have been a pioneer hospice program serving patients and families ...
Whatever Will Be, Will Be
By Bess Chosak, Hospice East Bay Volunteer My first glimpse of my newly assigned patient was of a small bundle of a lady—a crown of ...
How the Tree of Lights Started
This year, we would like to share our gratitude for Winifred Louise Varco Haagensen, known to friends as “Win.” In 1986, Hospice East Bay (then ...