Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

DATE: April 25, 2012
CONTACT: Dr. Roxanne Debski- Seigel
Karen Ann Quinlan Memorial Foundation
Offices in Newton & Phillipsburg, NJ & Milford PA.
PHONE: 973-383-0115 Toll free 800-882-1117 FAX 973-383-6889
EMAIL: rdebski-seigel@karenannquinlanhospice.org
Website: www.karenannquinlanhospice.org

Joseph T Quinlan Bereavement Interfaith Memorial Service May 21

Washington, NJ – April 25, 2012. The Joseph T. Quinlan Bereavement Center and the Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice is pleased to invite you, your family, and friends to participate in a celebration of remembrance. It is a dedication to commemorate loved ones who have died by sharing an evening to evoke their memory, and to gather strength and comfort.

The service will be held at the Washington Alliance Church, Rte. 57, Washington, NJ, Monday, May 21, 2012 at 7:30 pm.

Clergy from the Catholic, Protestant and Jewish faiths, as well as Hospice staff and volunteers, will participate. As part of the service, there will be a candle-lighting ceremony to memorialize loved ones and light refreshments served.

If you are interested in attending and having your loved one included in the memorial bulletin, please contact the Newton office of the Joseph T. Quinlan Bereavement Center office at 973-940-0411 and ask Diana Sebzda for more details or call toll free 800-882-1117 and ask for Bereavement. Please reserve your place by calling one of the above numbers or email bereavement@karenannquinlanhospice.org by May 7, 2012. This is a free service open to the community.

Karen Ann Quinlan Memorial Foundation is passionately dedicated to providing Hospice care for the terminally ill, Bereavement for those who have lost loved ones and Home Care assistance for recovery patients. Serving North and Northwest NJ and the Pike County area PA; please call 800 882 1117 to reach any of our services. Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice, 99 Sparta Ave., Newton, NJ, Karen Ann Quinlan Home Health Care, 755 Memorial Parkway, Phillipsburg, NJ and Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice, 315 West Harford St., Milford, PA. For programs, events, and more information visit www.karenannquinlanhospice.org.

 

Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

DATE: April 4, 2012
CONTACT: Dr. Roxanne Debski- Seigel
Karen Ann Quinlan Memorial Foundation
Offices in Newton & Phillipsburg, NJ & Milford PA.
PHONE: 973-383-0115
TOLL FREE: 800-882-1117
FAX: 973-383-6889
EMAIL: rdebski-seigel@karenannquinlanhospice.org
WEBSITE: www.karenannquinlanhospice.org

National Healthcare Decisions Day, April 16th

Are You Traveling Life’s Road without a Map?

Newton- April 4, 2012 – When one thinks of taking a trip to a place we have never been, the first thing most of us do is plan. Well, advance care planning is like planning a road trip to an unfamiliar destination. “Only 30% of American’s have a living will, a map detailing where they want their healthcare to “go” in the future should they become unable to voice their wishes.” Katherine Brandt, MS, Vice President, Consumer and Caregiver Services, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.

We have all heard of living wills; a living will outlines your course in advance for your future health care wishes if you were to suddenly become seriously ill or an accident victim. Would you want to have a breathing apparatus in place if there was no hope for recovery; or if you were diagnosed with an incurable life limiting illness, would you want to focus your remaining days, weeks, months in comfort and pain free or an arrangement of life-extending treatments and comfort care? Letting family and health care providers know what procedures and treatments you would want provided to you — and under what conditions is what is mapped out in a living will.

Choose your Back-up Driver legally.

A health care power of attorney or health care proxy designation form in most situations allows you to choose someone you trust to “drive” (take charge of your health care decisions) in case you are unable to make those decisions yourself. Consider a family member or friend you trust and who is unafraid to speak on your behalf as your advocate. When you drive alone and encounter a breakdown, your journey’s decisions could and would most likely be taken by someone who may not know or understand your values and wishes.

“It is important to have your map and your back-up in place to help let others know your intentions…it is kind of like calling ahead.”—Dr. Roxanne Seigel, Director of Marketing and Advancement for the Karen Ann Quinlan Memorial Foundation.

Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice has ready-made packets with current Living Will information available FREE on National Healthcare Decisions Day, April 16th at any of their 3 offices. In NJ, Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice, 99 Sparta Ave., Newton and Karen Ann Quinlan Home Health Care, 755 Memorial Parkway, Phillipsburg and in PA, Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice, 104 Bennett Ave., Milford.

For more information please call 973-383-0115 in NJ and 570-296-3591 in PA and a packet will be mailed to you. Visit www.karenannquinlanhospice.org for information on all services and events.

To learn more about advance care planning, including living wills, health care proxy and talking to people about your wishes explore the planning ahead section of www.caringinfo.org or call 800-658-8898. Caring Connections offers FREE, state-specific advance directives for all 50 states and DC that meet the legal requirements for each state. www.caringinfo.org/stateaddownload

Marlina Schetting, MSW, LCSW and Director of Social Services for Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice speaks to the need for a living will. Visit NJHerald.com and click on Health Connections.

Visit Dealing with Dying: National Healthcare Decisions Day, a YouTube discussion featuring Cathy Shane, RN and Director of Nursing for the Karen Ann Quinlan Home Health Care as one of the speakers.

The Karen Ann Quinlan Memorial Foundation is passionately dedicated to providing Hospice care for the terminally ill, Bereavement for those who have lost loved ones and Home Care assistance for recovery patients. Serving North and Northwest NJ and the Pike County area PA; please call 800 882 1117 to reach any of our services. Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice, 99 Sparta Ave., Newton, NJ, Karen Ann Quinlan Home Health Care, 755 Memorial Parkway, Phillipsburg, NJ and Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice, 104 Bennett Ave., Milford, PA. For programs, events, and more information visit www.karenannquinlanhospice.org.

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Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

DATE: April 4, 2012
CONTACT: Dr. Roxanne Debski- Seigel
Karen Ann Quinlan Memorial Foundation
Offices in Newton & Phillipsburg, NJ & Milford PA.
PHONE: 973-383-0115
TOLL FREE: 800-882-1117
FAX: 973-383-6889
EMAIL: rdebski-seigel@karenannquinlanhospice.org

WEBSITE: www.karenannquinlanhospice.org

Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice announces new community project

Newton- April 4, 2012 – Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice, a leader in the hospice movement for over thirty years, will once again be “breaking ground” on a new element in end of life care.
This is the first time the 44 minute movie screening is being made available to the public and seats are limited.

The hospice currently serves patients in homes, nursing home facilities, hospitals or wherever a patient calls “home” in two states, NJ & PA; so it was a natural next step to take the lead in providing a hospice home for the area.

The vision behind the creation of the Karen Ann Quinlan Home for Hospice is to develop a residence for long or short term care for patients facing end of life when home care is no longer an option for the family. The residence will be staffed with professional medical personnel and assistants and will gain in distinction with the principle that family and friends will have right of entry to their loved ones just as they would in their own homes. For the patients, it will be their “home” where they can be surrounded by their loved ones with all the comforts of a home-like environment. Until now there is no other residency that currently meets those criteria in the immediate area.

This year the Karen Ann Quinlan Charitable Foundation is planning to break ground on 9 acres that has been offered by the Waterwheel Farm in Fredon Township, Sussex County, NJ. The $5 million, 10,000 square foot project will include 10 patient beds, ample space for round-the-clock family visitations,
two sitting rooms, a meditation room and a family kitchen all with a view looking out at the beautiful Kittatinny Ridge Mountains.

The Karen Ann Quinlan Home for Hospice will also provide respite patient duty for the caregiver who needs to take that much-needed break or time off from the seemingly endless days of responsibility and support of their loved one.

“Our hospice home will provide a complete continuum of care in a serene surrounding which will encourage dignity and hope to all its residents.”-Julia Quinlan, Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice co-founder, Chairman of The Karen Ann Quinlan Home for Hospice and mother of Karen Ann.

It is estimated that the doors to the Karen Ann Quinlan Home for Hospice will open in the spring or summer of 2013. “The Karen Ann Quinlan Home for Hospice is the culmination of many years of working and planning to realize a full service hospice for our fine community. As one of two surviving founding Board members, I am delighted to be here to see this project finally completed.”
– Lucian Fletcher, Jr. MD

Please contact Glenn Lewis, Director of Development for more information on the capital campaign– 973-383-0115 or glewis@karenannquinlanhospice.org.

The Karen Ann Quinlan Memorial Foundation is passionately dedicated to providing Hospice care for the terminally ill, Bereavement for those who have lost loved ones and Home Care assistance for recovery patients. Serving North and Northwest NJ and the Pike County area PA; please call 800 882 1117 to reach any of our services. Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice, 99 Sparta Ave., Newton, NJ, Karen Ann Quinlan Home Health Care, 755 Memorial Parkway, Phillipsburg, NJ and Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice, 104 Bennett Ave., Milford, PA. For programs, events, and more information visit www.karenannquinlanhospice.org.

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