
Guilt and Grief: What We Carry and How to Set It Down
Guilt is part of love’s shadow — the echo of what we wish we’d done
What are your goals?
How do you want to be treated?
We create an individualized
plan of care based on YOUR WISHES.
Our CEO and Co-Founder tells us how Karen Ann’s
story changed a Nation!
The whole you…and your family.
From Quinlan Palliative Care,
Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice,
and the Bereavement Center…we are there
with you every step
of the journey.
Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice is proud to be
a Level 5 -We Honor Veterans Partner.
Our staff receives specialized training
to help Veterans facing a serious illness.
As your Local and Independent Hospice Leader, our hearts are
in the right place…with you, wherever you call home. Hospice Specialists since 1980.
Finding support is a way to experience grief with the potential to cope
and gain strength.
Person-centered , goal-directed care that treats the whole person by focusing on what is important to a particular patient and his or her loved ones.
The nurses and aides were very compassionate and personalized care for the patient and caregiver was provided. The Home for Hospice facility is located in a beautiful country setting and I thank the whole staff. The Bereavement team is also very solid. Local Hospice Family
I couldn’t have done this without hospice assistance. Our nurse was extremely helpful and very caring. The chaplain went out of her way to help my mother and my family. She did an outstanding job, and is a true servant of God. Hospice, as a group, made my job easier. They educated me on what would be, which relieved me of my unknown fears. I highly recommend that all those in need contact hospice, and I campaign for people to donate and contribute to this wonderful organization.
“Hospice provided us the ability to fulfill late husband’s wishes to pass at home, although very difficult undertaking at first, hospice nurse was kind and understanding of our stresses and helped us with making his wishes happen. Thank you all for your help.”
The level of care was unbelievable. The nurses and aides were angels, the volunteers were lifesavers. We could not have gotten through this without them. We will be forever grateful.
No words could ever express my gratitude for all that your organization did for me and my family. The wonderful care provided in my mom’s time of need was exceptional. Instead of feeling uncomfortable having strangers come to our home, it felt warm and comforting like old friends coming to lend a hand. You are all very special people and I commend you on a job well done.
My husband died in November, after being released from a rehabilitation center for just a few days. During my husband’s time home, hospice came and helped me with his medications and his care. The nurse was wonderful! When my husband died, your social worker and nurse were both at my home. Their compassion and kindness helped me get through the initial shock. I can’t thank them enough. Hospice is an amazing support system that touches everyone who is dealing with a terminal illness. Thank yo… Read more
Hospice gave me more time to spend with my mother in her last weeks here on earth. Also, through my hospice experience I met so many wonderful people who I will always remember. I want to say “Thank you,” to everyone at Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice. You helped my mom, and you also helped me.
The hope, love, and dignity hospice care gives us is sent from angels.
Everyone involved was a great help and support to me, assisting me in understanding my husband’s situation better, and enabling me to care for him in his last days. I can’t thank you all enough for that. You gave me the comfort and peace to accept the situation also. May God bless hospice care and all of you who contributed. For that I will always be grateful. The ‘Crossing the Creek’ booklets that you share with families are the best for anyone at a time like this.
“The Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice care was very supportive all through a very long illness. God bless them.”

Guilt is part of love’s shadow — the echo of what we wish we’d done
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