Hospice News Archive

Hospice Birds | A Night to Remember | Uplifting Words at the End of Life | CT Hospice Nurse Heads to Alaska| A Soldier's Story | The Norma F. Pfriem International Fellowship | Connecticut Hospice Regatta

The Hospice Birds

Branford, CT:
Once again, The Connecticut Hospice, has something unique to report on. Up on their roof at Homeport Cove seagulls have made it their home. Two seagull eggs have hatched and there are two seagulls climbing out of the nest and beginning to explore their outer world. Mom guards them closely and periodically is seen bringing them over to the shade of the roof fan.

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The Board of Directors of The Connecticut Hospice, Inc. would like to thank you on this special day…the1stAmerican Hospital Hospice is celebrating it's 1st anniversary of the move to Homeport Cove. Because of you wewere able to realize our vision of a Hospital Hospice and Teaching Center.

Today is very special in another respect. We are pleased to share our exciting news..You are invited to a benefitconcert by the legendary folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary to be held on September 28, 2002, 8:00 pm; at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.

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Uplifting Words At The End Of Life
Connecticut Law Tribune
Monday, July 13, 2009
Copyright 2009, ALM Properties, Inc.

Former Connecticut judge helps widowers heal from their loss
By DOUGLAS S. MALAN

Most of the time, Donald C. Pogue is speeding along America’s fast lane. As an associate judge of the U.S. Court of International Trade, which sits in Manhattan, Pogue said it’s easy to get caught up in the pace of New York City life.
As one of nine members of the USCIT, Pogue has a busy schedule of hearing cases involving international trade and customs law questions.
It’s an atmosphere in which one can quickly lose perspective on life, Pogue said.
So for two days out of every month, he returns to Connecticut to volunteer at Connecticut Hospice in Branford. And though his work with people who have lost spouses to death is often challenging and heart-wrenching, Pogue said it helps him understand and appreciate people in his life while helping others cope with death.

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Frances Dunn Buckley, R.N. and Fellow at The Connecticut Hospice had every mother’s dream. Her son was an all-star perfect son; captain of the soccer team, captain of the track team, going to St. Joseph University in Philadelphia on a scholarship. Always respectful and kind, a true pleasure to be around.

Frances Dunn Buckley also had every mother’s nightmare become reality when the phone rang in September 2005. Her son had been killed in a motorcycle accident.

“Shane was my life and when he died I died,” lamented Frances. “If not for the people here at Connecticut Hospice I’d be dead. Everyone here is the most caring individual and they helped me get through the hardest part of my life. Hospice saved my life.”

Coming back to work after his services at the Chapel of St. Joseph-Michael J. Smith, S.J., Memorial was very difficult.

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NEW HAVEN — Salvatore Garibaldi expresses the dignity and humility of his generation, sitting in his kitchen on Wooster Street, in the neighborhood where he has lived his entire life.

They are known as the Greatest Generation, but to meet a veteran of World War II, none of them now younger than 80, is to realize that the scourge of fascism was defeated by men who left their humble neighborhoods behind, and then, if luck shined on them, returned to their family and friends.

“I look at it this way,” says Garibaldi, who is known to everyone as Gary. “World War II was won by the men and women of that age who were more or less deprived of going to school because of necessity at home. Particularly the Irish and the Italians. They had large families.”

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Branford, Connecticut — The Connecticut Hospice, Inc., the nation’s 1st hospice, proudly announces the certification of 14 nurses from its first class of The Norma F. Pfriem International Fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Nursing. Funded by a generous grant merited by the Connecticut Hospice’s long-standing reputation for its leadership as the premiere institute for education and training in hospice and palliative care.  The Fellowship was established at the
Connecticut Hospice state-of-the-art teaching institution, with its 52 bed inpatient hospice-
hospital for adults and pediatrics and its complementary statewide hospice home care in 2005.  This fifteen month intensive program focuses on principles of palliative care; interdisciplinary team approach to patient and family; core concepts of symptom management, and pharmacology.  Hospice physicians and nurse practitioners, pharmacists, social workers and guest lecturers lead monthly interdisciplinary seminars,  followed by case studies and peer discussion. Clinical concepts are then applied in both the hospital and in home care, with senior nurses serving as preceptors to the Fellows.

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On September 19, 2009 the Sailors "For Fun" Regatta was run for the 12th year on a great September day on Long Island Sound. Their was hardly a cloud in the sky and the temperature was in the lower 70's. It was a beautiful day. The wind was light and flukey. It blew 12kts and under, NW-N-SW-S. Every single boat raced a challenging regatta. Some of the wind lifts were as much as 90degrees, keeping all of the captains and crew on their toes.

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