hospice advisory board

[Bill London <london@moscow.com>]

Hospice Creates Advisory Board

Hospice of the Palouse will benefit from the support and guidance
offered by a newly-created Community Advisory Board of 15 Palouse area
residents, announced Julie Nelson, Hospice Director.
Hospice of the Palouse began in 1984, and in April of 1999 became a
department of Gritman Medical Center while retaining its non-profit
status.  The mission of Hospice of the Palouse is to provide care to the
terminally ill and their families in the Latah and Whitman counties
region.
The Community Advisory Board (CAB) has been meeting for a year, and
recently finalized its operating policies and elected its officers.
According to those policies, the mission of the CAB is to support the
Hospice by “its review of Hospice activities and by its recommendations
regarding community hospice needs and the use of monies donated to
Hospice.”
The CAB provides advice and support to the Hospice staff with the goal
of the long-term sustainability of the Hospice program.
The members of the CAB are: Shirley Hull-Hord of Troy, Sally Browning of
Juliaetta, Kathy Kramer of Palouse, Robert Martin of Lewiston, and Jim
Prall, Rhonda Comstock, Ruth Bode, Glenda Hawley, Mike Curley, Bill
London, Dave Potter, Kathryn Surfus, JoAnn Evans, and Elizabeth
Sullivan, all of Moscow.
The officers for the next year are: Dave Potter, Chair; Bill London,
Vice-Chair; Mike Curley, Secretary; Elizabeth Sullivan, Vice-Secretary.
In addition to communications and fundraising, the CAB is charged with
making recommendations about the investment and use of funds which have
been donated to Hospice.
The CAB has sponsored educational meetings with local ministers and
nurses to explain the Hospice mission and programs.  In addition, the
CAB has supported related organizations, including the newly-created
Cedar Center, which offers grief counseling.  Further educational
outreach and community support is planned.
CAB meetings are open to the public, and volunteers are encouraged to
contact the CAB.   More information is available from any CAB member or
by calling 882-1228 or through email at hospice@gritman.org