I wish I had more to update you all on this week, but I have not made any forward progress on my project this week. I have tried to reach my contact at New Beacon Hospice several times this week with no success. I hope to make that contact and get started this upcoming week. If that is not possible, then I plan to look at other local area hospice providers to see if they would be interested in allowing me to complete my service learning project with their facility.

In some of the research that I completed last semester, I found out that most people do not know about hospice. Before nursing school started and my grandpa got sick, I would say that I was in that same group of people. I had never heard of hospice and definitely did not know what kind of services they provide. I also learned that most people who used hospice services only did so because they had a family member or close friend use hospice.

I plan to work with a local hospice provider to raise community awareness since many people are just like I was in that they are not aware of hospice or the services that they provide. Stay tuned, I hope to have more exciting news for you all next week.