Silverado Hospice Volunteer Intern Shares Her Memory Catcher Experience

December 1, 2017

The process of creating a memory catcher for a hospice patient was very rewarding. Since the beginning, I remember the patient’s family welcoming us to their home. Once inside, we asked simple questions, […]

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Silverado Hospice Helps UCSD Med Students Understand Dementia

June 16, 2017

By Linda Thyberg, MSW, Volunteer Coordinator for Silverado Supportive Care and Hospice San Diego In medical school, students learn to treat illness and delay death as long as possible, but […]

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Testimonial: “All the staff are caring and compassionate individuals…”

June 2, 2017

Understanding dementia. It is that simple. Irina, our RN, was in step with the specialty needs of dementia. Thank you, Irina. All hospice firms try to sell you their services […]

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Testimonial: “Watching them treat my mom with dignity and respect gave me comfort when I couldn’t be with her…”

January 5, 2017

My sister and I are so grateful for Silverado Hospice. My mom was on Hospice just short of a year. Silverado employees were constantly in communication with me regarding my […]

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Testimonial: “Silverado Hospice was so wonderful when my grandma needed hospice care…”

November 17, 2016

“Silverado Hospice was so wonderful when my grandma needed hospice care. Their staff met us at the hospital to explain how things would work and when we needed a nurse […]

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Art Used as a Healing Tool

July 11, 2016

Written by Jennifer Fernandez I was assigned to visit Mr. Hashem in the Fall of 2015 and my goal was to provide him companionship and anticipatory grief support to his […]

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Testimonial: “Excellent care from the nurses and others on the staff…”

June 28, 2016

“Excellent care from the nurses and others on the staff. I could call in the night and someone would come. The medications were closely monitored and everything was explained to […]

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The Gift of Life Review

February 25, 2016

By Kimberley Luong, MSW intern from CSFU As a MSW intern at Silverado, I wanted to show the importance of life review through sensory stimulations. Towards the end of life […]

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Silverado Receives Jewish Hospice Accreditation

November 25, 2015

We are happy to announce that we received our Jewish Hospice accreditation from The National Institute for Jewish Hospice (NIJH)! Both Silverado Hospice Orange County and Silverado Hospice Los Angeles attended the […]

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