Samaritan quickly adapted to ensure the continuation of essential services for people with advanced illness throughout the pandemic while honoring the fundamental essentials of palliative care to relieve suffering and honor the patients’ goals of care.
Palliative medicine is the medical specialty that honors a patient’s goals of care and supports treatment decisions. It helps relieve pain and symptoms caused by serious illness.
Thanks to Christine Parker-DeLeon's moving essay submission to Miller Transportation's Charitable Giving Program, Samaritan receives generous donation to benefit hospice patients and their families.
I encourage you to use the New Year to reflect on your healthcare wishes and the importance of advance care planning. Have conversations about it with your family – preferably now around the kitchen table, rather than later in the ICU during a crisis.
As Samaritan Thrift in Pitman closes its doors for the last time, the store's remaining fixtures and clothing help Fig Leaf Thrift shop open their doors.
Read about the quiet, attentive care that Mick Long received that his partner of 20 years says was "Ultimately, the best decision I ever made in my life."
When men and women go off to war, their families serve alongside them. While they don’t wear uniforms, they make sacrifices, too. Read this family's story and how Samaritan was there to help.
