Covenant Hospice Named a Circle of Life Award Honoree

Published Date: 07/17/2006

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Covenant Hospice Recognized

Pensacola, FL – Covenant Hospice today was named a Circle of Life Award Honoree.  Covenant Hospice was recognized for its innovative program that improves the care of patients near the end of life or with life-threatening conditions.

The Circle of Life Award celebrates programs across the nation that have made great strides in palliative and end-of-life care.  The awards are supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in Princeton, N.J and are sponsored by the American Hospital Association, the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, the American Medical Association and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.  Covenant Hospice is one of seven organizations honored this year by the Circle of Life Award Program.

Covenant Hospice, a not-for-profit organization, currently serves 35 counties throughout South Alabama, Northwest Florida and the Big Bend area of Florida.  In 2005, Covenant served over 5,000 terminally ill patients and their families.

Covenant Hospice was chosen by a selection committee made up of leaders from medicine, nursing, social work, and health administration.  The committee focused on innovative programs that respect patient goals and preferences, provide comprehensive care, acknowledge and address the family or caregivers’ concerns and needs, and build systems and mechanisms of support to continue the program for future patients and caregivers.

“It’s a privilege to be recognized for the work and ideas we feel are so important to our community.  This is an award for everyone involved with Covenant Hospice, and we hope the success of our program helps inspire others in this area,” said Dale O. Knee, President & CEO of Covenant Hospice.

This is the seventh year for the Circle of Life Award.  For more information on the Circle of Life Award, visit www.aha.org/circleoflife.

Covenant Hospice is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing comprehensive, compassionate services to patients and loved ones during times of life-limiting illnesses.  The focus of Covenant Hospice is to enable its patients to live as fully and comfortably as possible, to provide dignified palliative care, to assist patients’ loved ones in coping with end-of-life issues and the eventual death of the patient, and to improve care for all patients at the end of their lives by example and education.

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