NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The annual Festival of Remembrance to benefit Hospice and HomeCare of Reno County is Friday night at Prairie Dunes.
"Our community is very blessed to have Hospice House, which is a home for end of life services," said Darla Wilson with Hospice. "It is very uncommon in the state or the nation to have one of those, especially in a community our size. Most people that are not in their own homes or in a nursing home, they don't have that opportunity. They are served in a hospital. If you have ever been in the Hospice House, it is very different than the care that you get in a hospital at end of life. That warmth and the feeling of being home and the family being comfortable. It's just something that this community is very blessed to have."
There were still a few single tickets available for the event.
"The one thing that you lose when you are faced with a terminal illness is control," Wilson said. "We want to give that family and that patient as much control as they can have. So what do they want? Where do they want to live their final days and hours? Some people will come to hospice house back and forth as they need to for respite or whatnot, but some people definitely want to be at home and they have the support to do that with us coming in and having that added layer. It works for them. So wherever they want to be, we want them to make those choices."
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