This past Tuesday when I first arrived at the Reception Desk of the Pickering House for my 4-8p.m. shift the grown son of someone on...

No Judgement

By Rick Schneider

       This past Tuesday when I first arrived at the Reception Desk of the Pickering House for my 4-8p.m....

       As a child I liked January. It seemed as if it was the month with the most “snow days” that closed our school. Since our treeless bac...

January Thoughts

By Rick Schneider

      As a child I liked January. It seemed as if it was the month with the most “snow...

  An unusual event occurred in the Pickering House only a few years after it opened. The event was a Thanksgiving story that I don’t think w...

Well, Why Not?

By Rick Schneider

 An unusual event occurred in the Pickering House only a few years after it opened. The event was a...

One late afternoon a woman entered the Pickering House carrying two grocery bags filled with a variety of items. She told...

Just a Bird Feeder

By Rick Schneider

One late afternoon a woman entered the Pickering House carrying two grocery bags filled with a variety of...

    Sharon met the four volunteers at the door of her father’s hospital room one April afternoon. Her father, Len, was in one of the Palliat...

Regardless of Hour, Day, or Month

By Rick Schneider

  Sharon met the four volunteers at the door of her father’s hospital room one April afternoon. Her father, Len,...

  I have been a patient-contact volunteer for over twenty-four years. During so many of my visits, when the spouse is preparing to leave, sh...

What Does a Nursing Assistant Do?

By Rick Schneider

 I have been a patient-contact volunteer for over twenty-four years. During so many of my visits, when the spouse...

       One of the misconceptions, or myths, of hospice is that it’s a place; some sort of medical building. The notion is that if you sign o...

Back in control

By Rick Schneider

      One of the misconceptions, or myths, of hospice is that it’s a place; some sort of medical building....
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