Click on the images below to view our Testimonial Videos
HARRISON’S HOPE
A special family reunion.
A recent patient of Harrison’s Hope had one last wish – to go to Washington for one final family reunion. Due to his rapidly declining condition and his increasing dependency on oxygen, the trip seemed impossible. That is until his hospice team along with the helping hands of many others stepped in to make a difference.
The hospice nurse and executive director spent time determining the right amount of oxygen to take on the trip and arranging delivery with the equipment company. The company ended up donating a concentrator to go with the needed tanks. A partnership was also forged with the patient’s church. The congregation donated money for gasoline and one of the church’s parishioners lent the use of an RV to make the trip manageable. Hospice Partner’s Hope Foundation contributed monetarily to fund the remaining items needed for the trip. A Harrison’s Hope volunteer and a church member agreed to drive the RV and accompany the patient and his wife on the trip. The volunteer fitted the RV with all of the needed medical equipment and installed a bar so the patient could hang and stretch from it.
The night before the trip, the crew discovered that the air conditioner in the RV was broken. Instead of calling off the trip, the volunteer removed the compressor from his own RV and replaced the broken one. Finally, at 3 am on the day of the departure, the RV was ready. Later that morning, the group was on their way. Ten hours and 450 miles later, they arrived at what was nothing less than a magnificent family reunion.
Please fill out our contact us form or call us at 208-286-1300 to learn more about how Harrison’s Hope can help you and/or your loved ones, today. We have hospice offices in the Boise and Twin Falls area and serve many surrounding counties. We also have sister agencies in four other regions that operate as Serenity Hospice, Hospice of Virginia, Hospice Partners, and Alamo Hospice.