Blog: Stories and Insights

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.

A look back at 2020 through stories of hope, inspiration, generosity, compassion, warmth, family, and exceptional care.

Read about how two sisters find hope and new traditions after losing both their parents in the same year.

An emotional story about how Samaritan’s palliative experts went above and beyond to get Ron home for his birthday.

Read about the advantages receiving hospice care in your South Jersey home.

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 Gertrude’s love for Christmas, her neighborly connections, and how Samaritan’s hospice team made a difference in her quality of life.

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.”

Facilities manager encounters grateful family member in home-improvement store.

Read about how Samaritan met the challenge of COVID-19 and is keeping patient, families, and employees safe.