Blog: Stories and Insights

When men and women go off to war, their families serve alongside them. While they don’t wear uniforms, they make sacrifices, too. Read this family’s story and how Samaritan was there to help.

Dorothy Mazur is a long-time dog lover. When her hospice team learned that her most recent four-legged companion passed away, they didn’t hesitate to honor Tommy, a Vizsla, with a memorial ceremony.

Finding and integrating an ideal telemedicine system was already underway for the medical team at Samaritan. But the arrival of COVID-19 accelerated the need. Chief Medical Officer Dr. Stephen Goldfine shares the system Samaritan has implemented, and how it’s improving and maintain patient-physician communication.

We have all been upended with changes thanks to COVID-19. The Center for Grief Support staff have worked diligently to still meet the needs of the bereaved.

Read about Joan Byrne and how the hospice care her parents and husband received from Samaritan inspired her to give back as a donor and pet therapy volunteer.

Cardinals have always been deeply linked to concepts such as life and death, renewal and happiness. For Sandy Capell and her family, seeing a cardinal at the Samaritan Center at Voorhees on the day of their mom’s death gave them peace.

From the start of the COVID-19 crisis, Samaritan continued to provide around-the-clock, uninterrupted services to its patients and their families.

Arlene’s family surrounded her and embraced the joyful moments they had during those final days together. They were able to make new memories because of the privacy, warmth, and care provided at The Samaritan Center at Voorhees.

Read this touching story about the importance of a warm circle of family, comfort at the end of life, and giving back to Samaritan.

Clark Dingman, hired in 1982 as Samaritan’s first executive director, helped build the foundation of what hospice – and Samaritan – have become in the South Jersey community today.