Blog: Stories and Insights

Read this story about Catherine Skelly’s life, children, and how hospice care helped, including how one volunteer’s handmade memory bears created the perfect keepsake.

Thanks to generous volunteers clay hearts serve as a symbol of love and connection between family members.

Due to COVID-19 restrictions Edilia O’Hara’s large family couldn’t be at her bedside during her stay at The Samaritan Center at Voorhees. But, they, and our staff, certainly found a way to let her know they were present.

A Special Message from President/CEO Mary Ann Boccolini This year, we celebrate 40 years of caring for the community. Over the last 4 decades, you have invited us into your homes, opened up your lives to us, and allowed us … Continued

Read about how palliative care helped Bob live life to the fullest while dealing with serious illness.

“I am honored to have been able to serve” said Thomas A. Richards, Vietnam War Veteran and Samaritan patient. Thomas A. Richards, or Tom, shared these words with the room during his Samaritan Honors Veterans ceremony.

“I had said all along I didn’t want to do chemo,” Betty says. “On the drive home from the doctor, I asked my daughter if I was selfish to refuse treatment. She, and my two other children, said it was up to me.”

Celebrate the impact nurses make on the community through a personal story from Mary Ann Boccolini.

Tournament rescheduled for Monday, October 5 to help ensure the health and safety of all of our golfers, sponsors, volunteers, and employees.

It is more important now than ever that we know what our loved ones want at the end of life. Learn about advance care planning, living wills, and POLST.