However, the Hospice staff and volunteers, with support from the local community, are committed to the success of Hospice House North. Everyone who has been a participant in our Capital Campaign will soon see that their hard work benefits the people of Southwest Florida. My personal thanks to each of you who support our organization in so many ways. It is ironic that in our society, the one thing we all have in common is the same thing we fear the most. Many of us would be content to simply fall peacefully to sleep when it is our time.
Surveys confirm that people fear pain, suffering, isolation, and being a burden on their family.
However, it does not have to be that way. With care, compassion, and proper symptom management, even those who experience prolonged illness can live each day as fully as possible with dignity and control. That is the Hope Hospice mission. Our belief is that the end of life should be as revered as the beginning of life. To our grandparents death was a normal part of the life cycle.