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Taking Shape Hospice Cleveland County began caring for its first patient Oct. 12, 1985 – just five years after the first hospice in North Carolina and 10 years after the first one in America. Plans for the new hospice started taking shape Feb. 8, 1984, when a group of interested people gathered in the auditorium at Cleveland Memorial Hospital (now Carolinas HealthCare System Cleveland). Sally H. Jones led the discussion and presented statistics on the number of terminal patients in the hospital in 1983. “There were just people in the community who were saying we need a hospice in Cleveland County,” Myra McGinnis, CEO of Hospice Cleveland County, said. “They came from all

How a small group of citizens brought big changes to terminal care in Cleveland County

requirement is the person has a six walks of life.” The first records were handwritten in months or less life expectancy as a log book. There were 87 patients the certified by a physician. While a few people get better and first year. The records were kept that are discharged by way until the 1990s, hospice, it is far more when McGinnis was hired to computerize the “Hospice is about likely that a person dies accounting software. helping people within a few weeks of admission, McGinnis Through the years, emotionally, said. the challenge has been spiritually and “We don’t have time educating the public on to make a big difference hospice services. physically.” in that short time which “In the early days, Myra McGinnis is why early referrals people thought hospice are best for a patient was primarily for elderly people who had cancer,” and family,” she said. “Hospice is about helping people emotionally, spiritually McGinnis said. Evelyn West in the early days of Hospice Cleveland County Gradually, people began to realize and physically.” That care is given that hospice care was for anyone by a team approach – a nurse, social Catawba or Rutherford counties.” with a life-limiting illness. The only worker, hospice aide, chaplain, grief When West applied to the state to build counselor, physician, and volunteers. the inpatient facility the regulators told Each of those team members have her that Cleveland County only needed skills to provide holistic care. three acute care rooms. She couldn’t From 1985 to 2014, Hospice see having a building campaign for Cleveland County has served more just three rooms, so she asked for than 10,000 people. A little over 1,000 three acute care and three residential people die each year in Cleveland care rooms. The state approved the County, and hospice provides care to application and West had all the rooms 55 percent of them, which is higher built to acute care standards. Now there than the national rate of 42 percent, are 16 beds at Wendover in Shelby and McGinnis said. eight beds at the Testa Family Hospice Hospice Cleveland County is ranked House in Kings Mountain. 13th out of 100 counties in North West also pushed the board to start Carolina for percentages of deaths accepting Medicare, which helped served. the non-profit with funding. Hospice McGinnis attributes the acceptance Cleveland County serves all patients, of hospice in Cleveland County to regardless of their ability to pay, so even the progressive leadership of Evelyn with reimbursement from Medicare, West, the first director, and the board fundraising is still a necessity. Several of directors. events are held during the year to raise “In 1990, they were already talking funds and donations of money, food about building a building,” McGinnis and other items are accepted from said. “When Wendover opened it was the community to support families. the seventh hospice house in the state. Proceeds from The Hospice Store on There was not a hospice house in Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Burke, See TAKING SHAPE, page 4 58042

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Exceptional people make all the difference And Myra McGinnis is one of them . . . For 25 years, Myra McGinnis, CEO of Hospice of Cleveland County, has been with the organization that provides end of life care. When McGinnis began to volunteer with Hospice over 25 years ago, she was doing work on the organization’s one computer. In 1990, she applied for a job opening at Hospice and was hired to computerize their accounting software. Although McGinnis didn’t begin her Hospice career in patient care, she quickly developed a love for the services provided by the organization. “It didn’t take very long for me to become really passionate about hospice care,” McGinnis said. “Working in the office, I learned it was a special service and I really enjoyed being part of it.” That passion led McGinnis to accept a job as executive director in 1994, before becoming CEO. Since her time at

Hospice of Cleveland County began, McGinnis said a lot more than the number of computers has changed. Twenty-five years ago, Hospice had 12 employees and 22 patients and only provided in-home care. Now Hospice operates two hospice houses, employs over 100 employees and serves up to 170 patients per day. According to McGinnis, the way people think about hospice care in the county and across the United States has also changed dramatically since she joined. More people are learning about what hospice care is and are becoming more accepting of the concept each year, she said. “It was something that was new and people didn’t understand back then,” McGinnis said. “Now we serve about half of all the people who die in Cleveland County, whereas in the early days we were serving somewhere less than 10 percent. People understand what hospice is all about now.” Although a lot has changed for Hospice of Cleveland County and hospice care in general, McGinnis said one

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Marion Street also help support patients. In 2003, Hospice Cleveland County became one of the first to offer palliative care and hired Dr. David Barker to develop the new service. Palliative care helps people dealing with pain and suffering from a life-threatening illness. Palliative care consultants treat complex pain and other symptoms while supporting the attending physician’s plan of care. If the patient’s health continues to decline, he or she is transitioned into hospice care. “Our staff are educated and trained in issues with death and dying. Each situation is different. We have to provide services to patients and families in the way that best comforts them. Our tagline is Peace.

thing stayed the same in her 25 years. “The thing that has remained the same is the essence of hospice and what it is,” she said. “It’s this whole team of people who take care of the patient and the family as that patient is approaching the end of life. That has not changed.” A key factor in McGinnis’ lasting career with Hospice of Cleveland County has been the people she works

It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart,” said Patti Ellis McMurry, Vice President of Access. “There’s nothing easy about this journey. It’s hard for family members to say goodbye to someone they love and it’s hard for our patients to say goodbye to everyone they love. Our mission is to support them through the journey.” The challenge for Hospice Cleveland County in the next 30 years is to keep educating the community about hospice care. Through the Watchmen Program at local churches, volunteers share information about hospice. “We are connected with about 400 churches,” McGinnis said. “That’s a group of people who can direct somebody to us when they have a need. The

with. From the nurses, social workers, chaplains and everyone else involved, McGinnis said she works with the most passionate and extraordinary people. “I don’t think I would have stayed here this long if I didn’t work with some exceptional people. That makes all the difference in the world,” McGinnis said. “That’s how you stay somewhere for 25 years, when you love the people you work with.”

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Memory Making with Ornaments his grief sharing group meets for six weeks. This grief sharing group meets six weeks. No cost andto open to anyone who has lost a loved one. willfor have the opportunity make holiday st and open to anyone who has lost a loved one. Participants If you plan to attend one of our groups, please make every effort to attend all six sessions. ornaments in memory of their loved one. plan to attend one of our groups, please make Registration forms are available at HCC Administrative Office or by calling 704-487-4677. Children are welcome if accompanied by an adult. every effort to attend all six sessions. Tuesdays: October 13, 20, 27, November 3, 10, 2015 • 5:30 - 7:00 pm • Hospice Cleveland County Administration Building Please RSVP to ext. 163 if you plan to attend. Registration forms are available at HCC Tuesday, December 1, 2015 inistrative Office or by calling 704-487-4677. “Coping with the Holidays” Remember10:00am your loved one – Noon or 5:00pm – 7:00pm ys: October 6, 13, 20, 27, November 3, 10, 2015 The Holidays can be a very difficult time for those with a personalized afghan Hospice Cleveland County Admin. Building 5:30pm - 7:00pm who are grieving. Our HCC Grief Counselors & e Cleveland County Administration Building will offer helpful ways to deal with the holiday rush. Thursday, December 3, 2015 Simply visit www.hospicecares.cc RSVP to 704-487-4677 ext. 163 if you plan to attend 10:00am – Noon or 5:00pm – 7:00pm and click on the afghan link Kings Mountain “Coping with the Holidays” to print out an order form Hospice House Tuesday, November 10, 2015 • 5:30 – 7:00pm Cleveland County Admin. Building 321 Kings Moutnain Blvd. • Kings Mountain,Hospice NC olidays can be a very difficult time for those who & Thursday, November 12, 2015 • 10:30am - Noon grieving. Our HCC Grief Counselors will offer Testa Family Hospice House pful ways to deal with this year’s holiday rush. RSVP to 704-487-4677. Tuesday, November 10, 2015 Fall Memorial Service 5:30pm - 7:00pm spice Cleveland County Admin. Building Patients that have died March 1, 2015 through August 31, 2015 will be remembered. & Family members will receive a special invitation. Thursday, November 12, 2015 Sunday, November 15, 2015 at 2:00pm 10:30am - Noon Mt. Zion Baptist Church a Family Hospice House in Kings Mountain 220 N. Watterson St. • Kings Mountain, NC

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Hope for the Holidays Hospice offers help to anyone dealing with grief during the holidays Ten years after Janice Harding passed away, her daughter Wanda Gsellman still feels the effects, especially during the holiday season. “Everything changes when you lose that family member. Your holiday traditions, all of them change. You get together and they’re missing,” Gsellman said. Harding spent the last several months of her life in the care of Hospice of Cleveland County from her home. After Harding passed, Kim Nichols, a grief counselor at Hospice of Cleveland County, helped Gsellman navigate the grief she experienced throughout the first year without her mother. “From the time my mother passed away, (Nichols) came to see me and would sit and talk with me and that helped me tremendously,” Gsellman said. Gsellman said her family, friends and church family also helped her deal with grief, but she describes Nichols as an angel and said she isn’t sure where she would be without the support provided to her by the grief counselor. Holidays are an emotional time According to Patti McMurry, Vice

President of Access at Hospice Cleve- of Cleveland County’s initiatives after land County, grief counselors from the her mother passed. She and her cousin, organization work closely with Hospice June Coleman, went to make ornaments families for 13 months using pictures of Harding after their relative passto honor her memory. es away, so they can be Grief doesn’t But several years after there for them for every Harding’s death, Coleman have an first holiday, birthday and was diagnosed with breast anniversary without that expiration cancer and was put in the person. care of hospice herself. date. “Holidays are always Coleman was like a sister emotional anyway. A lot of to Gsellman and when she family members are coming together and passed away in 2012, Gsellman experithere are so many traditions and when enced the grief of losing another loved somebody dies it’s not going to be the one. way it’s always been. It kind of throws a This year, Gsellman was back at Hoskink in everything,” McMurry said. pice of Cleveland County to make an orAnd since the holidays can be difficult nament honoring the life of her cousin. for people who have lost loved ones, She is thankful for the help the organiHospice of Cleveland County works to zation has provided her family members have initiatives to help make the holidays when they were ill and for the support easier. The organization hosts a Cop- they have provided her when dealing ing with the Holidays workshop, where with loss. people who have lost a loved one can “You have to keep going, but it’s really get together and learn how to deal with very hard when your loved ones aren’t grief during the holidays, and a memory here,” Gsellman said. “Hospice was a making ornaments session, where they big supporter for me. I can’t praise them can decorate ornaments in honor of lost enough.” loved ones. Even ten years after her passing, HardGsellman took advantage of Hospice ing’s family still works to keep her mem-

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ory alive and find positive outlets for their grief. “We always put our Christmas tree and go up to the grave for Christmas. For her birthday we release red balloons, because red was her favorite color,” Gsellman said. McMurry said grief doesn’t have an expiration date, so the organization is always there for the families who need help for however long they need it. Some families need more grief counseling than others and McMurry said their counselors work with the families to help them with whatever they need. Hospice of Cleveland County will work with anyone dealing with grief, even if they never had a family member in hospice care. To McMurry, making sure everybody in the community has an outlet to deal with grief is important. “Grief has got to get out some way,” McMurry said. “Grief is something that creates health issues and it creates physical issues.” Programs offered to the community The organization offers a sixweek support group for adults called

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Hospice needs your help Gene Wray was reluctant to become a Hospice volunteer, even though his wife, Priscilla, has been a Hospice volunteer since 1986. Gene Wray was reluctant to become a Hospice volunteer, even though his wife, Priscilla, has been a Hospice volunteer since 1986. “She urged me to come to the training session,” Wray said. He also found out from Krista Haynes, patient/family volunteer coordinator, that male volunteers are needed to visit with male patients. He still held out, because he didn’t know if he could handle being around people who are at the end of life. Finally, his wife’s experience and his own willingness to serve other people changed his mind. “I worked in the rescue squad and saw a lot of things,” he said. “I want to help people - to do anything I can to help someone.” Volunteers like Wray are asked to visit a patient once a month and have some sort of weekly contact with the patient, Haynes said, but most visit each week. “It doesn’t take much to give up one hour a week or one hour a month to be a friendly face,” Haynes said. Wray, a genealogy buff, enjoys talking with the patients at Wendover about their family history. He also talks to veterans about their military service. He has a patient he is assigned to visit, and he also visits other patients at Wendover. “It means a lot to me to have somebody to come in and talk with me,” said Robert Howington, the Hospice patient Wray visits every week. In the six weeks that Wray has visited with Howington, he has learned about his family. His parents moved to North Car-

olina before he was born and he grew up working in the cotton fields. Howington never married and took care of his mother until she died. The patients Wray doesn’t know as well, he starts by asking them, “How are you today?” he said. He asks about their career, hobbies and interests. If the patient is quiet and doesn’t talk much, Hospice volunteer Gene Wray visits with Robert Howington at Hospice in Cleveland County. Wray keeps the visit short. areas, including assisting in the office or at He learned what to talk about and other one of the inpatient/residential facilities. things a volunteer needs to know in the Other special needs are for beauticians Hospice Volunteer training class, Haynes and therapy dogs, Haynes said. said. By Jackie Bridges ShelbyStar.com Volunteers are needed to serve in all

Want to help? Hospice training is open to anyone who is interested in learning more about Hospice care and the services provided to the community. This 12-hour course is free and there is no obligation to volunteer. The classes will be held at Hospice Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Heights Drive, Shelby. To get credit for the entire course, you will need to attend all days at one of the times offered. Hospice Cleveland County offers a number of opportunities for volunteer involvement, including direct contact with patients/families, assisting in the office, or at one of the inpatient/residential facilities. For more information or to register, call Krista Haynes, Patient/Family volunteer coordinator, at 704-751-3547 or visit www.hospicecares.cc

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A display of gratitude to veterans, families Every veteran who goes through hospice care in Cleveland County is greeted with a “thank you” and a handmade red, white and blue wreath. “When you take that wreath in, seriously, it is like you are taking them a Purple Heart,” Patti McMurry, Vice President of Hospice Cleveland County, said. 10Twenty | Hospice of Cleveland CountyCleveland - 30th Anniversary percent of Hospice County patients in 2014 were veterans. Two years ago, McMurry organized the effort to provide the wreaths as part of We Honor Veterans, a program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization to show gratitude to veterans during end-of-life care. McMurry enlisted the help of Lori Swink McCurry to make the wreaths for veterans in care at Wendover Hospice House. McCurry jumped at the opportunity, as veterans have played a major role in her life. “Two of the very most important men in my life are veterans. My dad served in Vietnam and my husband served in the Marine Corps,” McCurry

“I just want to thank them all. They all deserve to be thanked.” Lori McCurry

said. The veterans and their families appreciated the wreaths so much, McMurry wanted to keep the program going. McCurry was happy to continue making them, and has now made around 400 wreaths for veterans at Hospice Cleveland County. According to McMurry, giving the veterans wreaths and making sure they know their service is appreciated goes a long way in making them feel welcome as they enter hospice care. She said the project helps take away fear and provides a fami-

Lori Swink McCurry, second from left, and her children, Chancey, left, and Gage, right, along with Patti McMurry, show off several red, white and blue wreathes they made and delivered to Hospice Cleveland County for its veteran patients. McCurry has made around 400 wreaths for veterans in hospice care over the past two years to show appreciation for their service.

ly-like relationship between caregivers and patients. When Louise Ledford’s husband, Bobby, went into hospice care in 2013, he received a wreath for his service in the Navy. Ledford said the gesture was a pleasant surprise for her and her husband. “He had the biggest smile on his face,” she said. The wreath now hangs on the front porch of Ledford’s home to honor her late husband and all veterans who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. According to McMurry, the wreaths can be spotted across the county as patients and families often hang them for others to see. “When you go to nursing homes, they’re on the doors. When you come to Wendover, they’re on the doors. When you ride through town now, you see them on doors,” McMurry said. McCurry’s children, Chancey and Gage, now

help make and deliver the wreaths to Hospice as the project has become much bigger. The family works hard to ensure that Hospice Cleveland County always has extra wreaths in the office so no veteran has to wait for one upon going into hospice care. “I don’t want a veteran to come in while I’m gone on vacation and not have a wreath. It’s just a little token we can do for them,” McCurry said. Despite the time and effort McCurry has dedicated to making wreaths, she shies away from taking credit. She wants the emphasis of the project to be placed on the veterans for everything they’ve done. “I just want thank them all. They all deserve to be thanked,” she said. “It’s a wonderful project and I’m very thankful to Patti and Hospice for letting me be part of it.”

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HOPE From page 7 Reflections, where people can meet with others experiencing grief and talk with a grief counselor at the hospice administrative building. They also take the classes to places like churches and other community spaces as requested and needed. And for younger people dealing with grief, Hospice of Cleveland County offers a two day-long camps a year called Camp Mostly Smiles. They also take the program into schools in Cleveland County so children can talk to counselors and other students to learn they are not alone, which is important for anyone dealing with loss. “Grief is one of those times that feels isolating and very lonely,” Amanda Stowers, a grief counselor at Hospice of Cleveland County said. “There are a lot of people who are grieving this holiday season. They might not openly talk about it at church, at the grocery store or

wherever you run in to them, but they are dealing with it too.” According to McMurry, being able to talk to others who are experiencing the same feelings can be very therapeutic for many people. She has noticed this at Hospice’s most popular event for the grieving, the Memory Bear Workshop,

where people can make a teddy bear from an item of clothing that belonged to a family member or friend who has passed away. “They come in solemn, but an hour into the workshop everyone is laughing, talking about their family members and telling stories about them,” McMurry said. Stowers encourages anyone dealing with grief at any point during the year to contact Hospice of Cleveland County to meet with a grief counselor, no matter what level of support they need. “There is no obligation. We have a lot of people who just come one time and just talk to one of us,” Stowers said. “Sometimes all they need is someone to tell them what they are feeling is normal. The only thing stopping you is making the call and coming by to see one of us.” Dealing with grief For those who are experiencing grief during the holidays and have questions about their feelings, Patti McMurry, Vice President of Access at Hospice Cleve-

land County , said there is always someone from Hospice of Cleveland County available by phone at 704-487-4677. Or if they are feeling severe anxiety as a response to their grief, McMurry said people should never hesitate to visit an emergency room or call a loved one they trust. Reflections Support Group: This grief sharing group meets for six weeks. No cost and open to anyone who has lost a loved one. If you plan to attend one of our groups, please make every effort to attend all six sessions. Registration forms are available at HCC Administrative Offices or by calling 704-487-4677. Memory Bear Workshop: Participants will have the opportunity to make a teddy bear out of a loved one’s shirt or other article of clothing. Children are welcome if accompanied by an adult. Space is limited. Please call one of our Grief Counselors at 704-487-4677 for information on upcoming workshops. By Casey White ShelbyStar.com

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