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Understanding, Managing, and Living with Malignant Wounds: A Resource Guide for Patients and Caregivers; A Resource Guide for Patients and Caregivers is provided at no cost thanks to many in-kind donations. Click here to download this valuable resource in electronic format.

Caring Times is Benton Hospice Service's newsletter. We send it to friends and supporters twice yearly. Below is our most recent Caring Times newsletter and feature articles from our Caring Times archives.

• In His Father's Footsteps; Benton Hospice Service Medical Director's Story (Fall 2012)
• One Daughter's Journey; From Caregiver to Volunteer (Spring 2012)
• Homer Miller's Life on the Farm (Fall 2011)
• Help Is On the Way: Transitions Offers Support Even Sooner (Spring 2011)
• A Daughter First (Fall 2010)
• Meet the Miracle Man (Spring 2010)
• Building on Inspiration: How A Big Fish Motivates Hospice Volunteer (Fall 2009)
• With You All the Way: A Day in the Life of a Hospice Nurse (Spring 2009)
• Custom Cushion Program for Patient Mobility and Comfort (Fall 2008)
• Glen McElroy: Spring Tonic (Spring 2008)
• Listening for Little Things, Making Life Meaningful (Fall 2007)
• David Kliewer: Hospice Founder to Hospice Patient (Spring 2007)
• Change in the Nature of Terminal Illness (Spring 2007)
• Special Moments for Benton Hospice Volunteers (Fall 2006)
• True Grit (Fall 2006)
• Meet Bill Shulz (Spring 2006)
• Every Life Has A Story (Fall 2005)
• Grief: A Universal Emotion (Spring 2005)
• More Than Just A Bath Lady (Fall 2004)
• A Passion for Hospice (Fall 2004)
• Compassionate Companions for Life's End (Spring 2004)
• To Live Well, To Die Well (Fall 2003)
• Encouraging Patient Control (Spring 2003)
• The Spiritual Gift (Spring 2003)
• Hospice Supports a Good Death (Fall 2002)

We also, from time to time, submit articles to local publications. Here are some of those articles:

• Grieving During the Holidays (October 2012)
• Virtual Travel for the Holidays (October 2011)
• Putting a Price on the Value of Volunteers (April 2011)
• What You Might Not Know about Hospice Care (January 2011)
• Hospice and Volunteers: What's the Connection (January 2011)
• Transportation Technology Works Wonders (July 2010)
• Achieving Your End-of-Life Goals (April 2010)
• Talking About and Planning for End-of-Life Makes Sense (January 2010)
• Two Minutes That Can Change Your Life (May 2009)
• Hospice Care Saves Time, Money, and Energy (October 2008)
• Hospice Volunteers: Special People Meeting Special Needs (July 2008)
• Caring for a Loved One? Don't Neglect Yourself (August 2007)
• The Hospice Experience (July 2007)
• What Everyone Should Know about End of Life Care (May 2007)

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