Pictured: Joe Waske, Byesville Rotary President, Dama Ferguson, Hospice of Guernsey, and Rich Dair, Speaker Host.
Readings for August 3:
- August Rotarian, p. 30, "Teaching Tolerance."
August 3 is a business meeting--remember to bring canned meat or $3.00 to give to Bob Long.
Important dates:
- August 7--chicken BBQ--need volunteer workers.
- August 28--chicken BBQ--need more volunteer workers.
- August 26--noon board meeting at Plus 1 Pizza.
A Red Eye Bus Tour is being planned for the latter part of October. Tanya Hitchens is chairing committee. Current committee members are Dan Navicky, Oziel Jeffries, and Phyliss Jeffries. Club members are asked to begin recruiting passengers.
Dama Ferguson from Hospice of Guernsey described the how their services provide “a special kind of caring.” She explained that Hospice believes in a team approach to end of life. Dama stated, “The focus of the team is to make each day as good as possible for the patient and the family.”
A second goal is to give the patient control over decisions concerning how and where they want to spend the rest of their lives. Families are encouraged to become directly involved with the patient’s care and decision making.
The most important members of the team are the patient and the patient’s family. The patient’s doctor is an integral part of the team. Hospice staff members providing services include a primary nurse who is on 24 hours call and who visits the patient 2 to 5 times a week. Other team members can include a social worker who provides emotional and financial counseling, a pastor, music practitioner, reflexologist, art therapist, or home health aide.
Services are provided to the patient at his or her home where a family member or friend agrees to become the primary care giver. Depending on need, some patients are provided services in a nursing home.
Dama hopes that Hospice can increase the number of people using the services the Hospice can provide. She said that the biggest reason people do not contact the hospice is because people avoid talking about death. Hospice staff members are trained to help people deal with the anxiety and fear that a terminal illness can cause.
Hospice of Guernsey also provides services to Noble County and parts of western Belmont County. For more information, contact, 740-432-7440, 1-800-283-0316 or hospiceofguernsey@firewireinternet.com
The club’s next chicken BBQ will be held August 7 at the Rotary gazebo in Byesville. The club has begun plans for a Red Eye Bus tour to New York City in the latter part of October.
The club’s next meeting will be 7:30 am, August 3, 2010, at the Stop Nine Senior Center at 60313 (GPS use 60299) Southgate Road, Byesville. Anyone interested in learning more about the Byesville Rotary can call Membership Chairs Marty Patchen, 740-685-3828, or Larry Miller, 740-439-2767
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