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17th Annual Hospice Horizons KDW Fishing Tournament Scheduled for Saturday June 18, 2018.

If patients can continue life-extending treatments while also receiving hospice care, the theory goes, they might choose hospice sooner. Price is a prime example, given her fierce determination to explore all possible treatment options, even when doctors were ready to be done with her care

Hospice care is rooted in the belief that death is a natural part of life, that dying can be managed so that people may remain alert and as pain-free as possible until the end, and that a good death is as much a spiritual experience as it is a physical one, for all involved.

Military veterans have an opportunity to provide comfort, empathy and companionship to fellow veterans journeying through end-of-life care.

This Trustbridge Hospice program is designed to improve the quality of life for patients who want to keep their pets at home and to keep them together on the end-of-life journey, she said.