WINTER 2021
Bluegrass Care Navigators Volunteer Recognized by AARP
the final hours of life. Joan says she has personally
Joan Webb has been a steady and dedicated volunteer for
grown through her experiences with hospice, sharing,
Bluegrass Care Navigators since 2013, giving over 1,600 hours of
“My faith has deepened by sitting with and praying for
service to our patients and their families. She is a highly respected and
our 11th hour patients. Volunteering with hospice has
valued volunteer at Bluegrass Care Navigators and has meaningfully
opened my heart extra wide to serve our patients in
impacted the end-of-life experience of 184 hospice patients. We are proud to share that Joan Webb has been named Runner-Up
whichever capacity they need, not what I think they need!”
for the prestigious AARP 2021 Andrus Award for Community Service.
Joan loves older adults and providing one-on-one
The AARP Andrus Award for Community Service is an annual awards
companionship. She appreciates the opportunity to
program developed
bring comfort to our patients and brighten their day
in each state to
when they are grieving over their terminal condition.
honor individuals
Her affinity for the elderly was instilled in her by
whose service is a
her grandmother and great grandmother. She was
unique and valuable
very close with them and as a result, feels called to
contribution to
volunteer at Bluegrass Hospice Care. Joan has a
society.
special ability to give from her soul to the hospice
Joan is a dynamic volunteer who is willing to serve
patients. “The patients that I’ve helped have taught me how
to slow down and be in the moment more, to enjoy
in any capacity
every conversation and become a better listener.
needed to best
I’m a very scheduled person and I’ve become a lot
support hospice patients and their families. For example, as an 11th Hour Volunteer, Joan serves in the special role of keeping vigil and providing a comforting presence needed by patients and families in
more flexible with my time, being called to fill a need as soon as possible. It’s made me a better person, less selfish and more other-centered,” Joan said. continued >