Bluegrass Care Navigators - Philanthropy Newsletter (Winter 2021)

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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 >


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