Angela’s Blog
Read the many stories on our people, our programs, and our passion for serving others.
Volunteer Appreciation Week 2024
The volunteers at Angela Hospice work diligently with our staff in every area of Angela Hospice, from volunteering with our administration team to...
Angela Hospice Expands
With an eye toward bringing comforting, compassionate care to more families during a loved one’s end-of-life journey, Angela Hospice is pleased to...
Write and Release: The Benefits of Journaling When You’re Grieving
Becca Guenther, Angela Hospice Grief Care Counselor, discusses the benefits of journaling while
Grief’s Duality: Reacting versus Responding in Times of Loss
We often think of the terms “respond” and “react” as interchangeable, but did you know that there is a distinct and important difference between the...
Not Just a Job
For over 20 years David Barrett has worked as an Angela Hospice social worker, and has been thankful for every moment of it. “I love the different...
Faith Fulfilled
This week -- March 8-14 -- we celebrate Catholic Sisters Week, a time to celebrate Catholic Sisters around the country, including the Felician...
Angela Hospice Named a 4-Star Hospice with Care Compare
As a hospice we are required to participate in the Hospice Quality Reporting Program, where we report on data that families have sent in about their...
C’est La Vie
Throughout the 11 days Carl Misch was in the Angela Hospice Care Center, he and his family shared many special memories together, one standing out...
Keeping the Connection Going
Jennifer Kennedy has a career and personal history filled with different Michigan non-profits, leaving her mark on each one, bringing depths of...
Imparting Peace
When Daniel Celmer brought his Aunt Clare to the Angela Hospice Care Center, she looked around her room, taking it all in – the furnishings, the...
Called to Care
Angela Hospice would be nothing without its exceptional team. But what inspires these compassionate, caring souls to pursue this noble profession?...
Protecting The Pope
On the wall of Donald “Don” Zimmerman’s room in the Angela Hospice Care Center hung what simply looked like a photo of two men shaking hands, a...
New Year’s Resolutions
Even as you face loss, the world keeps turning and time keeps ticking. In the winter is often when it seems most noticeable: people plan holiday...
Grief and the Holidays
The holidays can present a special challenge for people who are grieving. Last month our grief care team presented their holiday workshop with tips...
Tell Me Your Favorite Song…
Since ancient times, we’ve used music to entertain, communicate, and infuse rhythm and joy into the tasks of daily life. For nurse Victoria Burns,...
Radiating Light
There are so many myths about hospice: that it’s just a place, that it means giving up, that beautiful and joyous memories will be few and far...
Children’s Grief Awareness Day 2023
Children grieve so differently than adults, which is why each year Nov. 16 is Children’s Grief Awareness Day, a day to help us all learn and become...
Recognizing National Philanthropy Day
Today on National Philanthropy Day -- and every day -- we are blessed by the commitment of those who support the work and mission of Angela Hospice....
Another Great Love
For the first time in its history, the reality TV show The Bachelor, has expanded to an older demographic with The Golden Bachelor. Instead of...
One More Salute
There was a salute, a pause, a moment in time no one in the room would forget as Corporal Michael Kloian did his best to salute back to Angela...