2011 End of Life Care Leadership Award Winner
Sharon Moore LCSW, AHCP-SW
For 22 years, Sharon Moore, MSW, ACHP, Senior Director of Clinical Services for Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte Region has been a tireless advocate and leader for quality end of life care in the Carolinas. During her tenure as a hospice social work manager and more recently a senior clinical director, Sharon created and has supervised the HPCCR team that cares for the nursing home and assisted living patients. This is the largest program of its kind in the Carolinas. Sharon is also an Advanced Certified Hospice and Palliative Social Worker.
Her unwavering passion and endless drive for hospice care in these settings is contagious. During these 22 years, Sharon has spent countless... (to read more, click here)
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2011 Judith Lund Person Hospice Volunteer Award Winner
Jean Moulthrop Hoogstra
Jean Moulthrop Hoogstra is a remarkable woman. At 94 years of age, she has volunteered for over 30 years with Four Seasons. She is considered the matriarch of Four Seasons and has never stopped volunteering for the agency. In fact, Four Seasons would not exist without the vision and leadership of Jean Hoogstra. In her lifetime, she has experienced both joys and sorrows. She has been widowed four times, and just this year, lost her husband, Don, with whom she had been married for 15 years.
Her history with Four Seasons reaches all the way back to the 1970s. In 1977, Jean and her then husband, Dick Moulthrop, moved to Hendersonville, NC. Her church was looking for an outreach program, and Jean had recently read an article... (to read more, click here)
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2011 Palmetto Award
Carroll Spires LBSW, MPH
It is Friday afternoon and the rush of referrals has begun. A family has just been told there is nothing else the hospital can do and the best thing to do is move their loved one to the Hospice House. A young mother worries about her widowed mother that is alone and needs more care at home. An older man needs someone to walk beside him and tell him everything is going to be okay. The staff members have questions and volunteers have just shown up to work the desk. In the midst of the hectic pace of this Friday afternoon you will find Carroll Spires. She is at home in the chaos of last minute moves and scared families. She is best at comforting those who need encouragement and understanding. She calms and directs with ease and grace. She is the face of hospice.
Carroll Spires is synonymous with great hospice care more than any other person that is associated with Hospice & Community Care. For over twelve years,...(to read more, click here)
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2011 Peter Keese Award Winner
Patra Holland, RN
Patra Holland, RN, is a second career nurse. She had already had many of life's experiences and came to nursing with a commitment to serve and care for people at a high level. Patra has maintained this commitment throughout her career and has always pursued and delivered excellence in each of her nursing roles.
During her years as an oncology nurse she felt a "loud and clear calling" to become a hospice nurse. She pursued this role with the same commitment as always. As a hospice case manager she sought to make sure that every patient was treated as an individual and that the team of caregivers worked to meet each of their special needs. She still is a role model for those behaviors as a team coordinator. Patra has used music, prayer, active listening and excellent clinical skills to make a difference in her patients' lives. She believes that hospice is about living, not dying. ...(to read more, click here)
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2011 Sharon O. Dixon Award Winner
John Morris, MD
Dr. John Morris has demonstrated consistent excellence in clinical care for nine years at Four Seasons. He was instrumental in starting the organization's palliative care program. The palliative care census at Four Seasons has grown exponentially since its inception in 2005 and is recognized as one of the top and largest palliative care programs in the country. Because of the palliative care services, last year the organization served 75% of the deaths in that county, one of the highest proportions in the country. Dr. Morris oversees 15 palliative care clinicians providing consultative care in three hospitals, many nursing homes/ALFs, home and clinic settings. He also helped create the Center for Excellence which provides consultative services to palliative care all over the country. Dr. Morris is one of the key faculty members presenting at this 40 hours CME Category 1 Training, and is one of the co-founders of this course.
He consistently initiates unique, creative approaches to patient and family care...(to read more, click here)
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2011 Spirit of Hospice Award Winner
Pam Leitner Cox, MS, GC-C, FT
Nearly twenty years ago, a young woman was working with foster parents and children, doing good work with families in crisis. In her town, there was a brand new hospice, a vision of the community for excellent care for families at a different point of crisis and challenge. In those early learning years, the social workers were providing bereavement services for families. And one consequence of success was the need for a full-time bereavement coordinator, which that young woman, Pam Leitner Cox, took on with gusto.
Both through work and in her personal experience of loss, she knew that humor is an effective way to deal with the stress of the crisis situation, an antidote for too much seriousness. Using gentle humor growing out of everyday situations is her gift. Over the next thirteen years, she developed a bereavement...(to read more, click here)
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