James Titel had been a resident of VitaCare living for 2 years, during that time the staff grew very close to Jim and his family. I even took care of Jim’s mother in her final years, which made our bond that much stronger. We lost Jim recently and this loss impacted our team and atmosphere drastically. At his celebration of life, a majority of my staff was able to attend and even switched out floor workers to be able to make their appearance as well. In his final days Jim was on hospice services and the hospice pastor stated they had never seen a team more impacted and dedicated to a resident in the 10 plus years they had been attending end of life services and went on to say that Jim was extremely lucky to have such a wonderful group of caregivers. Jim’s family also wrote out individual cards for each staff member noting their genuine appreciation for all we had done for Jim. Jim’s sister continues to visit us weekly to check in and give out hugs.
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