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Living Each Day to the Fullest with Hospice

Having hospice at home with Care Dimensions has helped Linda Bain avoid hospitalizations, manage her pain and symptoms, and continue to live her life, despite having lung cancer and COPD.

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Family Ties, Hospice Help Barbara Live with Dignity

For more than 50 years, Barbara Swenson put her family’s needs first. At age 83 and living with Alzheimer’s disease, Barbara now has her family and Care Dimensions to ensure she has what she needs to live at home with dignity and without pain.

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HomeMD Brings the Doctor to You

HomeMD comes right to your home, helping patients like Ed Packard, who may have hard time physically getting out to a medical appointment.

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Care Dimensions Supports Patients and Family Caregivers Through Grant-Funded Program

John Shapiro was motivated to help others who need additional caregiving support at home, but do not have the resources available to secure extra help.  He approached Care Dimensions with the offer to fund the provision of private home health aides to supplement care and support that some families desperately need.

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Beverly Mom Navigates Her Health with Palliative Care Supports

Palliative care offers a much-needed layer of assistance to patients and families that can reduce hospitalizations and emergency room visits by better managing symptoms at home.

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Tree of Lights Tradition Continues, as Family Illuminates a New Light

Margaret Taddeo died last February, and this will be her family's first holiday season without her. There was never a doubt that they would carry on a Tree of Lights tradition in her memory.

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Tree of Lights Gives Volunteer Chance to Honor Patients

Maryjane Long, a long-time supporter of the Tree of Lights, has lit many lights in the names of her family members and friends. “I was forever changed by my first Tree of Lights experience in Gloucester. I realized it is a wondrous way to remember all the people I met as a Care Dimensions volunteer."

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Teamwork was Instrumental in Musician's Hospice Care

When Rev. Lee Riggs understood his wife Lynn’s symptoms were progressing rapidly, he didn’t know how much more medical care she would need, "but I knew it was time to call Care Dimensions. The support is there if you ask for it and it can make a tough time so much easier.”

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Family Honors Mother's Devotion with Tribute in Garden of Remembrance

In memory of their beloved mother, Danielle and her siblings placed a tribute brick along the walking path in the Garden of Remembrance at the Care Dimensions Hospice House and attended Tree of Lights. "We're especially grateful to support the expert and compassionate care other familes need at the end of life," she says.

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From Doctor to Patient, A Common Thread: Caring

Dr. Hassan Ali spent his career caring for others. In his time of need, his family says they were fortunate to have the team at Care Dimensions caring for him.

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A Mother's Dream Realized: See Daughter's College Graduation

So Lisa O'Neill's dream could come true, to see her daughter accept her diploma at Saint Anselm College, her family, her Care Dimensions hospice team and college officials collaborated to stage a special event that was livestreamed so she could watch it from her hospital bed at home, with her family and her Care Dimensions hospice team beside her.

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