CONTACT: Karen Opper, 410-871-7653
KarenO@CarrollHospitalCenter.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Westminster, Md. (October 10, 2007) — November is National Home Care and Hospice Month and together, Carroll Hospice and Carroll Home Care, are encouraging members of the community to recognize the workers and volunteers who make a difference in the lives of patients recovering from an injury or living with a life-limiting illness.

Carroll Hospice and Carroll Home Care are asking members of the community to display a white ribbon on clothing, mailboxes or front doors on Wednesday, November 21, to mark National Home Care and Hospice Month. White is the color of caring, compassion and peace and by displaying the white ribbon, the community will be celebrating the giving spirit of home care and hospice workers and volunteers.

For more information on Carroll Hospice activities, or to receive a white apparel ribbon, call 410-871-8000.

Carroll Hospice, an affiliate of Carroll Hospital Center, is a non-profit organization that provides end-of-life care to the terminally ill. In 1986, Carroll Hospice cared for 53 patients. Today, they serve more than 50 patients each day, regardless of their ability to pay. A new state-of-the-art inpatient facility for Carroll Hospice opened in January. The new facility features eight private patient rooms in a comfortable home-like setting for patients to receive end-of-life care.

Carroll Home Care is Medicare certified and offers an array of health care services in the comfort of your home.

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