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To Honor

the Passage

Hospice is so much more than what you might think.
Hospice is about embracing life, making sure your loved one
and your family are comfortable, comforted, and connected
during the end-of-life journey.
ospice care meant Peg Eddy’s
father remained at home,
his pancreatic cancer pain
H controlled, without the
needles and IV tubes that would have
accompanied a hospital stay. It meant Peg’s LightBridge hospice &
family could visit without watching a clock.
paLLiative care serves all of
It meant there was no need for a frantic,
San Diego County. LightBridge offers
futile ambulance transport when it came
patients and families a holistic approach to
time to say good-bye.
“I don’t see how we could have managed pain and symptom management, as well
that without hospice,” says Peg. had a specific person working with us.” as spiritual, emotional, and psychological
Twenty years later, Peg turned to Many families don’t know they can support. Hospice services are covered by San Diego
LightBridge Hospice & Palliative Care to change hospice providers. When Karen Medicare, MediCal, and most insurance plans. Woman
smooth her mother’s end-of-life journey. learned this from Peg, she also learned
LightBridge offers a wide range of specialized
“From the beginning, LightBridge about LightBridge. Her family quickly
services, including programs for Veterans
eased my family’s worries,” shares Peg. made the switch.
and patients with dementia, as well as the
“It took just minutes for LightBridge to “LightBridge gave us a sense of security 35
Ohr Ami Jewish Hospice program; Healing
bring my mother into the program and that everyone was there for us, but we also
Touch; aroma, music, and pet therapies;
deliver the medications she needed to had a specific point of contact, someone
education and support for caregivers; and
make her comfortable.” who was aware of everything happening
Peg says LightBridge surrounded her along my mother’s journey,” says Karen. bereavement care and grief counseling.
family with compassion and care without “My mother appreciated the respect she
LightBridge staff is available at
ever being intrusive, and it was adept was shown right up to her passing, so when
858-458-2992 seven days a week
at anticipating the family’s needs and my father reached a point where he wanted
questions and offering thoughtful solutions. hospice care, too, there was no hesitation in to help and answer your questions.
“Thanks to LightBridge, we didn’t turning to LightBridge.
have to expend our energy worrying about “Every end-of-life journey is unique,”
my mother’s medical care. Instead, we Karen adds, “and LightBridge helped
focused on being a family, enjoying our us accept and embrace that. For the
time together.” team at LightBridge, this is not a job; it’s
a calling.”
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