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achieve the hospice goals is accom-
plished through insurance carriers and
governmental programs like Medicare
and Medicaid, there is much more that
can, and must be done. This is why the
Lorraine Bethea Hospice Foundation
was formed. Its stated purpose is to
“Perform Intentional Acts of Kindness”
for any patient receiving care from any
hospice in the Tidewater community.
Since all of us have lived very different
lives with all kinds of experiences and
environments, these acts of kindness
are unique to the individual hospice pa-
tient and therefore very rewarding
to the recipient.
While all of us want to perform inten-
tional acts of kindness it takes a very
special person to develop and run for hospice throughout the Tidewater
a foundation. Fortunately Interim community. Her life was cut short in
HealthCare has been blessed since 2015 from cancer. No better person
2012 through the addition of Brenda could exemplify the foundation’s pur-
Cobb, MSW as Director of Psychosocial pose than Lorraine.
Services. Beginning in 2015 Brenda, After completion of all legal and IRS
who is one of the most knowledgeable 501c documentation the foundation
and community involved social workers was formed in the fall of 2016. The
in the Tidewater area, began a conver- foundation is now working to educate
sation with the David Haslup, the In- the community on its’ purpose and val-
terim HealthCare owner and president, ue to the community. We look forward
on forming a hospice foundation. As a to many years of providing intentional
Virginia resident and head of a family acts of kindness to our friends and
run health care company Mr. Haslup neighbors in Tidewater Virginia. For
was easily convinced not only of the more information please go to
benefit of this type of foundation, but www.lorrainebethea.com.
that Brenda Cobb, MSW should be
its president.
Through the tireless efforts of Brenda
the foundation purpose was thoroughly
developed, board members were locat-
ed, and the operational structure was
completed. Key to this was the name of
the foundation. Lorraine Bethea’s life
was one of love, giving, and devotion to
family and patients. She was a regis-
tered nurse who worked and advocated