Storytelling is powerful medicine. Sometimes, storytelling can deliver a level and type of comfort to a patient or family that no amount of prescription medications can touch. This is especially true for families who are in transition or in the process of losing someone they love. The holidays are particularly difficult times for people who […]
Finding peace at the end
When YoloCares affiliated with the California Hospice Network in 2021, it acquired the collaborative energy and leadership of some of California’s leading minds in end-of-life care. One of those individuals is Mike Milward who serves as CEO of CHN. Milward, an attorney and hospice chaplain who was also CEO of Hospice of Santa Cruz County, […]
A father’s farewell
A father’s farewell By Craig Dresang, CEO of YoloCares Death is always a surprise. Rarely, is someone fully prepared for it, and few people expect it when it finally comes for them. It was no different for Sammy Vana, a man who loved the water, being around people, and telling corny jokes. The day before […]
Where there is loss, there is hope
Loss is an inevitable part of life. Being alive means being vulnerable to both ordinary and extraordinary loss. Sometimes losses are expected. Other times loss arrives as an unwelcome surprise. My own mother was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer 17 years before it took her life. Over the years, she had what she referred […]
Four regional leaders join the team
As YoloCares continues to build out its leadership team, the organization has added three new members to its board of directors and appointed a new manager for its Center for Loss and Hope. New appointees to the board include Tanya Altmann, Ph.D., RN; Jackie Clark, RN, MBA; and Beth Gabor. Altmann has more than 35 […]
Reconciling California’s history with access to care
Two years ago, YoloCares was awarded a grant from the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation to research, explore, and address the barriers to care for indigenous and rural populations. This undertaking, named The Life Transitions Project, resulted in hundreds of hours devoted to outreach, focus groups, workshops, surveys, research, and the development of a local advisory […]
