Purple ribbons can be found adorning light posts around area towns to help bring awareness to November being National Hospice and Palliative Care Month. 

Tiffany Crawford with Hospice of Washington County shares that hospice care provides comfort care for patients who are facing a terminal illness of six months or less, “The importance of having hospice care is providing comfort care and support to people who have terminal illness or are approaching the end of their lives. We focus on improving the patient’s comfort, quality of life, and symptom management.”

Hospice of Washington County is a not-for-profit organization that provides care for patients in a 50-mile radius of Washington County.

Crawford adds that there are services available for family members who have lost a loved one, “If you are interested in grief support that is available at all times, all times of the year, not just the holidays. And we do offer this at no charge. Your loved one did not have to be on Hospice of Washington County services.” The bereavement services are free and open to anyone who has lost a loved one. 

Hospice of Washington County will also have community memorial trees displayed in their office from late November until the first week of January.