In La Mesa one hospital has revived a program that provides comfort and support to those who have no one else. “The mission statement is no one dies alone,” said Andrew Griffice, clinical chaplain at Sharp Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa.
In La Mesa one hospital has revived a program that provides comfort and support to those who have no one else.
“When I think about death as a living person — I work around it eight hours a day, four days a week — but I'm still scared of death,” Griffice said. “And I would be really scared to be around not only death, but be around death alone.” Griffice and his team try to get as much information about a patient as possible before spending time with them, like finding out their favorite music or books.
“That was a bummer for us because I really think it would have been a good time for our program,” said Tamera Debeliso, an 11th Hour program volunteer and a Sharp physical therapist. Sharp Grossmont officials are looking for more volunteers to join the 11th Hour program. The hope is to have someone available every day of the week and then aim for 24-hours a day. A majority of patients are not able to speak, but they can usually hear.
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