Do you know a veteran who may need Hospice Care? The We Honor Veterans” partnership with Hospice organizations around the country is providing a wonderful service for Walt Banko of Yakima.
“I was put on chemo and did that for four or five days,” said Banko, an 87-year-old widower. “After the first day, I got so sick I could hardly handle it. I wasn’t going to take another (round). Period. I don’t want to live that way.”
That’s when Banko’s doctor helped the World War II veteran enroll in Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital’s hospice program, which had joined the national “We Honor Veterans” campaign in January.
“We Honor Veterans” is a partnership between the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Together, they’re inviting hospices, state hospice organizations and others to collaborate to better educate and serve veterans in need of hospice care.
Read the entire article at: WWII Veteran Finds Friend for the End
