Hospice of the Western Reserve Free Katie Dolesh Lecture Set for September 15, 2011

CLEVELAND, Sept. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Thursday, September 15, Hospice of the Western Reserve is hosting its 15th Annual Katie Dolesh Lecture, a free community event featuring Maggie Callanan.

Maggie Callanan is a hospice nurse and author of Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness Needs and Communication of the Dying, a moving book comprised of 20 years of stories and experiences as a hospice nurse and tending to the terminally ill.

The annual Katie Dolesh Lecture is a free event open to the community in celebration of former executive director of the Make-A-Wish Foundation - Northeastern Ohio Chapter and hospice patient, Katie Dolesh, who dedicated her life to philanthropy and volunteering. Through such annual lectures, in memory of Katie Dolesh, Hospice of the Western Reserve is able to raise public awareness about hospice and palliative care.

This event will be held at the Executive Caterers event center located at 6111, Landerhaven Drive in Mayfield Heights. Doors open at 5 p.m. with a book signing at 5:30 p.m. and following the 6 p.m. lecture. For more information please contact a member of the Communication Team at 216.502.4451.

About us: Hospice of the Western Reserve is a community-based, non-profit agency providing comfort and emotional support to patients and their families. We care for people in a variety of settings including the home, hospital, long-term care facility, at David Simpson Hospice House overlooking Lake Erie or at our inpatient Hospice Care Center in Olmsted Township and soon at Ames Family Hospice House in Westlake. For more information, visit hospicewr.org or call 800.707.8922.

CONTACT: Jane Van Bergen, [email protected], 216-701-1770

SOURCE Hospice of the Western Reserve