 The Southampton
Press reports that EEH medical director Louis Avvento, MD, has
been named one of the best doctors in metropolitan New York by
New York Magazine. He is among 1,300 so designated by the magazine
among the area’s 50,000 physicians, and one of the seven
hematologists/oncologists selected. - But of course we all knew
he’s among the very
best! 9/03
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An extraordinary highlight of last fall’s
EEH Box Art Auction was the presence of Florence Wald, widely
respected for establishing the first hospice in the United
States in 1971. Florence Wald and EEH director Priscilla Ruffin
spoke warmly with each other, and Priscilla conveyed our gratefulness
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Florence Wald received her nursing degree from Yale in 1941, served
in the Signal Corps in World War II, and would later become Dean
of the School of Nursing at Yale. As noted in National Women’s
Hall of Fame materials she “has devoted her life to caring
for others. . . . She brought the Hospice movement to the United
States from Europe.” Of the visit to Yale in 1963 of Dame Cicily
Saunders, founder of the modern hospice movement in Europe, Florence
Wald recalls in an interview with the National Hospice Prison Association:
“When Cicely came to see what was going on in the United States
it was like opening a door where we had felt completely enclosed.
That was what hooked me.” The two women corresponded steadily,
sharing thoughts that the medical profession was not responding
adequately to the suffering of the terminally ill. Mrs Wald eventually
left her deanship to begin her hospice work in this country. Her
founding of our country’s first home-care hospice, in Connecticut
in 1974, would have immeasurably good effect on the care of the
terminally ill in this country and beyond. Of her time with members
of the East End community at last year’s Box Art Auction, Florence
Wald comments: “It gave me such joy to be at the Box Art Auction
for East End Hospice as a guest of my Sagaponic family Walter and
Rosanne Schwab. I treasure the box I bought – it is a symbol
of the special creative character of your community in which the
solid hospice services have been integrated.”9/02
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East End Hospice has achieved its Joint Commission re-accreditation
with a perfect score, it has been announced by the Board of East
End Hospice. The thorough on-site survey by the Joint Commission
on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations took place last summer,
and found EEH to be in 100 percent compliance with the Commission’s
national standards. “We take pride in our achievement from
the Joint Commission, and in our commitment of providing the
finest quality of care and services to our friends and neighbors
on the East End,” says EEH president Priscilla Ruffin.
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“Our arduous reaccreditation
efforts – and the ‘perfect score’ that our Team earns
every day of every year – have the fullest respect of the Hospice
Board.”
“The reaccreditation process reinforces
the high standards we maintain to serve our patients and their families
in the best way possible. Everyone here at East End Hospice plays
a valuable role in meeting and exceeding these standards every day.”
“Our arduous reaccreditation efforts – and the ‘perfect
score’ that our Team earns every day of every year – have
the fullest respect of the Hospice Board,” adds Board Chairman
Michael Pitcher. We offer thanks to director Priscilla Ruffin and
every single member of the EEH Team, and know that the coming seasons
will maintain the standards established in our first ten years.”9/02
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