Mercy Newsletter

Faith Community Partnership Helps Northern Light Home Care & Hospice Provide Patient Care Northern Light Home Care & Hospice, through the Howard Detmer Faith Community Nursing Program, is working with area parishes and churches to support aging in place with health education, referrals to services, wellness programs, advocacy, and integration of faith and healing.

The program offers activities ranging from home visitations to blood pressure clinics using trained volunteers and Home Care & Hospice clinicians.

The program is named in memory of Howard “Bud” Detmer, Jr., an individual defined by his lifelong devotion to his Roman Catholic religion. Mr. Detmer grew up during the depression, fought in World War II, enjoyed success in athletics and business, and is said to have been sustained by his rock-solid foundation of faith and family. The mission of the Howard Detmer Faith Community Nursing Program is to assist local faith communities in their efforts to provide care to their members and neighborhoods

through church communities. In doing so, the program reflects the philosophy of Northern Light Home Health & Hospice by focusing on the respect and dignity of each human life and preserving and cherishing that life in a spirit of cooperation and charity. Many program volunteers are parishioners in the churches in which they serve. If you are an active member of a faith community and would like to help your fellow parishioners who are recovering from illness or surgery, or in need of transportation to the doctor, please call us to get involved. Sign up to volunteer today by calling Robin Haynes at 207.764.9404 or by visiting northernlighthealth.org/HCHVolunteer.

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