“Hosparus Health is calling out to all crafters who can stitch quilts and blankets for its hospice and palliative care patients.
Hosparus Health provides care and support to critically-ill patients and their caregivers.
Volunteer manager Sky Yeasayer told WAVE 3 News its care blanket program has been around for decades, but since the pandemic, the blankets have provided even more comfort for its patients in isolation.
‘(One patient) was actively dying,’ Yeasayer said. ‘The social worker asked for a blanket that had birds on it, because the patient loved birds, loved to watch the birds.
‘It was probably one of the last conscious moments this patient had was receiving that blanket. She couldn’t get up and watch the birds anymore, but she had that blanket across her with the birds and it comforted her so much.’
Once the hospice patient died, her caregiver kept the blanket as a reminder of their loved one.
‘The birds just meant so much to them,’ Yeasayer said.”
View the whole story here: https://www.wave3.com/2021/02/01/calling-all-crafters-hosparus-health-asks-homemade-blankets/