Barbara Nagle Named 'Hospice Volunteer of the Year'

When CapeWomenOnline named Barbara Nagle a "Woman to Watch" back in our Winter 2011 issue we knew she was an inspiration to her community. Her innovative "Chart-A-Life" program helped countless hospice patients connect with their caregivers in more meaningful ways.

Barbara, a Sandwich resident and local hospice volunteer for Beacon Hospice, has been named Hospice Volunteer of the Year for 2012. In an interview, the retired teacher explained that with Chart-A-Life, "we bring patients to life for caregivers and other family members. We help people see their loved ones in new and inspiring ways."

Barbara was nominated by her peers at Beacon Hospice, an Amedisys Company, in Hyannis and was selected from hundreds of the company's volunteers across 37 states. She received the award during Amedisys' 2012 Spirit of Excellence Recognition Dinner held in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, home of Amedisys' corporate headquarters.

The Hospice Volunteer of the Year award was presented to Barbara for impacting patient lives, strengthening the hospice program, and serving as an inspiration to others in the community. "Taking care of our patients is the heart of what we do at Amedisys," stated Bill Borne, CEO. "Our clinicians travel from home to home caring for and sharing compassion with our patients and their caregivers. It takes a special person to do what they do every day, a person with a mission or a calling that inspires them to go beyond doing just a job. We honor these special members of our Amedisys family with our Spirit of Excellence awards program."

Amedisys, Inc. is a leading health care at home company delivering personalized home health and hospice care to more than 360,000 patients each year. For more information about the Company, please visit: http://www.amedisys.com

Read about more about Barbara Nagle's work on Cape Cod here: Woman to Watch: Barbara Nagle, Charting a Life.