Hinds Hospice

The nurses and volunteers at the Hinds Hospice home are some of the most compassionate people you’ll ever come across. They provide tender care to those in their final days and most importantly hope for the living.

Hinds Hospice isn’t the kind of place you want to think about, but when someone in your family is faced with a terminal illness you’re so grateful they’re there.
A 96-​year-​old relative was facing her end of days at the new year. Once doctors determined that she was within 30 days of dying, she was transferred from the hospital to Hinds.
I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect, having never been to a hospice before. Let’s just say that I couldn’t have been more impressed by Hinds.
First off, the place is in a home, and they’ve worked very hard at keeping the homey feeling. There’s a fire in the fireplace, the living room and den were well-​appointed with comfortable chairs and sofas, and the kitchen is still a working kitchen (as demonstrated by the fact that there was a volunteer baking cookies while we were there). The décor, from the coffee cups to the footstools to the fresh flowers to the napkins looked coordinated and classy. This might seem like a small point, but these touches made me feel like these folks care.
Another small but — to me at least — important point was there were no medicinal/​hospital/​sick people smells. The entire facility smelled like, well, smelled like a clean home.
The entire staff — from the volunteers (and there were plenty) to the nurses — treated all of us with gentle compassion, friendliness, and respect. These folks really are angels of mercy.