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Hospice offers simple comforts
Volunteers help patients make the most out of their lives
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Carol Jewell, volunteer coordinator of Hospice of Northeast Georgia Medical Center, lies in a bed as volunteers Linda Snowden, left, and Barbara Griffeth practice changing her position during a training session Wednesday. Registered nurse Mary Quarles, the clinical educator for NGMC, helps direct.
Carol Jewell, the volunteer coordinator at Hospice of Northeast Georgia Medical Center, could talk for days about her 20-plus years in hospice care. When she discusses what her volunteers really do, one particular anecdote comes to mind. An elderly man in hospice’s care was having an increasingly difficult time being homebound.