Joining more than 60 hospices nationwide, Freda H. Gordon Hospice and Palliative Care of Tidewater became the second Hospice in Virginia to become accredited with the National Institute For Jewish Hospice (NIJH).
The accreditation links Hospice and Palliative Care of Tidewater (HPCT) with NIJH, which provides staff training, insights on treating terminally ill Jewish patients, and access to resources and education about Jewish custom and practice that may arise while caring for a Jewish hospice patient.
The accreditation was earned after Hospice and Palliative Care of Tidewater’s Chaplain Jim Thompson attended the NIJH 30th Accreditation Conference in Newark, N. J. on Thursday, Nov. 19.
“The training and resources now available through NIJH enables HCPT’s Interdisciplinary teams to provide specialized care to patients of the Jewish faith who are at the end of their life,” Thompson says.
“We congratulate Freda H. Gordon Hospice and Palliative Care of Tidewater for earning this important accreditation,” says Rabbi Maurice Lamm, founder and president of NIJH. “Hospice and Palliative Care of Tidewater is now part of a database of accredited Virginia hospices that NIJH will refer patients, families and rabbis to when they seek the best care for the terminally ill.” The other hospice program in Virginia with this accreditation is in Glen Allen, near Richmond.