Name: Beaver Island clarifies Hospice and Helping Hands services
Start: 2012-09
End: 2012-09
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Date: 2012-09
Kind: Medical
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: healthcarecommunitypublic-servicecommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The September 2012 Beaver Beacon reports the division of end-of-life hospice care and broader Helping Hands support on Beaver Island. The November 2013 issue describes the continuing volunteer service as free and confidential, including errands, meals, transportation, respite care, companionship, and a medical-equipment loan closet.

Evidence limits

This record preserves the September issue’s account and does not extend it beyond the evidence described in the source.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, September 2012, "Hospice News and Helping Hands on a Roll."
Explains Munson Hospice end-of-life care, Helping Hands respite and homebound assistance, the equipment loan closet, donated funding, and Joyce Runberg''s leadership transition. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2012-09_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, September 2012, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held September issue scan confirms this source thread.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2012-09_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, November 2013, "Do You Need a Helping Hand?"
Describes Helping Hands as a free, confidential volunteer service for errands, meals, transportation, respite care, companionship, and a medical-equipment loan closet. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2013-11_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, November 2013, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held November issue scan confirms the Helping Hands service update.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2013-11_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island clarifies Hospice and Helping Hands services”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-hospice-helping-hands-2012/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 2012, "Hospice News and Helping Hands on a Roll." (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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