The Spring 2021 issue of Palos Verdes Magazine features Caring House and the work of Ed and Patty Long to help create and grow it to be the best end-of-life care home in Los Angeles County. The article comes soon after the fifth anniversary of the opening of Caring House. That anniversary is a perfect […]
You can read and download our Annual Report for 2020 online now. It tells about residents and families, hospice teams, and Caring House staff, volunteers, donors and other supporters coming together do something wonderful — improve the end-of-life experience for men and women and families. It honors our residents and thanks our donors and volunteers. It shares […]
We’re inviting donations of white, pick-a-size paper towel rolls, a key supply item that we go through like crazy. When you go shopping, please look for any of the popular brands. Costco and Sam’s Club and other major stores are good sources. Unopened packages only please. Shopping online at Amazon? AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you know. Same products, […]
Jon Mesko has joined Lloyd’s Legion. Jon shares, “I’m so impressed with the impact that Caring House is having in the South Bay community. I am honored to be a part of it.” In January 2021, Jon became the Caring House Executive Director. Learn more about Jon . . . Donors like Jon, who sustain the […]
For a couple of months our patient, diligent caregivers and volunteers dealt with a balky two-year-old LG oven that would change temperatures, randomly, at its whim. It made baking our popular cookies and other goodies an extra labor of love. After lots of digging, we learned that the electronic control board on our balky LG […]
Many thanks to Lisa, a wonderfully generous supporter who created these beautiful masks for Caring House and dropped them off at the house. Makes me think of the Lone Ranger, the first real hit TV Western, and the end of each episode. After the Lone Ranger completed his heroic task, he quickly rode off before […]
You can read and download our Annual Report for 2019 online now. It tells about residents and families, hospice teams, and Caring House staff, volunteers, donors and other supporters coming together do something wonderful — improve the end-of-life experience for men and women and families. It honors our residents and thanks our donors and volunteers. It shares […]
December is the birth month for twenty-four of the men and women we have been privileged to serve during the last days or weeks of their lives. We join their families and friends in honoring and remembering them — and list their birthdays in The Caring Calendar. Do you have a special person or group […]
Baking is pretty much a daily happening at Caring House. Cookies, brownies, other treats for our residents and visitors. But the first Wednesday of the month we let the oven rest. That’s the day that the chef at Brookdale South Bay bakes up a batch of “cookies for Caring House.” Yum! These oatmeal, walnut, chocolate […]
On March 10, 2019, we gathered to honor and remember the men and women we’ve had the privilege to serve during the last weeks of their lives. About 80 family members and friends, volunteers, donors, staff and others joined in a program of spoken thoughts, readings, music and songs that warmed and comforted hearts. In […]