August 19, 2016 - A New Member Ribbon Cutting was held for Affinity Hospice on Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at their office located at 1400 Tenaha Street, Suite C, in Center. Shelby County Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors, community members, family and friends gathered to celebrate the new location.
Jackie Authement, Manager of Affinity Hospice, expressed what a privilege and honor it is to be a part of this community and then spoke about Affinity Hospice, "Our focus is trying to help people to live life to the fullest until the very end and to get the maximum out of life. And for us it is just more than taking care of people, it's a ministry."
Authement joked about choosing who would have the opportunity to talk and continued, "The fact of the matter is this. I look and I see all these little children and I see adults and parents but it just breaks my heart that we are pushing God out of everything that we do. He is pushed of schools, He's getting pushed out of the work place, but I'm gonna tell you, you can't push God out of the death and dying process. You can't. And so I'm privileged to be able to say, its an honor for us when we are working with patients, we aren't just working with the patients." He finished saying, "You take care of the physical needs, the emotional needs, the social needs, but the spiritual needs is probably the most critical. And it's not just the patient, we work with the family. So, you work with families through the whole process."
Meg Camp, Chamber of Commerce Ambassador President, said,"We want to thank you. We want to thank you for coming to Shelby County and for investing into our community."
Affinity Hospice provides a team of professionals and volunteers that work with the family during an illness and provides a special way of caring for patients facing end of life decisions.
