“The missing piece in hospice care right now is assuring all families that their loved one will have a comfortable and peaceful place to spend the final days of their life. Gaia Home will have the ability to provide a safe, private, and comfortable environment for those receiving hospice care.”

“It was a relief to my mother and our family that we found a residential end-of-life option for her final months of life, albeit out-of-state. Her choice gave her many of the comforts, amenities, assurances, and dignities of her own home. Best of all we had almost an unrestricted access to visiting her. I’m so glad that Gaia Home is creating such an option for North Dakota.”

“Giving North Dakotans the option of a residential end-of-life facility could greatly impact patients’ quality of life and provide them with the dignity they deserve during end-of-life care.”

“There are individuals who want to remain in a home setting who need hospice services but have limiting factors which make it difficult or impossible to receive hospice services in their life-long home. For these individuals, having a place that is a true home setting in which 24-hour end-of-life care is provided, would ensure their final days are met with dignity and compassion.”

“Throughout my life I have had several experiences with friends and family receiving hospice care. To me the beauty of hospice care is when it can be offered in a person’s life-long home, in which they are continually surrounded by their family and friends. However, I have also known people in which receiving hospice services in their home was not an option, and the only choice left for them was to be in a place that does not at all resemble a home to them. Gaia Home can be a solution.”

“Gaia Home will provide a homey option where family and friends are welcome to visit and even stay with their loved ones during the final season of life. The difficult care a loved one requires will be provided by trained staff who are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. I believe if Gaia Home existed when my mom was near the end of her fight with cancer, it would have allowed our family and friends to enjoy more quality time with her with less worry about her caregiving needs.”

“There are many reasons a person may not have an ideal place to receive hospice care in the final stage of their life. Gaia Home promises to be that place.”

“I became involved with Gaia Home because I believe worrying about the logistics of how and where to care for a loved one leading up to death can be a burden. Having a place like Gaia Home will reduce this by giving families time and energy to truly focus on the person while professionals focus on the caregiving needs.”

“In researching about hospice and end-of-life care, I have learned this main fact: it is not the last step before dying—it is about giving individuals and families the ability to have dignity in the last phases of life. Gaia Home will offer that opportunity, making the final season more comfortable and easier for families and their loved ones. I invite you to join us in making Gaia Home become reality for our community.”

“While acute care inpatient hospitals do their very best to deal with end-of-life care, they are not constructed for the end-of-life needs of the person, family, or their friends. That is why I am involved in bringing Gaia Home to the Bismarck-Mandan community.”

“There is need for a place of peace with people who can help you embrace the end of life in a beautiful way.”

“Creating a comforting sense of home is something that I’m passionate about on a personal and professional level. The combination of this passion with my medical background and my family’s experiences with end-of-life care has led me to strongly support the Gaia Home mission and vision.”

 “Gaia Home will allow families going forward an option to consider as they experience the final season; and to me, helping to provide that option brings me happiness as I know I’m honoring my, my family’s, and Cloverdale’s desire to better our community and the lives of our neighbors.”

“I am passionate about making Gaia Home a reality, as it will provide loved ones and their families an experience rooted in kindness, compassion, and dignity.”

“There are many reasons why I’m passionate about making Gaia Home a reality. Chief among them is the urgent need for residential end-of-life care in our community.”

“Gaia Home will be able to offer other families what my family was not able to have – a homey alternative to hospitalization for my father. I want to contribute to the growth and success of Gaia Home, and I invite the community to join us in this effort.”

“I realize there are many families who struggle with providing a peaceful end of life in an appropriate setting for their beloved family member. This is the beauty of Gaia Home and the role it can play in our community.”

“I think about all the people whose hearts could better handle being the daughter, son, husband, wife, brother, or sister, during their loved ones’ final days, versus being the caregiver. I think about the person who is passing, and how they may feel more comfortable and dignified if their loved one wasn’t providing the tough care duties. I think about those people who don’t have friends or family who can help near the end. I think about the families who would prefer to not have the final moments in their own home because of the sad memories it can leave behind.”

“To honor of my father, I’m supporting and sharing Gaia Home’s distinctive vision to ensure it is available for my family when it comes time to say “goodbye” to dear family and friends.  It is important that it’s accessible for all of the families who want a new, personal and peaceful option for their end-of-life season.”

“There are many ways to give to our community in a meaningful way but giving back when people are at their most vulnerable, with the most need, creates the greatest impact. Friends and neighbors have been there for me when I was in need. Being involved with Gaia Home provides me the opportunity to return that support, not only for those close to me, but to my entire community.”

“Many individuals at end-of-life are the elderly and often their needs are beyond what their household member can supply. How wonderful it would be to have a facility like Gaia Home in Bismarck where the burden of care can be removed from the family and make saying goodbye easier.”