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July 14, 2020

Connecting Family During The Pandemic: Hospice Patient Eleanor Cebuhar

When the pandemic began, the fairly active lifestyle Eleanor, a EveryStep Hospice patient in Centerville, lived came to a sudden halt. …

Connecting Family During The Pandemic: Hospice Patient Eleanor Cebuhar

EveryStep Veteran Pinning: Robert Vance

Honoring His Service: EveryStep Hospice Patient Roger Rhoads

EveryStep Hospice has earned the 2019 SHPBestTM “Superior Performer” Caregiver Satisfaction Award

Tray Wade Receives Recognition from Des Moines University

Megan Mondt Named EveryStep's Volunteer Resources Director

Providing Comfort With Sweet Treats: Volunteers Heather Abuhl and Mary Iliff

Giving Back In A Small Way: Volunteer Lori Fangman

Honoring Dad On Father's Day: The Shelledy Family

Changing Her World: EveryStep Hospice CNA Tammy Simmerman

Helping Children Grieve: Amanda the Panda Volunteer Barbara Perkins

Listening, Learning and Advocating for the Diverse Communities We Serve

Reflecting On 40 Years Of Service: EveryStep Volunteer Marilyn Shay

Senior Companions: Continuing To Check In During COVID-19 Pandemic

Providing Extra Support During COVID-19: EveryStep Home Care

EveryStep Announces Appointments For New Regional Director Positions

Honoring Her Service: EveryStep Hospice Patient Jeanne Thyberg

EveryStep Staff Steps Up To Volunteer For Meals on Wheels During Pandemic

Des Moines Boy Uses 3D Printer To Make & Donate "Ear Savers" To EveryStep Staff

A Servant's Heart: EveryStep Hospice Nurse Lori Carlyle

A Life's Mission Of Compassion & Care: EveryStep Hospice Nurse Linda Staggs

A Mother's Day Amid Grief: Darice Otto

The Power Of A Lasting Impression: EveryStep Hospice Nurse Debbie Keil

From Helping New Moms To Co-Workers: EveryStep Nurse Becky Borgman

Amish Community Contributes Hundreds Of Masks To EveryStep

Stork's Nest Answers Emergency Needs Of Families With Babies, Young Children

EveryStep Opens Dedicated COVID-19 Hospice Unit On April 27

Sewing For A Cause: EveryStep Volunteer Kem Green Donates Hundreds of Masks

Hospice Volunteers Pat Teply and Chance Brighten Days During COVID-19

This National Healthcare Decisions Day, Make Your Wishes Known

With Fewer House Calls, EveryStep Home Care Adapts To Provide Patient Support

Providing Care And Support To New Moms In The Time Of COVID-19

Visiting Great-Grandma During COVID-19: A Story From Greater Regional Hospice Home

Volunteer for EveryStep During the COVID-19 Pandemic

EveryStep Receives Personal Protective Equipment Donations From Community Partners

Help EveryStep Recognize Our Dedicated Healthcare Workers On Doctors' Day

CareMatters Newsletter - Spring 2020

COVID-19: Hospice Visitor Restrictions, Office Closures & Program Impacts

COVID-19: EveryStep's Preparation, Prevention & Practices

Veteran Pinning Ceremony: Dale Hartman & Hubert Wilkinson

What it's Like to be an EveryStep Social Worker: Jude Kuehner

Treats of Comfort: Hospice Volunteer Baker Gladys Hertzberg

High Blood Pressure & Heart Disease: What You Should Know

Changing A Child's World One Smile At A Time: EveryStep's I-Smile Program

EveryStep Hosts 4th Annual Day on The Hill Event

Volunteer Creates Twiddle Pads To Keep Hospice Patients' Hands Busy

Pneumonia & Seniors: What You Should Know

Becoming Amanda: Jill Emmert-Larson, Amanda the Panda Volunteer

Support Through Unimaginable Grief: Bob Kock

EveryStep Named to Top 25 Most Influential Boards List

Always Thrifting: EveryStep Giving Tree Volunteer Melisa Vilums

Resolution: Volunteer With EveryStep!

Handling the Holidays After a Loss

Julie Matternas Named Executive Director of EveryStep Foundation

What It's Like To Be An EveryStep Bereavement Counselor: Maurice Dyer

Finding Support In Your Grief: Diane Ulrich & Family

Spreading Holiday Joy As A Cheer Box Volunteer: Stefenie Wright

EveryStep's #GivingTuesday Donors Contribute Nearly $6,000 To Support Patients, Clients and Their Families

CareMatters Newsletter - Winter 2019

The Gift of Peace of Mind

EveryStep's Chief Medical Director: Dr. Tom Mouser

What it's Like to be an EveryStep Hospice Team Director: Kimberly Endecott

What it's Like to be an EveryStep Home Care Aide: Kimberly Key

EveryStep Spearheads Hospice & Palliative Care Month Proclamation Effort

What it's Like to be an EveryStep Hospice Social Worker: Dana McCarthy

Honoring Our Veterans: Volunteer Virgil Ebrecht

What it's Like to be an EveryStep Hospice Nurse: Kathy Simon

Infection Prevention is Everybody's Business

Veteran Pinning Ceremony: Arthur Evans

From Asthma Attacks To Triathlons: Emerson's Healthy Homes Des Moines Story

Program Highlight: Connections in Primary Care

Sandy Cutter: EveryStep Giving Tree Volunteer

Little Footprints: Grieving Parents Find Support, Friendship At Amanda the Panda

EveryStep Receives "We Honor Veterans" Initiative Level Four Status

Preventing Older Adult Falls

IMT Insurance Volunteers Provide 'Day of Caring' At EveryStep's Offices

EveryStep receives $35,000 in grants from Variety - the Children's Charity

Sandy Oswald: EveryStep Hospice Honored Volunteer

EveryStep Named "Runner-Up: Best Non-profit" by Des Moines Business Record

Phyllis Schwaninger: EveryStep Hospice Honored Volunteer

Phyllis Foland: EveryStep Hospice Honored Volunteer

Diane Martin: EveryStep Hospice Honored Volunteer

Why I Enjoy Working at EveryStep: Grief & Loss

Why I Enjoy Working at EveryStep: Care & Support

Why I Enjoy Working at EveryStep: Home Care

Why I Enjoy Working at EveryStep: Hospice

Amanda The Panda Grief & Loss Camp: The Stokka Family

EveryStep Named A 2019 Top Workplace By The Des Moines Register

United Way Day of Action Volunteers Comes To EveryStep

Beauty of Nature: The Caretakers of the Garden at Kavanagh House on 56th Street

A Ride to Remember: John Bruns

The Male Family Caregiver

Leann Thrapp Named Vice President of Clinical Services at EveryStep

Building Communities: Rowland Construction

Building Communities: Blue Ribbon Builders

For The Love of Thrifting: Jane's Story

Little Footprints: Nick and Annie Rivas

A Special Trip: Gary Parish

Veteran Pinning Ceremony: Honoring Dennis Ross

Aging Parents and Adult Siblings: Mistakes Adult Siblings Make

The Monday Morning Gals: EveryStep Giving Tree Volunteers

Building Up Parents: Healthy Start's Janelle Vanderah

Making The Trip Home: Carly Hon

EveryBody Deserves A Massage Week: Hospice Massage Therapy

CCNC Program Highlight: New Horizons Academy

Help for Veterans Living with PTSD

Celebrating 102 Years: David Appel

EveryStep Grief & Loss Services Receives National Service Enterprise Certification

On World Refugee Day: Eliza's Story

Recognizing Our Talented, Dedicated Nursing Assistants

A Lasting Memory: The Pérez-Martinez Family

Focusing On The Child: EveryStep's Play and Learn Program

CareMatters Newsletter - Summer 2019

"I Want to Go Home" - 3 Ways to Respond As A Caregiver

Honoring Our Veterans: EveryStep Flag Stands

A Generous Donation: Mary Alice & Neil Hansen

Celebrate Older Americans Month By Volunteering at EveryStep

EveryStep Breaks Ground on Community Garden

Celebrating a Life: David Crabb

What it's Like to be an EveryStep Nurse: Stephanie Birt

What it's Like to be an EveryStep Nurse: Amy Overhake

What it's Like to be an EveryStep Nurse: Jennifer Boeding

What it's Like to be an EveryStep Nurse: Trisha Hardy

What it's Like to be an EveryStep Nurse: Heather Maletta

Honoring A Life Service: Jerry Hampton

Three Reasons to Discuss Advance Directives

Have a Tough Discussion This National Healthcare Decisions Day

Supportive Sisters: Amanda the Panda Volunteers Ashley & Rachel Rinehart

Assisting Her Peers: EveryStep Senior Companion Volunteer Sue Lyons

Providing Companionship: EveryStep Hospice Volunteer Janell O'Connor

Appraising Collectibles: EveryStep Giving Tree's Pat Ross

Keeping Your Employees Healthy: EveryStep Health's On-Site Flu Clinics

A Small Gesture Can Mean The World To EveryStep Hospice Patients

Veteran Pinning Ceremony: Honoring Harold Linden

5 Lifestyle Strategies to Stay Strong, Healthy, and Independent

Honoring National Vietnam War Veterans Day

What it's Like to be an EveryStep Hospice Social Worker: Katie Smith

What it's Like to be an EveryStep Social Worker: Laura Lentell

EveryStep Receives $5 Million Grant to Maintain Healthy Start Project

What it's Like to be an EveryStep Hospice Social Worker: Tonya Pierson

What it's Like to be an EveryStep Hospice Social Worker: Robert Luga

Three EveryStep Volunteer Leaders Named to Forty Under 40

What it's Like to be an EveryStep Hospice Social Worker: Sarah Adamson

CareMatters Newsletter - Spring 2019

It's All About Helping Others for Longtime Amanda the Panda Grief & Loss Camp Volunteer

With Employees In Mind, EveryStep Adopts $15/Hour Minimum Wage

Acts of Kindness for the Heart and From the Heart

Protecting Children's Smiles: EveryStep's I-Smile Program

Giving Kids a Reason to Smile: EveryStep's I-Smile Program

A Story from Our Healthy Start Program: Natalia

A Story from Our Hospice Houses: George Adams

A Guide to Caregivers' New Year's Resolutions

A Story from our Community Home Visitation Program: Katelyn

A Story from Our Hospice Houses: Jim Donlan

A Story from Our Volunteers: Christy Galt

A Story from Our Nurse-Family Partnership Program: Crystal A.

10 Reasons Why Helping a Family Caregiver Will Be the Best Thing You Do This Holiday Season

A Story from our Grief & Loss Services: Mike Albert

A Story from Our Amanda the Panda Program: Saundra Connett

A Story from Our Amanda the Panda Program: Madee Carder

A Story from Our Hospice Houses: Dena Williams

A Story from Our Hospice Program: Andrea Blake

Celebrating & Supporting Family Caregivers

Celebrating the Holidays with a Box of Cheer

A Story from Our Hospice Program: Carmen Winters

A Story from Our Hospice Program: Danny Davis

Celebrate #GivingTuesday with EveryStep

A Story from Our Care & Support Services Programs: Amanda Redhead

A Story from Our Veteran-to-Veteran Volunteer Program: Jim Keller

Holiday & Winter Assistance Guide from EveryStep

A Story from EveryStep Hospice: Clive Elliott

A Story from Our Hospice Houses: The Govi Family

A Story from our Nurse Family Partnership: Hay Mar Nyein Chan

A Story from Our Amanda the Panda Program: Haydyn Howland

A Story from our Foundation: Sarah Sullivan

Not Just a Nurse: A Story of Our Nurse-Family Partnership Program

Death is Not Something to Be Feared

Leaves are supposed to fall. People aren't: 6 Fall-Prevention Strategies

Kind Natured Heart & Taking Care of People: A Story from a Case Manager

The Des Moines Register Names EveryStep A Winner Of The Iowa 2018 Top Workplaces Award

Handling Grief and Loss: Allissa Johnson, Amanda the Panda Volunteer

Every Day is Something New: A Story from Our Nurse Family Partnership Program

Helping With the Unimaginable: A Story from our Community Home Visitation Program

Taking on New Challenges: From Social Worker to Bereavement Counselor

Four Common Medication Problems in Aging

It Takes a Village: A Story from our Community Home Visitation Program

Gaiana and John Tapscott: From long-term volunteers to clients

7 Points to Consider When Caring for Aging Parents

Keeping Cool in the Summer Heat

Choosing Comfort Care

Stroke: It Happens in an Instant

Getting Through Grief

Couple to Cap Wedding Day with Benefit for Amanda the Panda

Tips From EveryStep: Five Ways to De-Stress

6 Signs That You are a Caregiver

A Story of Grief, Hope and Healing: Brandon Foldes

Tips From EveryStep: It's a Matter of Heart

"I've prepared my whole life for this moment..."

4 Conversation Starters for Talking about Home Care Options

LIVE UNITED: Advocate Award Presented to EveryStep