Beth Hoffmann answers your hospice questions
Q: When I make the choice to start hospice service, does my insurance company direct which hospice I use?
A: No. Patients have the right to choose their hospice provider. Physicians or other caregivers may recommend a hospice, but patient choice must be honored. When looking for a hospice provider, it's important to know all your options.
Charity Poker Run: raising funds, honoring memories
Nancy and Gordon Moore and Hoffmann Administrator Tom Hoffmann address the
competitors at the 7th annual Charity Poker Run.
More than 100 motorcycles rumbled out of the Antelope Valley Harley Davidson in Lancaster on May 15, each rider honoring the memory of a young mother who lost her life to cancer at age 26.
Linnie Moore Valenzuela was a patient with Hoffmann Hospice when she passed away in 2003. Linnie's parents, Gordon and Nancy Moore, founded the annual Charity Poker Run to honor the memory of their motorcycle-loving daughter and to raise funds for the agency that cared for Linnie in her final days. The run, now in its seventh year, raised $5,300.
Participants pick up a hand at a rest stop along the run's 100-mile route.
All proceeds from the run support the many end-of-life services offered by Hoffmann Hospice.The annual event is open to motorcycles, cars and any other mode of transportation. For more information, contact Brandi Wheeler at 661-272-2355 or brandi@hoffcare.com.
Linnie Moore Valenzuela and daughter Yasmeen.