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TRU Community Care Interim CEO Crafts Heartfelt Weekly Emails to Employees

January 3, 2017 by TRU Community Care

TRU Community Care’s Interim CEO, Pat Mehnert, writes an email each week to all TRU Community Care and TRU Hospice of Northern Colorado employees. Staff look forward to reading these emails, as Pat truly takes the time to gather and compose her thoughts before clicking Send. Her emails contain guidance on daily operations, program updates, patient stories, kudos and appreciation for employees (especially those who work evenings and weekends at our inpatient care centers), quotes she’s heard, and even a little movie trivia.

These weekly emails aren’t just a few ideas thrown together at the last minute. Rather, they are words strung together with the utmost appreciation for staff; sentences that tell a story about the amazing hospice care and supportive services TRU provides day in and day out; and paragraphs that weave a testament to the Trusted, Responsive, and Unparalleled care TRU seeks to provide not only to our community, but to each other.

In last week’s email, Pat shared a poem that is near and dear to her, so we thought we’d share it with you, too.

When helping someone who is suffering,

I hope for comfort and courage.

I try to help find gratitude

In the midst of their painful circumstances.

Companioning one through their experience

Begins with a simple yes.

When I am called upon,

I don’t know what I am stepping into

Or how I might help.

But I walk with them on their journey,

And eventually it becomes evident.

The source of all mercy and healing

Makes some good come out of the pain.

I am in awe that somehow

My simple yes when called upon

Allows me to be part of it all.

I end up

Being graced

In my helping of others.

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About TRU

TRU Community Care (TRU) affirms life at every step of your journey with illness and loss. Our vision is to lead a healthcare transformation by engaging with our communities and offering innovative, meaningful care for those living with illness and loss.

Founded as Boulder Hospice in 1976, TRU is a Colorado-licensed, Medicare and Medicaid-certified, nonprofit health care organization serving Boulder, Broomfield, Adams, Jefferson, Arapahoe, Denver, and Weld Counties and beyond. With a focus on providing a continuum of care for members of our community living with advanced illness and loss, TRU’s programs include TRU Hospice, TRU PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly), TRU Palliative Care, Landmark Memory Care, and TRU Grief Services.

TRU Hospice is proudly accredited by The Joint Commission and is a five-star-level hospice in NHPCO's We Honor Veterans program created in collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). TRU is a member of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI), the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC), Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE), and the National PACE Association (NPA).

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