Hello everyone and welcome to The Hospice Project, a podcast sponsored by Reliance Hospice and Palliative Care in Palm Desert, California. My name is Rev. Dr. Don Stouder and I will be your host for this series of conversations centered on what hospice is, who it helps, and how we can best support our patients, families, volunteers, and staff. I am the bereavement and volunteer manager at Reliance, and I’m a career hospital and hospice chaplain with nearly 40 years’ worth of experience in health care. You can find out more about me at donaldstouder.com.