Our Hospice Announces Kim Halcomb as Quarterly “BEE Award” Recipient

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 [Columbus, Indiana] December 4, 2024– Our Hospice of South Central Indiana (OHSCI) is proud to announce that Kim Halcomb has received the “Bee Award” for the 3rd Quarter of 2024. Halcomb is a Home Health Aide (HHA) on our North Vernon team. The BEE Award is given to exemplary non-clinical team members to recognize their outstanding efforts. Recipients can be nominated by their teammates, patients or the family of patients. 

Halcomb was selected because of her commitment to the patients at Our Hospice. “Kim goes above and beyond with every patient,” wrote one of her co-workers. The team member added “she finds creative ways to meet their needs. Kim is kind, respectful, and always looks out for changes in patients' conditions and notifies nursing accordingly. She is a valuable asset to the North Vernon team.”

About the BEE Award

The BEE Award is Our Hospice and Palliative Care’s way to honor and recognize the exemplary work of our non-clinical staff that support our mission: To Make Every Moment Count. Nominations for the BEE Award are for anyone at Our Hospice who aids in patient care such as home health aides, social workers, chaplains, volunteers and more. Nominations can be made by patients, families, and teammates, with recipients honored by a committee throughout the year.


From left to right:
 Amy Lowe, Director of Clinical Operations
Kim Halcomb, BEE Award recipient
Brittany Meyer, RN, Quality Specialist
 

About Our Hospice

Our Hospice cares for people who have been diagnosed with a life-limiting illness or who are no longer seeking active medical treatment. Services are provided by our care team consisting of physicians, nurses, home health aides, social workers, chaplains, and volunteers wherever the patient resides. Our mission is to make every moment count. We have been serving the south-central Indiana area since 1980 and are proud to be your local, community hospice. Find out more by contacting us at 812-314-8083, on the web at www.ourhospice.org and on Facebook or Instagram at Our Hospice.