Hospice Does More Than You Think - Central Coast News KION/KCBA

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. - 94 year old Phyllis Cory has lived a long life. She was married to her lat husband for 73 years. The two did everything together, even Hospice. After her husband passed away last year, Phyllis said Hospice has been by her side the whole time. "It's a very active organization and they do an awful lot of good for people that couldn't wait on themselves."

But now that's not enough for the organization. Hospice wants to diversify the services they offer and change the way people perceive them, which is only attending to terminal patients. But Central Coast Hospice Director Stella Bennett said that's not true. Hospice wants to educate the community about what it really does. "It's not a death sentence, we have patients that graduate from Hospice and do better," said Bennett.

One of the main things that Hospice wants to get out to the community is that Hospice is not a place to go, but its a service that people can use. Those services range from taking a trip to the beach to taking a patient golfing. Hospice said it's whatever the patient wants it to be. And for Phyllis she just loves the way Hospice cut her hair. "She comes and gives me a good brush and just knows how its done," said Phyllis.