Visiting Nurses Foundation awarded $132,000 in grant funding to Assured Hospice for comfort therapies in 2024

Visiting Nurses Foundation awarded $132,000 in grant funding to Assured Hospice for comfort therapies in 2024 
The Chronical, Centralia, WA; by The Chronicle; 1/22/25 
The Visiting Nurses Foundation awarded $132,000 in grant funding to Assured Hospice in 2024 to deliver essential comfort therapies to end-of-life patients across Washington state, the foundation announced Wednesday. "Since the partnership began in 2002 with a $600 grant, the program has expanded significantly, reaching hundreds of patients and their families each year," the Visiting Nurses Foundation said in a news release. Comfort therapies — including acupuncture, massage, music therapy, guided imagery and animal-assisted therapy — are proven to reduce pain, foster relaxation and enhance overall quality of life, the news release stated.