‘You made my life’: VITAS caregiver scores NHL tickets for hospice patient through Wish Maker program
08/12/25 at 03:00 AM
‘You made my life’: VITAS caregiver scores NHL tickets for hospice patient through Wish Maker program
McKnights Home Care; by Foster Stubbs; 8/8/25
When hospice nurse Natalie Villabrera-Williams came to visit her client and hockey lover, Alan Reddish, last year she noticed that he was growing a beard that would make Rip Van Winkle blush. When she asked him if he wanted to shave it off, he explained that his beard would remain unkempt as long as his beloved Florida Panthers remained in the 2025 NHL Playoffs. ... After that interaction, Villabrera-Williams, a nurse for VITAS Healthcare in Broward County, FL, saw an opportunity to bring Reddish, of Lauderhill, FL, closer to the action on the ice. ...