Richard Haverlack


About Richard Haverlack

Richard Haverlack has been writing the memoirs of hospice patients for more than eight years. He has recently written a book, A Memoir of Memoirs - Writing Stories Told at Life's End, which is about the poignant and enlightening experiences he's had in doing this work. Richard is a volunteer for the Good Samaritan Hospice near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He also is active in the Osher Lifelong Learning Institution at the University of Pittsburgh where he studies as well as teaches.



The times they are a changing… So sang Bob Dylan four decades ago and so it still goes. The word “hospice” is slowly being replaced in the popular lexicon by a more general, and (unlike “hospice”) not yet misunderstood, term: palliative care. The dictionary defines “palliative” as: (of a medicine […]

Palliative Care


Helping children work through their grief issues can head off or mitigate more serious psychological problems associated with the loss of someone close. Children who are grieving need a safe, caring environment to consider their emotions while surrounded by others who understand what they’re going through—and that’s why there’s Camp […]

More Than Just a Camp…