This Social Work Month, we honor njHealth's hospice social workers for their unwavering dedication and the meaningful difference they make every single day. Kimberly DeChurch has been a social worker for 34 years, including the past 27 years in medical social work within home care and hospice. She earned her social work degree from Rutgers. Her experience ranges from children’s services to women’s trauma, but she has found her calling in supporting older adults. A resident of

This Social Work Month, we honor njHealth's hospice social workers for their unwavering dedication and the meaningful difference they make every single day. From the casino floor to a patient bedside Before Lauree Lapidus ever stepped into the world of hospice work, she spent 23 years in a very different environment—the bustling, high‑energy floors of a casino, where she worked as a dealer and supervisor. It wasn’t until later in life that she discovered the path she was trul