{"id":167414,"date":"2023-06-23T21:18:10","date_gmt":"2023-06-24T02:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=167414"},"modified":"2023-06-25T22:16:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T03:16:27","slug":"hospice-care-offers-more-than-end-of-life-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2023\/06\/23\/hospice-care-offers-more-than-end-of-life-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospice care offers many services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Greg Yinger\/special to the VW independent<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To see Bobbie Schulte of Van Wert today, you\u2019d never imagine where she was just seven months ago. The journey of healing she\u2019s experienced over the past three months is remarkable.

Schulte suffers from severe arthritis. She has undergone six painful surgeries which completely replaced her spine from skull to tailbone, leaving her bedridden, riddled with pain, heavily medicated, and weighing only 80 pounds.

\u201cWe didn\u2019t think she would ever walk again,\u201d her husband Chuck, said. \u201cJust months ago, she was on the verge of hospice care. I didn\u2019t think she\u2019d live to summer.\u201d

Today, however, she is up and moving, and weighs 135 pounds. She and Chuck enjoy going out to eat together, going to the store, and even swimming in the family pool.

Help at home<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chuck and Bobbi Schulte are pictured with Taylor Moreno, LPN, of CHP Home Care and Hospice in their Middle Point home. Photo submitted<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

After her surgeries, rehab stays and outpatient therapy produced little results. The Schultes didn\u2019t know where to turn. Their daughter, Mandy Renner, suggested they try home health care. Renner, an STNA with CHP Home Care & Hospice, has seen how in-home nursing and therapy services can improve a patient\u2019s condition.

\u201cI didn\u2019t know home care was an option,\u201d Schulte said. \u201cI thought the only nurses who came out to the home were when you are dying.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Home health nurses from CHP worked with Schulte\u2019s primary care physician, Dr. Lilly Bontrager to adjust her medications; eventually eliminating several of them. In-home physical therapy visits were instituted simultaneously.

Schulte connected well with both the nurses and therapists and began seeing results. Then, her mindset began to change.

\u201cI didn\u2019t think I\u2019d take another step,\u201d Schulte said, \u201cbut then I began thinking, \u2018I can do this.\u2019 I was determined to get out of bed and walk.\u201d

Push to get better<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cI liked them all, but I really connected with Jeannette,\u201d Schulte said. (Jeannette Brown from Encompass Care Rehab) \u201cI got better because she knew how to push me to reach my goals.\u201d

In May, family members were thrilled to see a video of Schulte out of bed and walking around the house.

Today, her plan of care is stepped down to maintenance \u2013 receiving therapy visits twice a month plus a monthly nursing visit. Local CHP nurses are just a call away if she needs any further assistance. She uses scooters to help her move about both inside and outside.

A better life<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a long road and I have my bad days,\u201d Schulte said. She still lives with arthritis pain and has trouble with her knees especially. \u201cBut, things are so much better now.\u201d

One thing in particular that Chuck and Bobbi enjoy is going out to eat because it\u2019s been seven years since they\u2019ve been able to enjoy this simple pleasure together.

\u201cWe go out two or three times a week now,\u201d Chuck said. \u201cWe\u2019re making up for lost time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Greg Yinger\/special to the VW independent To see Bobbie Schulte of Van Wert today, you\u2019d never imagine where she was just seven months ago. The journey of healing she\u2019s experienced over the past three months is remarkable. Schulte suffers from severe arthritis. She has undergone six painful surgeries which completely replaced her spine from skull […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 02:16:07","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167414"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167455,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167414\/revisions\/167455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}