Intermountain Health Care applauds the University of Utah Medical Center for its newly developed No One Dies Alone (NODA) program. Intermountain has been using this program since 2005, and it has been a wonderful service for our patients. Compelled by nurse Sandra Clarke’s dying patient experience from Sacred Heart Memorial Hospital in Eugene, Ore., the No One Dies Alone program was initially introduced at LDS Hospital in 2005. Its legacy continues today at Intermountain Medical Center.
Since the inception of the No One Dies Alone program, our compassionate companion volunteers have sat vigil at the bedside of nearly 100 dying patients, offering over 650 hours of compassionate service. These 62 employee and community volunteers are specially trained to be with the dying and consider their work an honor and privilege.
We are delighted to learn that this profound program is expanding in our community, giving more patients the opportunity to die with dignity by having a compassionate companion at their bedside to comfort them through their dying process.
Peggi Blackman, volunteer coordinator, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray