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Rev. Dr. Mike Johnston is Director of Spiritual & Supportive Care at AnMed Health in Anderson, SC.  Prior to joining AnMed Health, Mike served in a similar role at Gaston Memorial Hospital in Gastonia, NC as well as two other hospitals in the Richmond, Va. area. Mike has served as Stated Supply Pastor at two small Presbyterian Church’s in NC and one small Presbyterian Church in Anderson. Mike and his wife Valerie have four children, one granddaughter and one grandson.

That is a pretty surprising title of a blog about Advanced Care Planning, especially by a hospital chaplain […]

In 2016 it was Hurricane Matthew. In 2017, as we drove to Asheville to attend The Carolina’s Center 41stAnnual Hospice and Palliative Care Conference most of Florida and Georgia were being pummeled by Hurricane Irma’s tropical force winds and torrential rain. In 2018 as we drove to Charlotte to attend The Carolina Centers 42ndAnnual Hospice and Palliative Care Conference the safety of our hospice patients, their families and our associates was top priority. We were closely and continuously monitoring a category 4 Hurricane, Florence, and many had begun implementing storm preparedness preparations that weekend.

As Hurricane Florence threatened […]