Mayor Zac Burden signed a proclamation recognizing November 2023 as National Hospice and Palliative Care Month in Kirksville. For more than 40 years nationally, hospice has provided comfort and dignity to millions of people, allowing them to spend their final months at home surrounded by loved ones. The hospice model involves an interdisciplinary, team-oriented approach to treatment, including expert medical care, quality symptom control, and comprehensive pain management as a foundation of care. Hospice of Northeast Missouri, a service of Hannibal Regional Health Systems, is a non-profit hospice whose sole focus is on quality of life for patients and their caregivers and is rated 5 Stars by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.