Kirksville Mayor Zac Burden has signed a proclamation recognizing November as National Hospice and Palliative Care Month. Beyond providing physical treatment, hospice attends to the patient’s emotional, spiritual, and family needs, and provides family services like respite care and bereavement counseling. Hospice of Northeast Missouri provides quality and dignified end-of-life care to local residents, serving Adair, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Macon, Putnam, Schuyler, Scotland, Shelby, and Sullivan counties. Staff at Hospice of Northeast Missouri go wherever the patient and their loved ones need care, whether that is in their home, the home of a family member, a nursing home, or an assisted living facility.