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Katz also is active in several education
organizations, and when the school
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Katz said the turning point in her
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1990s, when she represented the NCJW
by attending two World Conferences on
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The type of trip that Shiovitz takes
may be for only 20 minutes, helping a
hospice patient walk 10 feet to the
bathroom. This is the kind of thing he
has been doing during the 800 hours a
year he has spent for the past three
years with patients.
He envisioned and initiated the
Hospice Volunteer Program at JFS, and
he also works with the Jewish Hospice
and Chaplaincy Network, a separate
group that helps identify patients. He
joins about 100 other volunteers at
Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak or
volunteers by himself at private homes
anywhere in the Jewish community.
"Hospice affirms life ... and neither
hastens nor postpones death," he said.
"It exists in the sincere hope and belief
that, through ongoing physical, emo-
tional and spiritual support, life can be
enhanced for patients and their loved
ones during the final stages."
Shiovitz is semi-retired from human
resources work in hospitals and writes
opinion columns on a variety of subjects
for local newspapers and trade publica-
tions. He got interested in hospice after
Dr. Jack Kevorkian gained notoriety for
assisting suicides.
"I don't believe in Kevorkian's philos-
ophy," he said, "but all of that publicity
seemed to make people more aware of
death and dying. It certainly brought
end-of-life care into my consciousness
and made me want to learn more about
it ... and do something to help."
Shiovitz, who only admits to being
"over 21," was raised in Detroit, attend-
ing Henry- Ford High School ond Wayne
University, graduating with a double
major in sociology and anthropology,
then going right into human resources
work. He has lived in Royal Oak and
Southfield for 15 years. Several years ago,
he was bedridden for a long time because
of illnesses and disabilities that now
require him to walk with two canes.
"I was isolated from the outside
world for quite a spell and I was pretty
despondent," he recalled. "When I got