When the 500th patient entered the Hospice House near Slidell last month, the milestone marked more than a number. It was a reminder of how many lives the nonprofit organization has touched by offering peace, comfort and dignity at life’s end.

“We call them bittersweet benchmarks,” said Miranda Lindsay, executive director of the Hospice Foundation of the South and Hospice House. “It’s amazing for us in 11 years to have helped 500 families in our community, but at the same time, it’s 500 people who have passed.”

Hospice House is a 3,600-square-foot home featuring three private suites, with screened-in porches in a homelike setting, for terminally ill patients to spend their final days. They can be surrounded by family and caregivers during the final days of life, all who can provide nonme

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