Hospice News Features Lily Hospice’s Veterans Program and Evan Mark Shelline

November 9, 2026. Written by Lily Hospice.

Hospice News, a national trade publication covering the hospice field, featured Lily Hospice’s veterans program on November 9, 2026. The story covers Lily’s Veteran Advisory Committee, chaired by Navy SEAL veteran Evan Shelline (Evan Mark Shelline), bedside pinning ceremonies, and the help Lily gives veterans’ families with VA benefits in Oakland, Macomb and Wayne counties.

Read the story on Hospice News: Lily Hospice Partners With Ex-Navy SEAL to Expand Veterans’ Programs, by Jim Parker, senior editor.

What Hospice News reported

The story opens at a pinning ceremony, where a veteran on hospice is thanked for his service by another veteran, and follows what that recognition meant to one patient and his wife. From there it describes the work behind it:

• The Veteran Advisory Committee. Hospice News reports that the committee brings together 10 veterans of different branches, generations and experiences. It met for the first time on October 7, 2026, with Evan Shelline in the chair. Read about the committee.
• What the committee looks at. How Lily asks about military service at the first visit, how the Veteran Rapid Response team works, Lily’s ties to VFW and American Legion posts, county veterans service offices and the VA, and how recognition ceremonies and family resources are shaped.
• Help with VA benefits. Many older veterans and surviving spouses do not know what they qualify for, or were turned down years ago and never asked again. Lily is building a checklist that starts on the day a veteran is admitted. Until it is finished, families can use our guide to end-of-life benefits for Michigan veterans.
• Staff education. Lily is developing training for its team on the difference between moral injury and post-traumatic stress, because the two call for different kinds of listening.
• The Veteran Muster. The veterans-only gatherings Evan Shelline founded in senior living communities across Southeast Michigan, for veterans who have grown isolated.

What this means for a veteran’s family

You do not need to read a trade publication to use any of this. If someone you love served and is seriously ill, tell us when you call. Lily is a We Honor Veterans Bronze Level partner. Every veteran in our care is offered a pinning ceremony at no cost, visits from volunteers who also served, and a social worker’s help with VA benefits, burial benefits and the DD-214. Care is at home or wherever the veteran lives, across Oakland, Macomb and Wayne counties.

Read more: hospice care for veterans, hospice for veterans in metro Detroit and hospice for veterans in Macomb County. Other coverage is collected on Lily Hospice in the news.

Common questions

Has Lily Hospice been featured in Hospice News?

Yes. On November 9, 2026, Hospice News, a national trade publication covering the hospice field, published a feature by senior editor Jim Parker on Lily Hospice’s veterans program, its Veteran Advisory Committee and the committee’s Chairman, Navy SEAL veteran Evan Shelline.

What is Lily Hospice’s Veteran Advisory Committee?

It is a committee of local veterans, chaired by Navy SEAL veteran Evan Shelline, that advises Lily Hospice on caring for veterans and their families at the end of life in Oakland, Macomb and Wayne counties. It held its first meeting on October 7, 2026. Its members are not Lily employees.

What can a veteran’s family ask Lily Hospice for?

Tell us he or she served. Lily asks about military service at the first visit, offers a bedside pinning ceremony to every veteran in its care at no cost, arranges visits from volunteers who served, and its social workers help families with VA benefits, burial benefits and the DD-214. Lily is a We Honor Veterans Bronze Level partner. Call (248) 955-5100, any hour.

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