The Art of Saying and Hearing “No!”
Caregiver Warrior
JULY 18, 2022
There is an art to saying and hearing no. The post The Art of Saying and Hearing “No!” Offering and receiving explanation is the key! ” appeared first on Caregiver Warrior.
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Hoffmann Hospice Creates Grief Camp for Children of First Responders
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
The program, branded as Hearts for Heroes Art Camp, offers a full day of counseling, art and other therapeutic activities, D’Amato said. The camp features activities like arts and crafts, music, writing, discussion groups to teach coping skills and help them express their feelings. They protect our families.
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Senior Care Residents Don’t Just Need Art. They Need Art History
Today's Caregiver
APRIL 19, 2022
Making art is essential to senior care residents’ health and well-being. Trained art therapists and talented volunteers help seniors construct objects that occupy hands and minds.
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Is Nursing an Art or a Science?
Diversity Nursing
AUGUST 19, 2022
Nursing is a profession that requires compassion as well as expertise, making it both an art and a science. Nurses must find a unique balance between using their heads and hearts, as well as the balance between the art and science of Nursing to provide our patients with the highest quality care. The Art of Nursing.
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Nurse Practitioner Payal Emery Uses Art to Help Others
Daily Nurse
JUNE 14, 2023
Milford, Connecticut, nurse practitioner Payal Emery has been using art as an outlet to cope with many different moments in life. Daily Nurse is proud to honor Emery as our Nurse of the Week for using art to bring awareness to important causes to help others. But working as a nurse practitioner, she didn’t have much time for art.
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Hospitals Healing With Art Therapy Programs
Diversity Nursing
JULY 5, 2022
Art therapy is a growing trend throughout hospitals in the United States. Art therapy is an evidenced-based practice that supports the emotional, physical, social and spiritual well-being of patients of all ages through the therapeutic use of art-making. But the arts have a place in the sphere of whole person care.
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Mastering the Art of Creating a Sustainable Routine Beyond Nursing
Daily Nurse
MARCH 28, 2024
The post Mastering the Art of Creating a Sustainable Routine Beyond Nursing first appeared on Daily Nurse. Nurses are busy, and sometimes perfectionism can get in the way. Be gentle with yourself and know that the perfect routine doesn’t exist—it’s more about finding what’s helpful for you to make your life easier.
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How Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Built an Award-Winning Palliative Program
Hospice News
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Our program] is fiercely narrative and really focuses as much on the art of listening as the art of what we say,” Wu said. Additionally, providers share medical opinions in “big picture terms,” Wu said, and work with patients to make shared decisions that align with their values and wishes. “[Our
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Blue Ridge Care Expands Bereavement Care with New Center for Hope & Healing
Hospice News
NOVEMBER 1, 2024
Blue Ridge Care Blue Ridge Care The “Tree of Remembrance” at Blue Ridge Care’s Center for Hope & Healing In addition to more traditional grief programs like counseling, the center will offer aromatherapy, children’s and faith-based programs, music, art and equine therapies, among other services. “[With the Hope Center] we saw (..)
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#HPMParty is returning to Phoenix during the 2024 AAHPM/HPNA meeting
GeriPal
MARCH 4, 2024
We will be doing our traditional Pub Crawl, this time in the Roosevelt Row Arts District just north of the convention center. The #HPMParty is returning to Phoenix during the 2024 AAHPM/HPNA meeting. We’ll start our annual tour of local establishments at Luckys Indoor/Outdoor (817 N.
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The Healing Power of Art
Minority Nurse
JUNE 6, 2024
During times like these, it’s easy to forget about creative pursuits, like art. Engaging in art can actually make us happier and calmer. Although we can’t always make paper flowers at work, engaging in art can significantly release negative emotions and feel more centered. This can be for your eyes only.
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7 ‘Hidden Gem’ Hospice News Stories in 2024
Hospice News
DECEMBER 9, 2024
Grief camp programs have included pet, art and music therapies alongside group activities such as martial arts, yoga, meditation, hiking and ziplining, among others. These activities are aimed at helping children to process anxiety, stress, depression and trauma experiences associated with a loss.
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Hospice Educators ‘Planting Seeds’ Among High School Students
Hospice News
DECEMBER 6, 2024
Based in Rochester, New York, the college preparatory schools curriculum includes a broad range of topics such as visual and performing arts, training in nursery and childhood education, civic engagement and a program focused on hospice education.
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Nurses, Giving, and the Art of Receiving
Daily Nurse
JULY 20, 2023
We assuage, mitigate, soften, and cushion the pain that others feel, and when we’re allowed to practice the art of nursing when another human being needs us, we are fed by that gift in profound and sometimes life-changing ways. The post Nurses, Giving, and the Art of Receiving first appeared on Daily Nurse.
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How Hospice of the Chesapeake Is Innovating Bereavement Care, Family Support
Hospice News
JULY 3, 2024
The scope of Hospice of the Chesapeake’s grief programs includes a range of services, including music, pet and integrative arts therapy, a yoga group and therapeutic writing programs. The organization also offers a weekend summer camp for grieving children. Many of these services are financed through philanthropic donations.
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Advanced Home Care Acquires Dignity Hospice
Hospice News
MAY 25, 2023
The buyer company’s CEO Art Kalenjian will now take the helm at Dignity Hospice. Massachusetts-based Advanced Home Care has acquired Dignity Hospice Care for an undisclosed amount. The transaction follows Advanced Home Care’s acquisition of Dignity Home Care late last year.
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Hospice of Davidson County Launches New Children’s Grief Camp
Hospice News
JULY 9, 2024
Some of the participating organizations have also offered art and pet therapy services, according to Warner. The program will provide developmentally-appropriate activities such as games, crafts and conversations centered on addressing the emotional aspects of grief.
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Nurse of the Week: CRNA Donna Dzialo Transforms Tools of Her Trade Into Art
Daily Nurse
APRIL 27, 2022
Like many of her fellow nurse/artists, Nurse of the Week Donna Dzialo, CRNA has her own distinctive take on Creative Nursing. DailyNurse has spotlighted talented nurse photographers, pop singers, and ICU mural painters, but this might be our first found-objects nurse artist. During a shift one day in 2018, Dzialo had a Eureka moment when […].
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Enhancing Care Coordination Can Give Hospices An Edge in Value-Based Models
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
As more health care reimbursement migrates towards value-based payment models, providers will need to master the art of care coordination. Seriously ill patients can easily fall through the cracks in a fragmented health care system, leading to poorer outcomes and costly hospital stays and emergency department visits.
Anatomy of Hospice Grief Camps for Children
Hospice News
JUNE 20, 2024
Memory building activities can include pet, art and music therapy, as well as creating videographies of the deceased person. Some programs feature martial arts, yoga, meditation, hiking, ziplining and trust-building group activities aimed at helping children to process anxiety, stress, depression and trauma experiences associated with a loss.
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Legacy Hospice Acquires Safe Harbor
Hospice News
MARCH 14, 2023
We are actively integrating our state-of-the-art technology into the Safe Harbor location, along with extensive employee education and training so they can experience the same results.” 2021, Legacy has organically grown our census by over 63%. We have no reason to believe this growth won’t continue,” Blair told Hospice News. “We
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George Mark Children’s House Launches Pediatric Palliative Nurse Training Program
Hospice News
DECEMBER 8, 2022
GMCH offers hospice, palliative, perinatal, respite and bereavement care, along with art, music and various other therapies. Established in 2004, the nonprofit provider has since cared for more than 1,000 patients and families coping with complex and chronic medical conditions.
Images of the Dying: A Podcast with Wendy MacNaughton, Lingsheng Li, and Frank Ostaseski
GeriPal
OCTOBER 3, 2024
Some highlights from our conversation: The role of art in humanizing the dying process. Happy listening and drawing, Lingsheng @lingshengli Additional info: For weekly lessons on drawing and the art of paying attention from Wendy, you can subscribe to her Substack DrawTogether with WendyMac and join the Grown-Ups Table (GUT) !
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Nurses and the Art of the Humble Brag
Minority Nurse
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
So, to make your way in the world and grow your career, you need to understand the art of the humble brag. Instead, there’s another path to take, and it’s the art of the humble brag. The post Nurses and the Art of the Humble Brag first appeared on Minority Nurse.
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The Amazing Art of Complex Communication In Nursing
The Nurse Break
DECEMBER 14, 2022
I’m Cynarra, you could say that I have been practicing being a nurse since I was born. I grew up with a sister with complex disabilities due to spina bifida (myelomeningocele). She communicated by nonverbal communication mostly including finger-pointing, selecting with her eyes and other body language cues.
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Care Coordination Key to Hospices’ Success in Value-Based Care
Hospice News
JUNE 17, 2022
As more health care reimbursement migrates towards value-based payment models, providers will need to master the art of care coordination. Seriously ill patients can easily fall through the cracks in a fragmented health care system, leading to poorer outcomes and costly hospital stays and emergency department visits.
Comics and Humor in Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nathan Gray
GeriPal
APRIL 28, 2022
Eric: I’m looking forward to talking about art and humor in palliative care and we’re caring for seriously ill patients. We’re going to be sharing those comics and exploring how Nathan uses humor in art, in the work that he does. Welcome to the GeriPal podcast, Nathan. Nathan: Hello, excited to be here. Nathan: I do.
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Transforming the Culture of Dementia Care: Podcast with Anne Basting, Ab Desai, Susan McFadden, and Judy Long
GeriPal
DECEMBER 2, 2022
In fact, for some individuals the dementia is a gift, with the loss of memory for what might have upset you 20 minutes ago, and so we see people who come in and they are presented with TimeSlips’ engagement activity, or some other kind of arts activity, or a conversation with Ab, and somehow what had been distressing them has faded away.
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The Art of Servicing Others: Celebrating Hospice Social Workers.
Hospice 101
MARCH 2, 2021
March is Social Workers Appreciation Month! I wanted to take a moment to especially recognize and honor a specific group of Social Workers that make an enormous difference in the end-of-life journey: Our Hospice Social Workers! Hospice Social Workers Make a Difference.
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Hospice of the Red River Valley to Open Hospice House
Hospice News
JUNE 6, 2022
Pediatric patients will have access to technology, art supplies, activities, music and toys, along with a “Village Row” area featuring a soda shop, gaming room and general store. “We Capron estimated that each year roughly 1,205 adult and pediatric patients and their families will receive care through the new hospice house.
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Patients, Providers Embrace Integrative Palliative Care
Hospice News
OCTOBER 2, 2023
P art of the way to garner interest in and support for doing that research is to call attention to the potential for these therapies to work by looking at the literature that already exists,“ Bell said. According to Bell, there is a huge evidence base supporting the effectiveness, but more study needs to be done.
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Hospices Work to Recruit More Volunteers Before COVID PHE Ends
Hospice News
JANUARY 2, 2023
Like clinicians, volunteers have connected with patients through telehealth, offering virtual art, pet and music therapy sessions, along with online yoga, meditation and spiritual care. To boost recruitment and engagement, they have had to adapt. Some hospices have leveraged technology to keep volunteers virtually engaged.
‘Let Patients Lead the Way’: Hospice Veterans’ Advice for New Nurses
Hospice News
OCTOBER 25, 2024
It really is quite an art to find out what the person wants, as opposed to giving them what you think they need. Consequently, she said she wanted to go into something that allowed people to do what they wanted at the end of their lives. Nurses need to understand that patients are not one-size-fits all, according to Winegarner.
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‘Untapped’ Social Determinants to Build Into Palliative Care Programs
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
“They’ve made it clean, whereas they work in parallel to, but not overlapping with, the clinical default medical care delivery system, which gives them a sort of more focus on meaning, a sense of well-being support, context, [care] setting, ceremonies, architecture, art, all the other elements.
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Grief Care’s 2024 Outlook in Hospice
Hospice News
JANUARY 11, 2024
Music, art and meditation therapists have increasingly stepped into grief care teams, along with clinicians seeking less medically-focused roles, according to Marissa Watson-Bane, manager of AccentCare’s bereavement center. Care coordinators and counselors are among the bereavement roles in shortest supply, Bishop stated.
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??Artist Finds Healing, Thread by Thread
Solace
JANUARY 20, 2023
“There’s something really healing about using your hands,” Lauren Altman says about the art that helped her grieve her mother. But Altman says she had been an artist “before she could walk and talk,” and so she began using her art as a vehicle for healing, “making meaning of her experience with grief and loss.”
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Creating Spaces
Chicago Caregiving
DECEMBER 14, 2022
Reconnecting with self and others through art. It features a vibrant cornucopia of rotating, resident-created art that acts as both conversation starter and community hub. The first art show in 2018 began with six artist residents, including Willrich and Guth, exhibiting their talents — framed and titled — on the Gallery C walls.
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Predictive Analytics ‘Gives Hospices a Lens’ into Quality, Compliance
Hospice News
APRIL 11, 2023
It marries the science pieces of predictive analytics, machine learning and AI with the art and science of delivering end-of-life health care. “It’s all data driven, taking anything we document about a patient and allowing us to adjust our care with that patient and their family,” Mather said. “It
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The Key Factors Shaping Hospice Multiples in 2023
Hospice News
MAY 15, 2023
Looking at it from a multiples perspective and ‘how much do you adjust that multiple,’ that’s where it becomes more art than science,” Garbon explained. But there’s certainly “some emotion behind it as well,” he continued.
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New Pediatric Center Aims to Improve Patient, Family Support
Hospice News
JANUARY 23, 2025
Weighing the staffing, patient needs The new pediatric center will include features such as a sensory therapeutic playroom, a family gathering and events area, a child life specialist center and creative arts room, a music therapy room, a bereavement counseling space, a chapel, meeting rooms and a family office center.
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How Value-Based Care Could Change a Hospice Organization’s Culture
Hospice News
AUGUST 3, 2023
There could be as much art as science in leading patients to comfort near the end of life.” “Because of this, many hospice veterans and staff (who have left “high measurement” environments) may feel that the heart of the benefit is being stripped away. Hospice is far from right-angled.
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Mastering the Art of the Follow-Up in Home Care Sales
Corecubed Care Marketing Solutions
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
Read More The post Mastering the Art of the Follow-Up in Home Care Sales appeared first on corecubed. But that’s not always possible. Many people researching care for a loved one aren’t sure what they’re looking for or what their loved one needs. They might.
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YoloCares to Double Geographic Footprint
Hospice News
MARCH 28, 2024
We are also looking at the possibility of busing in residents from rural populations who may benefit from our state-of-the-art adult day program called Galileo Place in Davis. Other programs like the Center for Loss & Hope and the Center for Caregiver Support will eventually be available to clients in all 10 counties.”
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Awareness, Education Keys to Trauma-Informed Hospice Care
Hospice News
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Connecting staff, patients and families with behavioral health and various types of therapies in pet, music, art therapy or meditation and yoga can go a long way in helping them navigate difficult impacts of abuse and trauma, he said.
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