Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

One of my biggest regrets was not having early conversations about care planning with my own mom, who suffered from Alzheimer’s for 11 years and was unable to speak for nine of those years.”. “Decisions about care planning are some of the hardest for a family to make, but they’re also some of the most important,” Warner said in a statement.

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Aging Life Care Association

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

As families gather around the table, many will have the difficult conversations of how to care for mom or dad. The fight over the last piece of pumpkin pie may not be the only struggle this Thanksgiving. These conversations can be emotionally charged and test sibling bonds.

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Bayshore Care Home

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The post Post-Hurricane Reflection: Does Mom or Dad Need More Help? In the wake of a hurricane, we focus on immediate concerns—power outages, repairs, and general safety. But for those with aging parents, especially if you evacuated with them, these times. first appeared on Bayshore Home Care.

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Nurse.com

OCTOBER 14, 2022

The post How I Went From Being a NICU Mom to a NICU Nurse appeared first on Nurse.com Blog. It is a calling that changes not only your life, but the lives of every patient you treat — and their families too. Would you like to share your nurse story with your colleagues? We’d loved to read it!

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Comfort Home Care

OCTOBER 14, 2022

We don’t typically think of our aging moms when we think about breast cancer. But we should. According to the Breast Cancer Research Association, 20% of all women diagnosed with breast cancer are over the age of 75. It is a disease of the aging.

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Hospice News

JULY 3, 2023

My mom was in hospice in 2015. And her own personal experience with hospice informed her decision to support the bill. Lightways] were the ones that said, ‘Hey, there’s a need here,” she said. And I think that’s true, because of my own experience.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

With my mom, I took a totally different approach. My mom was only in hospice for 24 hours. So in my book, I’m trying to tell you exactly what it is what’s offered and encourage people to go in that direction rather than wait. There were unnecessary tasks, hospitalizations.

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Daily Nurse

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

I received my Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Nova Southeastern University and credited my education at NSU for playing a significant role in my successful nursing career. My education exposed me to many different specialty types during my clinicals and courses.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Franchise owners in the Interim network vary from large private equity investors to mom-and-pop startups, some of which have been in the owners’ families for two or three generations.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

We met with Walmart during COVID, and I said, ‘Listen, we are right now just a mom-and-pop startup. (NYSE: HUM) Chairman David Jones. Christine anticipates that working with Walmart will springboard further growth. “We

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Today's Caregiver

MAY 29, 2024

What is the most important attribute you need to possess to help you as you care for your loved one? And don’t say “being a loving person” – that is a given.)

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Nurse.com

MAY 16, 2023

To help nurses have these conversations, Cogan recommends the Be SMART campaign, launched by Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and the Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund. As a mom of three, I want to ensure that all of our children are safe when they go to school, or a friend’s home, or in any public space.”

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Louise, what happened to your mom? If I heard correctly, you were saying since 1991, you’ve been hearing it, that your mom said she. And is that something that happened with your mom? Your mom is in the situation. Louis’s mom’s life was saved. It happened to my mother. Because I just want to.

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GeriPal

MARCH 30, 2023

It’s called The Last Visit, about your experience with your mom and the last visit that you had with her. Since my mom died in 2020 until I wrote this piece in the fall of last year, I had not ever expected or intended to write about my experience. Anne: I had a very different path toward this process. Anne: Sure. Anne: Yeah.

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AJN Off the Charts

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

His most recent nine-month hospitalization had been the most frightening and uncertain thus far, and the gap between the perspectives of the medical team and Sam’s mom had became more apparent. Looking back on this time, I am glad that we provided a steady presence for Sam’s mom during this sometimes heart-wrenching stay.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 8, 2024

My mom died a couple months ago. Seeing my mom lowered in the grave, I am very happy is not the right word. But nobody said, oh, mom wouldn’t want us spending that kind of money. Because when there’s trouble, we sort of. We respond to that emergency. This emergent reality that someone we love has just died.

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Today's Caregiver

AUGUST 11, 2022

I started my journey as a family caregiver 32 years ago as I helped my mom care for my dad, who was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer in 1990. Mom went from loving spouse to caregiver as his condition worsened.

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Hospice News

MAY 11, 2023

The mom-and-pops and the nonprofits will face an ever more challenging environment to effectively compete in a marketplace that is dominated now by enormous integrated providers and an expanding Medicare Advantage population,” Kulik explained.

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Caring Senior Service

MAY 8, 2023

If your mom is aging or has a disability, this day may be even more important. Your relationship with your mom may have changed as she has gotten older, and perhaps, both of you are trying to figure out how to adjust to these changes. Mother’s Day is a great opportunity to deepen your relationship.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 8, 2023

I recall an incident involving a 52-year-old hospice patient where the nurse called me, and I could hear the patient crying for her mom in the background. Leaving a message in such critical situations not only instills anxiety in the hospice nurse, but also affects the families who are witnessing their loved ones endure a painful experience.

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Hospice News

JUNE 9, 2022

Hospice has changed from what I would consider a cottage industry, with small mom-and-pop companies, to larger corporations, which I think became necessary because the way health care changed into big systems. What are some of the things that you’ve seen change since you started working in the field?

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Hospice News

JANUARY 25, 2023

Because that is the service where you get the call: “What have I got to do to keep mom in the home?” We can bring in that care and really be anchored off of a lot of those personal attendant services that we have.

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

We’re still discussing where the funds will be used to support the moms and babies in our community. This will positively impact the families we serve by allowing us to continue advocating for and empowering moms on their journeys to be the parents they want to be. Every mom is different, and every situation is unique.

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Daily Nurse

JUNE 28, 2023

Kelsey’s mom, Stacy Poll, was nervous throughout the hospitalization during Kelsey’s delivery and overwhelmed by having three children under the age of three and working full time. I turned around and was like, ‘That’s definitely my mom,’” he says. West, a mother of three, related to Poll and offered comforting advice.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 25, 2023

I attribute that in part to a diagnosis at birth of a congenital heart defect and simultaneously my mom, who has worked at a large health system in Kansas City. I knew for quite some time that health care policy was an issue I was particularly interested in.

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Hospice News

MAY 2, 2022

In November of 2020, I lost my mom to pancreatic cancer. People are often fearful of hospice, because of myths and misconceptions that surround it. So the goal is to continue to educate our communities, and especially our underserved communities who need to know about this service. We were able to bring her home.

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Chicago Caregiving

MAY 16, 2023

For more than a year, my mom suffered from a persistent, baffling cough. A week after her surgery, my sister looked at the results that had come through in our mom’s patient portal. My mom, a 79-year-old nonsmoker in very good health, who Jazzercized every day and traveled frequently, was not expecting bad results.

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Freedom Home Care and Medical Staffing

MAY 24, 2023

She’s very involved in her children’s activities and sports and is a very proud football and cheer mom. She has a new role this year as Team Mom for her daughter’s cheer team, which is very exciting for her! In addition to her children, she is mom to three crazy dogs!

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Responsive Home Care

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

You have just settled Mom into bed after a lengthy day. You’re spent—physically and emotionally—and there is still a list of tasks waiting for your attention.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 8, 2024

Kenny Judd: My mom is actually a hospice nurse, which is how I first got introduced to hospice care. Now, I hear about these interactions not only from my mom, but also from our hospice partners. He also shares an outlook on what’s to come for OnePoint, and how it will impact providers moving forward.

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Daily Nurse

AUGUST 2, 2023

As a once impoverished teen mom in rural North Carolina, Dr. Dorothy Miller watched with great pride as her eldest daughter graduated 13 years to the day she received her nursing degree from a nursing program she created at St. Andrews University Department Chair of Health Services, credits her mom, Ruby Bandy, for prioritizing education.

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Living Assistance Services

MAY 10, 2023

Mother’s Day is this Sunday, May 14th—if you’re a mom, we hope you get some rest and relaxation over the weekend! Many of us are mothers.

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Today's Caregiver

MAY 31, 2023

When my dad became ill in 1990, I would come home to Miami to visit almost every month, but it was not until returning to Florida full-time to help care for my grandparents that I knew what a “black hole” my mom had been living in.

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Today's Caregiver

JULY 10, 2023

Speak up when we complain about how hard it is for Mom to hear; after years at the disco, no sound is too clear. Slow down when we jog by, complaining about the man with the cane, ‘cause I think I just got a charley horse or at least a small sprain.

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Solace

JANUARY 20, 2023

There really were no words,” she told Solace Cremation, remembering back to when her mom passed away 10 years ago from cancer. “It She says that losing her mom really made her commit even more to her practice and she thinks she would be honored and proud. “It It took me a long time to unpack my grief,” she says.

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Happy Healthy Caregiver

JULY 25, 2023

a guest post written by Dean Cook with permission to share with the Happy Healthy Caregiver Community When I was just a young boy, I remember asking Mom, “Why does Granddad shake like that?

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Elder Care Matters

JUNE 14, 2023

In fact, disputes over a parent’s needs and wishes may really boil down to, “I’m closest to Mom, so I know what’s best for her.”… Sibling rivalry all too often resurfaces during a parent’s estate planning process, and long-buried conflicts often come back to life in a crisis such as a parent’s illness or incapacity.

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