Traditions Health

MAY 1, 2023

Eventually, all the muscles that a person can control are affected, forcing the person to use a ventilator and/or feeding tube. When to Seek Help Caring for someone with ALS often presents many challenges for the patient’s primary caregiver. ALS can also impair the ability to think and cause significant changes to a person’s memory.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

JANUARY 18, 2022

For instance, you may need to touch, feed, or even bathe a patient. As a nurse, it might be tempting to promise the family that you will be present when their loved one dies. Now, let’s break that down in a little bit more. To begin, as a nurse, you are in a position of power and authority when you provide care.

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Living With Hospice

AUGUST 26, 2020

I'm not a social worker. And then of course, there's bathing in toilet and on and on and on and on and on, then collapsing from sheer exhaustion for a few hours of sleep when when you can get it. You know, we're just present. And Cosmos in the shade back by the trees, enjoying a nice summer nap. I'm not a doctor.

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