Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog

JANUARY 1, 2023

Research reported in the American Journal of Hospice Palliative Care concludes that p ositive general attitudes toward end-of-life dreams, visions, ( ELDV) and positive perceptions are correlated with better bereavement outcomes. There are three other ladies in this nursing home who are older than that. Hey, that’s great.

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Hospice volunteer Bereavement Feeding Books 52

Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2021

I have had many occasions as an educator to implement and consult on intergenerational partnerships between schools and nursing homes. For example, after students learn how to write letters at school, service-learning could include writing letters to nursing home residents who would benefit from receiving them.

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Nursing home Hospice volunteer Nursing Feeding 52

GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

I was alone with her in the end of a long hallway at a nursing home health center. What’s the difference between end-of-life doula and a hospice volunteer? Beth: It depends on the volunteer. Hospice volunteers do lots of things. Eric: I got to ask the question then. I’m going to push back.

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Hospice volunteer Presentation Palliative care Palliate 246

GeriPal

OCTOBER 6, 2022

But before I became a nurse I had a long career at Procter & Gamble in brand management and I worked on the Covergirl and Max Factor business. It was my experience as a hospice volunteer that maybe leave the corporate world and go to nursing school and ultimately become a palliative care nurse practitioner.

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