Seasons Hospice

MAY 2, 2023

In a hospice or hospital setting, a chaplain is often seen as a religious figure who offers spiritual support and guidance to patients and their families. Non-religious patients may not want to talk about their spirituality, but they can still benefit from the emotional support that a chaplain can provide.

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1-800-HOSPICE

JUNE 20, 2023

Hospice care plays a significant role in providing comfort, support, and dignity to individuals with life-limiting illnesses and their families. Amidst the physical, emotional, and spiritual challenges faced during this delicate time, social workers emerge as invaluable members of the hospice interdisciplinary team.

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Hospice of the North Coast

AUGUST 25, 2023

As life nears its concluding chapters, ensuring compassionate care and steadfast support becomes of utmost importance. Hospice services, a specialized form of care tailored to individuals with terminal illnesses and their families, go beyond mere symptom management – they prioritize comfort and solace.

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Hope Hospice

JULY 22, 2022

Spiritual Care Counselor. Hope Hospice chaplains come from diverse pastoral education and personal spiritual backgrounds. Some patients have specific religious affiliations or spiritual practices. For the latter, a chaplain can still provide deeply meaningful support during the hospice journey.

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Hope Hospice

JULY 12, 2022

Why should someone start hospice sooner than later? Making the decision to start hospice care for your loved one is overwhelming. But the decision is also empowering, because an array of supportive care and assistance becomes available to both the patient and family. Home health aides for personal care.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 8, 2022

We discussed it with today’s guests Heather Coats, palliative care NP-scientist, and Thor Ringler, poet. Unpacking characteristics of spirituality through the lens of persons of colour living with serious illness: The need for nurse-based education to increase understanding of the spiritual dimension in healthcare.

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Solace

APRIL 14, 2023

Dr. Jill Rowland, chaplain and Director of Spiritual Care, and her team at Legacy Emanuel Hospital, Randall Children’s Hospital and the Unity Center in Portland, Oregon, help patients as they grapple with this and other big questions every day. It is a profound question that has been debated for thousands of years.

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Seasons Hospice

MARCH 23, 2021

If you have a loved one dealing with a life-limiting illness, you may be wondering, “what services does hospice provide?” There’s a lot of confusion surrounding what hospice care is and what it does. Keep reading to learn more about the services Seasons Hospice provides to our patients.

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Hope Hospice

MARCH 26, 2020

When a family chooses the time for a loved one to go onto hospice care, they open the doors to a full circle of support that goes beyond nursing. What is the role of social work in hospice? Hope Hospice’s Veronica Martin, MSW, ASW, explains: A social worker is part of the hospice care team.

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Hospice of the North Coast

OCTOBER 21, 2023

“The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists.” – Japanese Proverb Many people confuse resilience with resistance, and that’s why their idea of the term is far from what it really means. Being resilient does not mean enduring life’s adversities with stoicism, without complaining, or doing more than we can do. We cannot control life.

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Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

DECEMBER 19, 2022

I myself completely eschewed the med-surg/acute care route, despite the warnings of my peers and professors that it was career suicide to not do at least a year of med-surg. As the year comes to an end, it's always a good time to pause, reflect, and take stock of the current state of your nursing career. Which sounds better to you?

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Hope Hospice

JANUARY 30, 2020

At Hope Hospice, spiritual care is among the services we provide to patients, upon request. With that variety comes a spectrum of strong religious traditions, more fluid spiritual connections, and those who do not hold any transcendent beliefs. What is religion versus spirituality, and are they connected?

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Along the way we address: Is this degree of slowed cognitive decline meaningful to patients or care partners? We’ve talked at length on prior podcasts about the failures of aducnumab, Biogen, and the FDA’s decision to approve it. . But wait, there’s a shiny new anti-amyloid drug, lecanemab! (No What about the burdens, risks, and harms?

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Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog

JUNE 13, 2021

Catherine and Frank Gasiorek I met Frank Gasiorek during a time when he was devoted to taking care of his ill mother who died. According to AARP , the typical caregiver is a middle-aged woman caring for a relative, often her mother. Nowadays, 40 percent of the 40 million Americans caring for loved ones are men.

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