Hospice Volunteering
FEBRUARY 10, 2021
One of the most meaningful activities I engaged in as a residential hospice volunteer was singing to the residents. I wasn’t an official music volunteer nor was I a music therapist. Recently I received a book by another hospice volunteer – someone who plays the guitar and rarely sings along.
Hospice News
JANUARY 13, 2023
Empath provides hospice, home health care, primary care, palliative care, PACE, AIDS and sexual wellness care, and adult day services to a combined total of more than 23,000 individuals. We were a service family, and it was just a wonderful sector to be in,” Fleece told Hospice News. I wasn’t seeking hospice.”
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Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog
MAY 1, 2022
Henrietta was going to be my new hospice patient, my first at this particular nursing home. Later, she would become my first patient whose health improved so much she was discharged from hospice care. For now, she knew nothing about me, including the fact that I was coming that day to serve as her hospice volunteer.
High Peaks Hospice
JUNE 10, 2022
You are invited to join us Friday, June 17th at 10am on the Front Porch of High Peaks Hospice in Glens Falls for the launching of Scooby Doo Pajamas! All proceeds benefit the children’s grief support program at High Peaks Hospice. There will also be light refreshments served with a gluten-free option. ABOUT SCOOBY DOO PAJAMAS.
Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
Because I have been a hospice volunteer many years, people sometimes assume that my patients and I talk about death a lot. S ome people also assume my volunteer visits must be depressing because no one really wants to die. All this talk about control reminds me of my hospice patient named Rose. Are you ready to die?
Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog
FEBRUARY 6, 2022
A hospice volunteer, I admired her brown, wrinkled hands often when I visited her weekly at a Detroit, Michigan nursing home. A hospice volunteer, I lean closer, talk into your listening left ear. Visit Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog and Frances Shani Parker's Website. Her name was Miss Loretta.
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. I asked Rose after feeding her. “Me? I’ve been spending time with my people. Visit her in cyberspace at [link].
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