Hospice 101
APRIL 11, 2020
At a time we are being told to avoid others and limit our time with our patients, is a time that hospice nurses should really be increasing their frequency of weekly visits. The basic hospice belief and philosophy is to provide end of life cares encompassing the Mind, the Body, and the Spirit.
Chicago Caregiving
MAY 18, 2024
When you look at the cost of use of ERs, premature placement of people in nursing homes, jails — which are very expensive — it was worth investing in permanent housing,” Gonyea says. But what happens when someone living on the street is nearing the end of life? The group focuses on permanent, supportive housing.
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The Nurse Break
MARCH 20, 2023
Emeritus Professor Rhonda Nay has agreed to write for The Nurse Break about her nursing career, passion for justice for older people and those with dementia, lessons learnt, rewards and more. A brief history of my career Secretary or Nurse Let me provide a brief history of my career to set the rewards in context.
GeriPal
JUNE 29, 2023
But the other was she read an article about our hospice in the May of 2018 New York Times magazine. And they’re my family and the patients here and the doctors and the nurses. Jeff: So, well, I might come in and I’ll assist the nurse, do showers. So the nurses here are wonderful and we assist them with the patients.
Home Care Pulse
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
or too much ancient history, but you know, like, like a lot of nurses, when I became an RN, I was told you gotta work in acute care. Back then the word was that if you worked in community or home based care that you weren’t really making use of all your nursing skills. So I worked in acute care.
GeriPal
JUNE 22, 2023
Michele: Yeah, so in May of 2018, there was an article by Suleika Jaouad in the New York Times Magazine, and they spent about two weeks in our hospice with us learning about the work that’s done. And people are getting life sentences. Everybody has a primary care doctor, a primary care nurse, a team.
GeriPal
JANUARY 5, 2023
On the other hand, when I hear of workarounds to assist patients to die, or even euthanize them, I worry that we’ve gone back to a time when the doctor or nurse knows best – and should be morally permitted to do whatever they think is right, according to their conscience. Do we really trust all doctors and nurses so far?
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