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How Long Can You Be in Palliative Care?

Seasons Hospice

While it may be used in conjunction with curative treatment plans to help manage symptoms or side effects of treatments, it is not intended to cure an illness. Advanced Directives Advanced directives , sometimes referred to as living wills, are documents that provide direction for end-of-life care decisions.

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Pediatric Hospice Care

Shining Light Hospice

They can guide families through their grief, helping them understand and validate their feelings of sadness, anger, or guilt. Furthermore, bereavement support is provided to families, acknowledging the profound grief experienced after a child’s death. They provide a safe space for everyone in the family to express their emotions.

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Storytelling in Medicine: A Podcast with Liz Salmi, Anne Kelly, and Preeti Malani

GeriPal

As I went through my grief process, journaling and writing was not something I did. But from her piece, one of the key aspects from my perspective in reading it is that here we have hospice and palliative care social worker, deeply committed to the field, deeply committed to improving quality of life for people near the end of life.