Hospice

Death: The Final Word?

Robert V. Taylor | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Hospice, Compassion and Choices, End of Life Choices, Death With Dignity, Dying, Hospice Care Dying, Hospice Care, Death & Dying, Hospice Care Death, Death, Healthy Living News
Robert V. Taylor

In spite of decades working with the dying and bereaved families, my familiarity with end-of-life choices, death and grief was now staring me in the face, reflecting the image of the woman who gave birth to me.

Read Post

Make Alzheimer's End-of-Life Healthcare Decisions Long Before You Need Them

Marie Marley | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Hospice, Living Will, Dementia, Tube Feeding, Advance Directives, Power of Attorney for Healthcare, Alzheimer's, End-of-Lfe, Do Not Resusitate, Death, Fifty News
Marie Marley

The most important decision is to stop focusing on the loved one's approaching death and start figuring out everything that can be done to help them have the highest possible quality of life.

Read Post

Hopsice: Grief, Depression and the DSM -- Take Two

Jeanne Dennis | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Major Depression, Hospice, Depression, Grief, Dealing With Grief, Hospice Care, Dsm, Grieving, American Psychiatric Association, Mental Health, Healthy Living News
Jeanne Dennis

It is important that we continue to see -- and treat -- bereavement as a universal experience that is an integral part of life.

Read Post

The Cab Ride I'll Never Forget

Kent Nerburn | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Hospice, The Cab Ride, Cab Ride, Acts of Kindness, Facing Death, Kent Nerburn, Inspirational Story, Good Samaritan, Storytelling, Fifty News
Kent Nerburn

My cab was a rolling confessional. Passengers would climb in, sit behind me in total anonymity and tell me about their lives.

Read Post

Thoughts On Mercy and Suicide

Rev. Amy Ziettlow | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Hospice, Marriage, Mercy, Caregiving, Dying, Euthanisia, Hope, Suicide, Ballet, Mercy Killing, Love, Couples, Death, Death & Dying, Religion News
Rev. Amy Ziettlow

When I think of mercy, I think of receiving undeserved or unmerited kindness or treatment. A merciful act is one that reconnects us to humankind -- reminds us that we belong.

Read Post

Struggling Economy Can't Come Between Man And His Best Friend

Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Pet Hospice Industry, Hospice, Veterinarians, Video, Down-Economy, Business News, Hospice Care, Pet-Spending, Pet Care, Veterinary Medicine, Pet Hospice, Recession, Business News

Not even a struggling economy can come between man and his best friend. That's right, weak recovery and all, the pet hospice industry is booming, ...

Read Whole Story

Losing a Loved One and Confronting the Heartlessness of Health Care Cost Control

David Ropeik | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Hospice, Cost Benefit Analysis, Health Care, Value of a Statistical Life, Death & Dying, Healthy Living News
David Ropeik

I want my loved one to get all the medication and medical attention that will carry him through his final days in comfort. I want to see him smile.

Read Post

3 Zen Ways to Nurture the Very Sick

Marguerite Manteau-Rao | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Hospice, Dementia, Caregiving, End of Life, Zen Hospice Project, Food, Elder Care, Eating, Caregiver, Alzheimer's, Compassion, Zen, Mindfulness, Mindful Care, Dying, Healthy Living News
Marguerite Manteau-Rao

Food is one of the last few pleasures left when illness leaves one laying in bed in a small room with little else available in terms of sensory gratification. Food is also an important part of caregiving.

Read Post

One Year Later, Death's Still Not Up for Discussion

Susan McCorkindale | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Hospice, Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Grief, Facing Death, Death of a Loved One, Anniversary of Death, Death, Women News
Susan McCorkindale

Rumor has it that other people talk about the actual deaths of their spouses.

Read Post

Overtreatment in Cancer: Common Sense Medicine

David Casarett, M.D. | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Hospitals, Hospice, Medical Costs, Cancer, Palliative Care, Health Care Costs, Treatment for Cancer, Treatment of Cancer, Stage 4 Cancer, Cancer Treatment, Health Care, Healthy Living News
David Casarett, M.D.

ASCO's admonition to avoid ineffective treatment is unlikely to constrain the use of chemotherapy in advanced cancer significantly, because although it's good advice, it's difficult to put into practice.

Read Post

MBAs Rule

Jonathan Lewis | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Hospice, Keely Stevenson, Acumen Fund, Mba, Royal Bafokeng Nation, Bamboo Finance, Jonathan Lewis, Ionpoverty, Skoll Foundation, Video, Impact News
Jonathan Lewis

For many of us, economic justice work is triggered at any early age and continues over a lifetime. Simple steps lead to big change.

Read Post

A Suicide by Any Other Name Is Still Suicide

Gayatri Devi, M.D. | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Hospice, Suicide, Cancer, Terminal Illness, Euthanasia, Death, Assisted Suicide, Right to Die, Death & Dying, Physician-Assisted Suicide, Healthy Living News
Gayatri Devi, M.D.

The dictionary defines suicide as "the act of taking one's own life voluntarily and intentionally." The intent was clear in both cases. Both John and Mary wanted to end their lives as quickly as possible. Why did the method matter?

Read Post

Grief Beyond Belief

David Casarett, M.D. | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Hospice, Death and Dying, Religion, Atheism, Grief, Culture News
David Casarett, M.D.

After the death of her son in 2009, Rebecca Hensler was reassured by friends and colleagues that her son was in a better place. They said her son's death was all part of God's plan. However well-meaning, those expressions of support did little to relieve her grief.

Read Post

The Death and Dying Series Part Three: Transforming the Culture of Death in America

Judith Johnson | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Funerals, Bereavement, Fear of Death, Cultural Transformation, Palliative Care, Grief, Burial, Memorial Services and Celebrations, Hospice, Cremation, Death, Death & Dying, Advance Health Care Directives, Healthy Living News
Judith Johnson

It may sound peculiar, but there are some very exciting things happening where death is concerned in America. The momentum of change in how we view and respond to death is building in many sectors of society as we transform our culture of death.

Read Post

David Oliver: A Different Kind of Courage

David Casarett, M.D. | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Hospice, Social Media, End of Life Care, End of Life, Death & Dying, Mindfulness, Emotional Intelligence, David Oliver Cancer Videos, Healthy Living News
David Casarett, M.D.

I often hear my patients and their families talk about courage. They say that someone faced his illness courageously, for instance. When they talk about courage, though, they're usually talking about a very specific kind of courage that has to do with the way that a patient is struggling with an illness.

Read Post

Hospice Worker Faked Cancer For Money

Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Hospice, Exempla Healthcare, Video, Jefferson County Sheriff, Jennifer Risa Stover, Woman Faked Cancer, Jefferson County DA, Hospice Employee, Jennifer Stover, Denver News

A hospice worker has been indicted on charges she stole more than $30,000 from 16 donors while faking she had cancer. According to the Jefferson Co...

Read Whole Story

Hospice: A Child's Goodbye

Hollye Harrington Jacobs | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Cancer, Hospice, The Silver Pen, Children, Health Care, Death & Dying, Children Goodbyes, Children and Goodbyes, Parents News
Hollye Harrington Jacobs

Saying goodbye to a dying relative or friend -- what to talk about, when and how -- doesn't (usually) come naturally. Especially when children are involved.

Read Post

Pets and Hospice Care: 'The Warmth of Touch'

Jeanne Dennis | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Hospice, Hospice Care, Pets, Pet Therapy, Caregiving, Hospice Pets, Healthy People Healthy Pets, Pets and Hospice, Pets and Hospice Care, Pet Health, Healthy Living News
Jeanne Dennis

Pets provide a touch, a look or just a calming presence that is nonjudgmental, elemental and all about connection. These powers are often amplified at the bedside of a patient in his or her final days.

Read Post

Making End-of-Life Choices for Our Pets

Dr. Richard Palmquist | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Death and Dying, Hospice, Cats, Veterinary Medicine, Euthanasia, Dogs, Pet Health, Healthy People Healthy Pets, Healthy Living News
Dr. Richard Palmquist

All living things are born, grow old and pass away. Death is a part of living, and if we concentrate on living we have better, happier lives.

Read Post

The Health Benefits Of Volunteering As A Caregiver

Jeanne Dennis | Posted 01.24.2012

Read More: Hospice, Hospice Care, Volunteering, Bereavement, End of Life Care, Caregiving, Hospice Volunteering, Palliative Care, Hospice Care and Caregiving, Healthy Living News
Jeanne Dennis

I am sometimes asked if it is difficult to be a hospice volunteer, to get to know someone only to have them pass away. The short answer is no. It is rewarding, transformative and life-affirming.

Read Post

'Making Design Matter' -- New Uniforms for a Hospice Unit

Jeanne Dennis | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Hospice, Fashion, Palliative Care, Hospice Care, Special Care, Caregivers, Hospice Uniform Competition, Uniform Design, Uniform, Nurse Uniforms, Pratt-Institute, Fashion Design, Student Fashion Design, Style News
Jeanne Dennis

A competition to design new hospice uniforms is an opportunity to see how multi-faceted hospice care is on the broader scale, and how smaller details can make a difference in the end-of-life care patients receive.

Read Post

A Day In The Life Of A Hospice Worker

Rev. Amy Ziettlow | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Hospice, Healthy Living Health News, Hospice Care, Death & Dying, Working in Hospice, Healthy Living Spirit, Healthy Living News
Rev. Amy Ziettlow

Most of society does not think nor talk about death and dying, until absolutely necessary. Why would someone freely choose to do so?

Read Post

Pat Robertson, Alzheimer's And Confronting Absence

Lynn Casteel Harper | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Dementia, Alzheimer's, Alzheimers Caregiver, Pat Robertson, Spirituality, Caregivers, Hospice, Religion, Chaplaincy, Religion and Science, Religion News
Lynn Casteel Harper

The trouble is that dementia defies linearity in all its forms: the clear answer, the proof text, the incisive definition.

Read Post

Catherine Pearson

When 'You Have Two Months To Live' Isn't Accurate

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 10.28.2011

Read More: Hospice, Video, Palliative Care, Cancer Prognoses, Healthy-Living-Health-News, Cancer Prognosis, Cancer, Healthy Living News

Dr. David Casarett, chief medical officer at Penn Wissahickon Hospice, says there are some conversations that even the most seasoned doctors dread -- ...

Read Whole Story

The Call to Generation X to Reform Health Care

Rev. Amy Ziettlow | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Hospice, Aging, Dying, End of Life Care, Gen X, Generation X, Health-of-Baby-Boomer-Generation, Reform, Old Age, Sherwin B. Nuland, Healthcare Reform, Daniel Callahan, Baby Boomers, Caregiving, Death, Politics News
Rev. Amy Ziettlow

I recently commented on Facebook that in 20 years I will be in my late 50s, caring for my elderly baby boomer parents, and trying to pay for the young...

Read Post