Let's Talk Poop--Bowel Movements and End of Life Care
Being active helps us poop therefore the less active we are, and people approaching the end of their life through disease or old age gradually have less and less energy...
Something to Think About: a blog on end of life
Hospice
What Do You Say to Get Someone to Accept Hospice Services?
What do you want me to write about? Getting a terminally ill patient to accept hospice care that is being offered to them. They really need it. Hospice has a...
Which Hat to Wear: Professional VS Caregiver?
Question: How do you handle your personal struggles when you have a family member or friend placed under hospice care and you are a hospice professional? How do you deal...
How Do Hospice Nurses Work With Dysfunctional Families?
REQUEST: Write about the role of a hospice nurse in working within a dysfunctional familial environment that involves the patient. What is the definition of “dysfunction,” really? The dictionary defines...
Hospice Care in Nursing Facilities
How can Hospice and Nursing Facilities work well together?I think there are as many ways for a hospice to work with a nursing facility as there are hospices and facilities...
"Bad" Hospices
Some people have talked to me about “bad” hospice experiences so I want to address the subject. Unfortunately, there are agencies calling themselves hospice that really don’t practice the philosophy....
Hospice Work for a CNA/HHA
Hi Barbara, I just finished a CNA/HHA program and am looking for a career in hospice work. What options do I have? I took hospice training in 2001 through Kaiser...
Where to Die: Home, Hospital, or Hospice House?
QUESTION: Talk about dying at home, in the hospital, or in a hospice care facility. I think it is fair to say that most people, given the choice, would like...
Life Sustaining vs. Comfort Care
QUESTION: “Life sustaining vs. comfort care, where do you draw the line?” This is a question everyone faced with a life threatening illness and their significant others asks themselves. We...
When to Call Hospice.
Many physicians are reluctant to recommend hospice. It is sad and confusing why they would not give their patients the guidance and comfort that trained hospice professionals can offer. Maybe...
I Have Been Diagnosed Terminally Ill
Question: I have been diagnosed terminally ill with lung cancer and liver cancer. I am not at this moment yet, but wonder, how long? No one can be specific as...
Hospice Care of Mid America
From the web site I received a request asking me to tell how I first began my job at Hospice Care of Mid America in Kansas City Mo. In 1981...