Can We Revive the Essence of Hospice?
In the ideal picture, the goal is the patient’s death. Everything that is done before the death is preparation for the actual moment death occurs. Everything after the death gradually eases...
In the ideal picture, the goal is the patient’s death. Everything that is done before the death is preparation for the actual moment death occurs. Everything after the death gradually eases...
We tend to live our lives like gerbils on a wheel, going round and round but really going nowhere. Day in and day out, same old, same old, fall into...
Working with end of life in the medical field often leaves us feeling like outliers. The medical model is to fix people. Working with dying generally isn’t addressed in training. (It’s...
support people who are dyingBeing involved with end of life care is not something most people want to do, so what brings you?
Once we get up the courage to call hospice, we want to see you immediately. Actually, we needed to see you, hear your guidance and advice, and receive your services yesterday. Families...
Why is the patient being discharged, you ask? Is it because the patient just didn’t decline as rapidly as expected? Yes, that can be the situation...
Grief is like an open wound. When we healthcare workers experience a personal loss, every patient scrapes open our own wound of personal grief.
Dying isn't like it is in the movies. We don't know what it is like to die from disease or old age and while everyone is going to do it,...
We are not able to fix everyone. The physical body is programmed to die. It is made to die. So at some point the medical professionals will have to have...
"How do you reach out to a non-religious person who believes the end is the end?" You don't...
In today’s hospice environment time spent with patients and families seem to be what agencies have the least to offer. My suggestion is the chaplain can fill in that time...
We support others in their belief system no matter what we believe. It is not about us...