Something to Think About: a blog on end of life

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How Do I Know You ?
How Do I Know You? Dementia at the End of Life
Hydration or dehydration
infant death
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My Friend I Care
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New Rules For End Of Life Care
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pain at end of life
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Social Worker
spanish grief literature
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Suicide
Supervisors
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The Eleventh Hour
The Final Act of Living
This Is How People Die
Time
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wife
You Need Care Too

Developing a Cooperative Relationship Between Nursing Facilities and Hospice

During this pandemic, Award Winning Hospice Pioneer, Barbara Karnes, RN speaks to her gratitude for the front line workers keeping our country from falling apart in her article, Can We Ever Thank You Enough, Front Line Workers?

Can We Ever Thank You Enough, Front Line Workers?

American Hospice Pioneer, Barbara Karnes, RN writes about self-care for those on the front lines of the Covid19 pandemic

Front Line Workers, Do You Have Self Care Rituals?

Developing a Cooperative Relationship Between Nursing Facilities and Hospice

For many people, nursing facilities have become their home. It is therefore reasonable that Hospice services be available in facilities. BUT care in a facility is not the same as...

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Can We Ever Thank You Enough, Front Line Workers?

Our frontline workers: nurses, nursing assistants, doctors, hospital employees, first responders, housekeeping, grocery, delivery, and transportation personnel, all people who are out front while most of us shelter in place,...