Patient/Family Education

"I wish I had read these booklets sooner" is something we hear often. By sitting down with your families and reading these together, you establish consistent education within your agency. These materials don't replace verbal teaching; they supplement, enhance, and reinforce the care you provide. Start using them today to ensure your families receive the best possible support.

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There is much fear and misconception surrounding pain management at end of life.   Pain at End of Life  addresses, in fifth grade, non-medical terminology:  pain as it relates to the dying process fear of overdosing and addiction standardized dosages around the clock administration laxatives uses of morphine sedation as it relates to dying supplemental therapies
“A Time To Live” is literature for the newly diagnosed with a poor prognosis and/or the palliative care patient; for anyone faced with the unpredictability of their future due to living with a life threatening illness. It offers guidance for living and explains comfort control, nutrition, sleep, pain medications, overdosing and addiction possibilities as they relate to a serious illnesses as well as the fear of death that we all bring to this final experience.
By Your Side, A Guide for Caring for the Dying at Home by Barbara Karnes
Barbara Karnes, RN created the multi award winning "New Rules For End of Life Care" an educational kit that teaches people how to care for their loved one during the end of their life and  will give you the valuable information you need to understand the dying process.  Has information that addresses the behavior changes as they pertain to food, sleep and withdrawal but pain management and the use of narcotics, addiction and overdosing.  Booklets "Gone From My Sight
"  and "The Eleventh Hour" included.