The Questions You Need to Ask About End-of-Life Planning
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Sarah Kessler Our guest blog today features Sarah Kessler, a writer at JoinCake.com, an end-of-life planning website with free resources...
- Jul 13, 2021
- 2 min
Hospice Not Once, but Twice
Today’s blog features writing from our colleague and friend Peggy Green, Thee Grief Specialist, author of Life After Child Loss: The...
- Jun 23, 2021
- 2 min
“Now it’s time to take care of you.”
https://www.beyondwordsco.com/ This week’s blog features our friend Catherine Hinz. Catherine is the founder and CEO of Beyond Words...
- Jun 10, 2021
- 2 min
“A Path Home”: a Great Podcast from the National Home Funeral Alliance
We want to introduce you to “A Path Home”, the podcast sponsored by the National Home Funeral Alliance. A Home Funeral?? Yes, home...
- May 13, 2021
- 1 min
10th Annual Thresholds Conference is a Great Opportunity!
Our colleagues at Hospice of Southern Maine are hosting an event you won’t want to miss – the 10th Annual Thresholds Conference on...
- Apr 20, 2021
- 2 min
Give a Mile Gives from the Heart
Kevin Crowe solved the perfect problem. He did it with innovation and creativity. He also did it with a lot of heart. giveamile.org...
- Apr 7, 2021
- 2 min
We’re Still Connected: A Guest Blog from Linda Bryce
Our end of life colleague Linda Bryce shares gracious wisdom in a guest blog today. According to her website thecouragetocare.com,...
- Dec 19, 2020
- 1 min
How to Decide: Home Health vs Hospice
Sometimes patients and families are challenged by the decision to stick with home health services or choose hospice care. It’s a hard...
- Oct 22, 2020
- 2 min
Making the Death Talks Easier with Lisa Newburger of Discuss Directives
Let’s talk about death – it’ll be fun. (Said no one ever.) Actually, someone is saying it. And Lisa Newburger of Discuss Directives...
- Oct 7, 2020
- 2 min
Speak the Unspeakable
In hospice we speak the language of the dying. I’m not being morbid. It’s just what we do. End of life care is designed to care for...
- Sep 24, 2020
- 2 min
The Heart of Hospice Podcast Can Help
Since The Heart of Hospice podcast launched four years ago, we’ve talked about a wide variety of topics. There’s information everybody...
- Jul 28, 2020
- 1 min
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
The Heart of Hospice, LLC It’s an understatement to say we’re going through a lot of changes as a country. The same is true for the...
- May 12, 2020
- 2 min
Every Day Heroes – Nurses’ Week 2020
Some are calling nurses heroes. They’re saying nurses are on the front lines of the pandemic. Nurses hold patients’ hands when they’re...
- Feb 9, 2020
- 2 min
It’s Not Just About the Numbers
In the hospice industry there’s a lot of focus on numbers. The scores on our satisfaction surveys, how many patients on our census, the...
- Jan 26, 2020
- 3 min
It’s All About the Patient.
It’s not all about you. Yes, that’s right. If you’re a hospice professional, part of your job is creating and following a Plan of Care...
- Jan 12, 2020
- 2 min
Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief
Once in awhile something comes along that is so extraordinary and filled with so much potential that we just have to tell you about it. ...
- Oct 13, 2019
- 2 min
HPNA Launches a New Podcast
The Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association is a professional organization for nursing professionals working in hospice and palliative...
- Sep 8, 2019
- 1 min
How do you want to be treated?
Photo/infographic by Helen Bauer, The Heart of Hospice #hospice #hospicejourney #JerryFenter #YouaretheHeartofHospice
- Aug 25, 2019
- 2 min
Meeting the Need
by Jerry Fenter, Spiritual Counselor Many of the products and services we use today were created to meet a need. The creators saw the...
- May 19, 2019
- 2 min
Advance Care Planning – Not a One and Done
The best way to have your wishes honored at the end of your life is to tell someone what you want – your doctor, your family, a...
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