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The Questions You Need to Ask About End-of-Life Planning
Sarah Kessler Our guest blog today features Sarah Kessler, a writer at JoinCake.com, an end-of-life planning website with free resources...
Oct 4, 20224 min read
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...
Jul 13, 20212 min read
“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 23, 20212 min read
“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...
Jun 10, 20212 min read
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...
May 13, 20211 min read
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 20, 20212 min read
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,...
Apr 7, 20212 min read
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...
Dec 19, 20201 min read
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 22, 20202 min read
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...
Oct 7, 20202 min read
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...
Sep 24, 20202 min read
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...
Jul 28, 20201 min read
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...
May 12, 20202 min read
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...
Feb 9, 20202 min read
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 26, 20203 min read
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. ...
Jan 12, 20202 min read
HPNA Launches a New Podcast
The Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association is a professional organization for nursing professionals working in hospice and palliative...
Oct 13, 20192 min read
How do you want to be treated?
Photo/infographic by Helen Bauer, The Heart of Hospice #hospice #hospicejourney #JerryFenter #YouaretheHeartofHospice
Sep 8, 20191 min read
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...
Aug 25, 20192 min read
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...
May 19, 20192 min read
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