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November is National Hospice & Palliative Care Month!  It’s a time to recognize the value that end of life care can bring to an...

If you’re a hospice professional looking to connect with good, up to date information about end of life care, the Pallimed website is...

We’re not experts on childhood grief.  Here’s what we do know. Children grow up in what seems like a minute.  Just when you figure out...

They are counselors.  They are guides and comforters. They console, support, and listen. Tireless.  Friendly The spiritual care...

Is it possible to be a caregiver from a distance? Yes!  Lots of caregivers are providing some type of care while living a distance from...

It’s always exciting to find a person who shares our mission to bring the best to the end of life journey.  Our latest “new best friend”...

This week’s blog is from our friend Hazel Bridges at agingwellness.org.  Making the decision to move yourself or a loved one into a long...

If you’re someone struggling with health issues or a person caring for a patient, an emergency situation can create more hardship.  It’s...

The National Caregiving Conference is created by caregivers for caregivers. NCC18 will be in Chicago on November 8-11, and hundreds of...

Here in southeast Texas it really just means hot weather for a few more weeks.  The summer heat can wear you out.  It’s hard to have the...

School is beginning and that signals the start of the race towards the end of the year, and that creates greater challenges for our self...

Photo by Jerry Fenter, The Heart of Hospice During the past month The Heart of Hospice podcast has been giving you grief. The good kind....

Heartbeat is the new weekly podcast episode from The Heart of Hospice. Heartbeat has taken the place of the Five for Friday. There’s a...

If you’ve been following The Heart of Hospice during the last month, you’ve  probably noticed the “extreme makeover” of the HOH website. ...

The Heart of Hospice is 3 years old this month – wow!  In August of 2016, we launched the podcast, and the website and blog followed...

Here are some of the rights that all hospice patients have: 1. The right to choose which hospice agency they use. 2. The right to choose...

1 out of every 3 people in the U.S. don’t get enough sleep.  It’s no surprise that those statistics are even higher for hospice...

Each week you can find information here about hospice, its history and philosophy.  There will be blogs about healthy self care and links...

​Dr. Kubler-Ross attended medical school in Zurich, continuing her education here in the U.S.  She soon became an outspoken physician,...