Hospice & Palliative Care
Don’t Deny Your Loved One Comfort Because Of These Morphine Myths
In her latest article, Elisabeth G. Smith, Director of Education and Emergency Management at Hospice of the Chesapeake, dispels common myths about morphine in hospice care, emphasizing its role in providing comfort. Understanding these myths can help ensure that your loved ones receive the best possible care.
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Living With ALS
Living with ALS presents numerous challenges, but supportive care can provide essential relief and help maintain quality of life. Learn how nurse practitioners, like Ashley Kinnally, MSN, NP-C, ACHPN, offer vital support to ALS patients and their families through specialized palliative care.
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COPD: When Is It Time To Choose Hospice Care?
Diseases related to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, make up the fourth highest cause of death in the United States. Yet less than 10%… Continue Reading
How Hospice Social Workers Make Everyday Moments That Matter
There are many moving stories about how a hospice social worker helped a patient get married or take that one last trip to the ocean…. Continue Reading
Volunteers Are Vital Members Of The Hospice Clinical Team
There once was a hospice patient who had a difficult past. It’s reflected in how she treated her family. When she wasn’t harsh towards them,… Continue Reading
Courageous Conversations Are a Gift to Those You Love
I talked with my grandmother all the time. We were very close, so even when I was going to school eight hours away from home… Continue Reading
Improving Access For Blacks To Hospice and Supportive Care
There is a startling statistic reported by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization in 2020. Of the 1.55 million Medicare beneficiaries who received hospice… Continue Reading
What Our Chief Medical Officer Wants You To Know About Hospice
At its core, hospice isn’t as much about endings as it is about living, said Chief Medical Officer Dr. Marny Fetzer. Admittedly, choosing hospice is… Continue Reading
Spiritual Care: What To Expect When The Hospice Chaplain Visits
While some people are religious, all people are spiritual. All people have things that bring us meaning and purpose. All people seek a path to… Continue Reading
How Love Led The Modern Hospice Movement
A bad back and the love for David Tasma may well be the reasons behind how contemporary medicine cares for people at their end of… Continue Reading
