As Caregiver Shortage Looms, Hospices Also Face A Volunteer Shortage
Hospice volunteers play a vital role in end-of-life care. Patients require spiritual and emotional care as well as physical care,…
Deathcare Industry: What Are Their Customer Service Standards?
Hospice may be about life, but inevitably patients in hospice will pass away. While hospices continue to support families and…
Caregiver Grief: 4 Self-Care Principles to help Cope with the Loss of a Patient
Hospice nurses work closely with death. They encounter death every day, and they lose someone they know and care for…
Why Are Physicians Less Likely to Refer Blood Cancer Patients to Hospice?
Increasingly, hospice is considered an indicator of quality end-of-life care. It is also breaking the barriers of stigma that once…
Deathbed Visions: A Profound Source of Meaning and Comfort for the Dying
Visions at the end of life are a common theme throughout history. Many famous historical figures are said to have…
Kaiser Family Foundation: Americans Hold Favorable Opinion of Hospice
A recent 2016 survey on end-of-life issues by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 7 in 10 Americans have heard…
4 Myths About Hospice Care, Dispelled.
Myths about hospice While the discipline of hospice has had a long history, there remains a general lack of clarity…
Many Terminally Ill Patients Don’t Know They are Dying
One of the greatest challenges facing end-of-life care decisions is culture. We live in a death-denying culture that favors life-prolonging…
Med Schools to Place More Emphasis on End-of-Life Care Planning
One of the greatest hurdles in care for serious illnesses is deciding how long to treat curatively, and when to…
5 Reasons Why African Americans Are Less Likely to Choose Hospice
Americans are bad at death. While it is undeniable that part of this stems from our death denying culture, there…
