Hope Hospice

OCTOBER 28, 2019

In simple language, the booklet guides you through documenting choices regarding such topics as designating a decision-maker in the event you are non-responsive, your preferred level of life-sustaining medical support, your desired alertness level when pain medication is needed, and how you want your remains cared for after death.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

JANUARY 18, 2022

For instance, you may need to touch, feed, or even bathe a patient. As a nurse, it might be tempting to promise the family that you will be present when their loved one dies. If they ask you to attend a special event or family gathering, you might be inclined to say yes. Now, let’s break that down in a little bit more.

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Shining Light Hospice

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Unfortunately, it will also interfere with the ability to perform activities of daily living such as eating, toileting, and bathing. Patients will have difficulty remembering current events as well as their own personal past history. Speech may or may not be present. What Causes Dementia?

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Living With Hospice

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

And of course, in our family, there was always that one present on Christmas Eve before bed. And then of course there are all the Christmas day activities, you know food, presents, games, laughter, fun, running outside. The calendars kept the toileting, the bathing everything, and we look up and boom, here it is Thanksgiving.

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Living With Hospice

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

And of course, in our family, there was always that one present on Christmas Eve before bed. And then of course there are all the Christmas day activities, you know food, presents, games, laughter, fun, running outside. The calendars kept the toileting, the bathing everything, and we look up and boom, here it is Thanksgiving.

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Living With Hospice

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

So they said no better time than the present, and understanding their new reality. And when you think of this varsity letter winner, athlete, now having to be helped to the bathroom and had to be bathed, and all these things that we thought were way behind us. And even though these are new events, those old emotions are still there.

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GeriPal

JULY 25, 2024

This is often due to disease progression that leads to things like functional impairments, needing help with bathing or dressing, or even like behavioral issues like wandering or need for supervision. Someone’s function in the future can depend on, like, a crisis event, like a fall and a hip fracture. It’s in the cabbage.

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GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

” And we can offer things, someone presents with a nutritional need, but we can say, ask about, “Do you need grab bars in your shower? But, for a majority, it’s a first time event. ” And then, the health plan can say, “Can you follow-up on this?” Would you be a candidate for adult daycare?

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