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May is National Stroke Awareness Month

Adobe Hospice & Home Health

How Hospice Can Help Stroke Patients: Comfort and Support in Their Final Stages Up to 80% of stroke patients in their end-of-life stages experience a period of increased alertness and awareness, often called “terminal lucidity,” in the days to hours before death. This can be surprising as these patients may have been unresponsive or minimally The post May is National Stroke Awareness Month appeared first on Abode Hospice & Home Health.

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May is National Stroke Awareness Month

AT Home Care & Hospice

How Hospice Can Help Stroke Patients: Comfort and Support in Their Final Stages Up to 80% of stroke patients in their end-of-life stages experience a period of increased alertness and awareness, often called “terminal lucidity,” in the days to hours before death. This can be surprising as these patients may have been unresponsive or minimally The post May is National Stroke Awareness Month appeared first on AT Home Care & Hospice.

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Over the Threshold: Creating Solutions

Chicago Caregiving

How access to housing and medical care is making communities healthier. This is the final piece in a 4-part series on older adults and homelessness. Part 3 highlights street medicine. Read part 2 here , about women and homelessness. Find part 1, an overview, here. Scott Anthony Franklin has been many things in his 61 years: a sous chef, a poet, homeless.

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