NHPCO

OCTOBER 6, 2023

“We must be courageous about opening windows to new ways of thinking about serious-illness and end-of-life care, new ways of providing that care, and new ways of resourcing the care in the decades ahead.” NHPCO provides education and resources to support that mission.

2023 85

2023 Presentation Hospice volunteer End-of-life care 85

Hospice News

AUGUST 26, 2022

It became certified to offer hospice under the Medicare benefit in 1990, which Cogswell told local news was a “game changer,” in end-of-life care.

Medical director 243

Medical director Hospice 2006 Palliative care 243

The Bucket-List Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Robert and Lesa, together with Hospice Care Plus staff and volunteers (L to R): Deb Condrey, Tammy Warford, Brenna Wallhausser, Melanie Helvie, Kelly Fitch, Robert Kilbourn, Sherri Smith, Courtney Saylor, Sherri Elam, Jerry Derringer, Sally Iseral, Alisha Schumacher, Lesa Kilbourn, Dr. Hanan Budeiri, Jim Baldwin.

Hospice volunteer 69

Hospice volunteer Chaplain Events Hospice chaplain 69

AT Home Care & Hospice

MAY 23, 2023

Our care providers focus on the following: Hospital-to-home transition following an illness or injury Patient and caregiver education Managing chronic health conditions, such as heart disease, pulmonary disease, or kidney disease What Is Hospice Care?

2030 52

2030 Social worker Hospice volunteer Chaplain 52

NHPCO

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Over her 21-year tenure with NHPCO, Lund Person has developed and updated countless tools and resources for hospice providers, answered many regulatory questions, and worked with regulators and policymakers on a wide range of hospice regulatory issues. He presently serves on the NHPCO Board as Immediate Past Chair.

2002 52

2002 2023 Presentation Social worker 52

Seasons Hospice

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Hospice Volunteers. If you are interested in helping others who are going through the hospice journey, consider becoming a hospice volunteer. Hospice volunteers provide companionship, support, and practical assistance to patients and their families. Faith-Based Support Groups.

Grief 52

Grief Hospice volunteer Hospice Hospice care 52

High Peaks Hospice

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Ann Merkel and some of the group of original High Peaks Hospice founders gathered to create a video to document the story of High Peaks Hospice’s beginnings. The Start of End Of Life Care in the Tri-Lakes Area and Expanding Throughout the Adirondacks.

Hospice 95

Hospice Medical director Bereavement 2012 95

Journey With Deanna

APRIL 6, 2016

Ellen Rand, author of the book, "Last Comforts: Notes From the Forefront of Late Life Care,"has been a journalist for more than 40 years, including five years as a housing columnist for The New York Times. End of Life Care Certificate Program Learn.Create.Serve. She blogs at [link].

Hospice volunteer 40

Hospice volunteer 2005 Books End-of-life care 40

Hospice Nurse Hero

JANUARY 11, 2024

The SPIKES Protocol: A Framework for Effective Communication: The SPIKES protocol is a widely recognized framework for delivering difficult news, especially to those with life-limiting illnesses and end-of-life care. You should also utilize your hospice volunteers when you can.

Hospice nursing 52

Hospice nursing Hospice Nursing Grief 52

Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog

MAY 5, 2020

Frances Shani Parker Frances Shani Parker, Author Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes is available in paperback and e-book editions in America and other countries at online and offline booksellers.

Hospice volunteer 40

Hospice volunteer Blog Nursing home Books 40

Journey With Deanna

APRIL 27, 2015

He is an independent funeral director, hospice volunteer, notary, and the founder and president of Doorway Into Light’s The Death Store, Hawaii’s first certified green funeral home. website: www.doorwayintolight.org End of Life Care Certificate Program Learn.Create.Serve.

2005 40

2005 Hospice volunteer End-of-life care Hospice 40

NHPCO

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

I’m honored to be selected as one of HAN’s Angel Awardees again this year, and I am so grateful for the work HAN, NHPCO, and all the hospice and palliative caregivers do on behalf of people across West Virginia.” . “I I have long worked to advance bipartisan solutions that expand the public’s access to palliative and end-of-life care.

2021 40

2021 Hospice Palliative care Palliate 40

GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

And people are getting life sentences. They’re going to get older, they’re going to struggle with geriatric conditions, and they’re going to need palliative services and eventually end-of-life care. So who we have now are, you know, I have had one case of HIV in 17 years of working here.

Chaplain 293

Chaplain Hospice Palliative care Palliate 293

GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

What’s the difference between end-of-life doula and a hospice volunteer? Beth: It depends on the volunteer. Hospice volunteers do lots of things. They’re not all end-of-life doulas. Even a hospice volunteer, there are downsides because now you got to train hospice volunteers.

Hospice volunteer 254

Hospice volunteer Presentation Palliate Palliative care 254

GeriPal

OCTOBER 6, 2022

It was my experience as a hospice volunteer that maybe leave the corporate world and go to nursing school and ultimately become a palliative care nurse practitioner. From the beginning of coming to palliative care, I’ve noticed we’ve had a messaging opportunity, perhaps a problem. Well, that’s incorrect.

Palliative care 202

Palliative care Palliate Hospice Geriatrics 202

Living With Hospice

MAY 22, 2021

Before we get started, let me remind you that I am not a doctor or a nurse or licensed therapist I am however, someone who has experienced in device situations, most of my adult life, I am the primary caregiver for my adult son - or was - and his entire end of life journey along with my wife Lori.

Grief 52

Grief Events Hospice volunteer Presentation 52