Hospice 101

APRIL 11, 2020

Dear Fellow Hospice RNs, It’s now, more than ever, that your hospice patients really need your kindness, your compassion, your caring nature, and your gentle demeanor. Most of your hospice patients, if not all of your patients in facilities, are alone and separated from family members.

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Shining Light Hospice

APRIL 28, 2023

Hospice care is a form of healthcare that focuses on providing comfort and support to patients with life-limiting illnesses and their families. While hospice care is often associated with physical care, it can also address the spiritual needs of patients and their families. What Is Spiritual Care in Hospice?

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Journey With Deanna

JANUARY 20, 2016

Blane Brazier has worked full time in hospice since 2008. He currently works at Amity Hospice as their Chaplain and Bereavement Coordinator where he also facilitates grief groups for bereaved family members. He has a unique ministry of using his guitar or sometimes the ukulele to engage the spiritual life of his patient's.

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The Bucket-List Blog

AUGUST 17, 2023

When Mr. George Poynter entered home hospice care six months ago, he and his family did not expect to see his 86 th birthday. George’s wife Icie says, “I think it was getting all those visits from hospice. When George’s doctor first suggested hospice care, he and Icie were reluctant.

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The Bucket-List Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2022

This summer, in the middle of a pandemic and while my soon-to-be husband was receiving hospice care, I married the love of my life. I’ve been his caregiver since November 2019, when Hospice Care Plus started caring for him in our home. Hospice has kept him comfortable and at home all these months. Afterward, we stayed close.

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The Heart of Hospice

MAY 1, 2022

Humor and compassion overflow in our guest Benjamin Kintisch, hospice chaplain and director of Life Review: The Hospice Musical! Working with hospice patients as a spiritual counselor inspired Benjamin to tell his patients’ stories in songs that captivate the audience.

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HPNA podcast

JUNE 4, 2020

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The Bucket-List Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Robert and his family began hospice care three months ago after his stage four cancer diagnosis. That’s what hospice care is about,” she says. As is often the case, the project extended to other hospice volunteers, staff, and our network of supporters and community partners. All I want to do right now is paint more.”

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

All hospices provide some form of bereavement care after a patient dies, but many families need help with anticipatory grief as well. It’s coming on hospice, knowing a doctor says you have less than six months to live. What is anticipatory grief? So somehow it puts a proximity or inevitability of death right in focus.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Jason Hotchkiss, author, chaplain and psychologist, has unveiled new research on the ways online reviews can help drive hospice quality and staff morale. He is currently a chaplain and behavioral health specialist at the Center for Elders’ Independence and a professor of psychology at Cornerstone University in Michigan.

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Hospice 101

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The role of the Hospice Chaplain is such an important role, and benefit, to the hospice team. Their main focus is to provide spiritual support to hospice patients and their loved ones. Very often, our Hospice Chaplains guide patients and loved ones on a personal reflection and spiritual journey.

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Hospice News

MAY 22, 2023

“Our organization is dedicated to a psychosocial and spiritual approach, and I can’t think of a better type of person to support an individual and their family than someone who works as an end-of-life doula or a hospice chaplain or volunteer.”

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Hospice News

MARCH 11, 2024

Spiritual hospice care providers are an important link to building bridges of access and trust among underserved African American populations. Faith is very important to African Americans,” Ebema told Hospice News. What I’ve noticed is that the strong faith in this community can almost view hospice as a conflict.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 6, 2023

A common hurdle to improving access to hospice and palliative care among children is that many clinicians across the health continuum lack the training and skill sets needed to have goals of care conversations. The post Keys to Discussing ‘Hard Realities’ in Pediatric Advance Care Planning Conversations appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hope Hospice

JULY 22, 2022

Hope Hospice chaplains come from diverse pastoral education and personal spiritual backgrounds. For the latter, a chaplain can still provide deeply meaningful support during the hospice journey. For the latter, a chaplain can still provide deeply meaningful support during the hospice journey.

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Hospice News

JULY 22, 2022

They facilitate conversations regarding the dying process, discuss advance care planning, hospice election and advocate the patient’s wishes around ceremony, memorialization and disposition. What areas can death doulas offer hospices the most support? I started volunteering in hospice, and when I met Lauren I was planning weddings.

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Shining Light Hospice

APRIL 8, 2022

Hospice is designed to provide medical, social, and spiritual care for the terminally ill patient with the goal of keeping the patient as symptom free as possible throughout the end of their journey. What Are The Similarities of Hospice and Home Health? Hospice is indicated for end of life care for patients with a terminal illness.

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Hospice 101

MAY 3, 2020

However, we can’t forget another group of nurses that are suddenly finding themselves working harder than ever – our Hospice Nurses. Hospice Nurses are having a sudden increase in visits to patients, are having to manage more end-of-life symptoms, and are providing even more support and education to families of hospice patients.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

MARCH 2, 2022

Have you ever wondered why there’s so much hype over hospice CAHPS scores? This form of hospice reporting was part of a mandate in the Affordable Care Act (ACA ) and became active in 2017. As a hospice nurse, you might not always understand how this relates to your work. Include the Hospice IDG.

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Shining Light Hospice

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Let’s explore how hospice services can help your loved one. What Is Hospice? Hospice care is a service that can be provided to terminally ill patients who elect to have comfort care only at the end of life. The physician will oversee all care while on hospice. Chaplains are also available for spiritual care.

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Seasons Hospice

MAY 2, 2023

In a hospice or hospital setting, a chaplain is often seen as a religious figure who offers spiritual support and guidance to patients and their families. In these cases, many may wonder how a chaplain can help a patient who is non-religious. Here are some of the key duties of a hospice chaplain: 1.

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Shining Light Hospice

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Hospice for Dementia. Let’s take a closer look at this condition, what hospice is , and what the benefits of hospice care for dementia-related diagnoses are. When certain criteria are met, a patient with dementia can qualify for hospice benefits. What is Hospice? What is Dementia? Four Major Types of Dementia.

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Sahara Hospice Care

OCTOBER 29, 2021

A lot of hospice patients have many resentments from their past and sometimes refuse to see someone who have hurt them in the past. People in hospice care already face a lot of overwhelming issues as it is and don’t need another extra thing creeping on them during the end-of-life process. What is the Role of a Hospice Chaplain?

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The Bucket-List Blog

JULY 13, 2023

When Randy was diagnosed with a serious illness over a year ago, he and Sophie called Hospice Care Plus right away. “I I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend hospice. Randy and Sophie had already experienced how helpful having hospice support was after Randy’s father was diagnosed with cancer. Another offered to make a cake.

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Hope Hospice

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

When I was just starting as a Hospice Chaplain, I used to ask people I visited whether they had any forgiveness issues. When I left CPE and began my work as a chaplain at Hospice of Napa Valley, I continued to ask people about forgiveness. But I am a Hospice Chaplain, so I work with many people of differing beliefs.

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The Chaplain's Report

MARCH 21, 2020

The idea of choice and the lack thereof has impacted my life most significantly in my work as a hospice chaplain and bereavement counselor. It seems difficult to imagine that a week ago our hospice was humming away as normal.

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