Editorial & Opinion, End of Life Care, Grief
It’s been a difficult year. I may be a woman that works with death all the time, but let me tell you: all the practice in the world doesn’t make it easy when it’s your friends that are dying, when the people that you are asking to let go are ‘your people.’...
Education, End of Life Care, Goals of Care, Uncategorized
“Just Because You Can, Doesn’t Mean You Should” It’s a common phrase today, often used in reference to the decisions around advanced health care interventions and procedures that prolong life. However, the phrase also has some other useful...
Education, End of Life Care, Hospice, Legal Paperwork, Planning, Resources
National HealthCare Decisions Day, the day after tax day, April 16th, what are YOU doing? The Conversations, the control, the plans, the chance to live out YOUR life as you want to – it all begins with you – just like the video says. So join us here in...
End of Life Care, Grief, Inspirational, Personal Experiences and Reflections, Uncategorized
I first considered the thought on reading the Samuel Beckett quote: “I can’t go on. I’ll go on.” The magnitude of that idea. The completeness of the separation of the two realities is stark, neither bound to the other, both simple fact, simultaneously impossible, and...
Education, End of Life Care, Goals of Care, Planning
Imagine you take your car to the shop, it’s a good old car but lately it’s been stalling out occasionally, the check engine light comes on; something just isn’t right. The mechanic looks it over and tells you, it’s complicated, but he can fix it. He gives you a list...
Education, End of Life Care, Hospice, Nurse's Corner, Uncategorized
One of the frequently required tasks of my job working for hospice is called the “informative” visit or “informational”. These visits to patients and families are to explain the purpose and intent of hospice and how the services provided by...
