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...
About The Business, Editorial & Opinion, End of Life Care, Medical Marijuana, Musings, Nurse's Corner, Personal Experiences and Reflections, Resources, Uncategorized
I work in several different capacities with patients nearing end of life here in Maine. While hospice is one of them – and a passion! – there is an ongoing shortage of hospice resources and issues with difficulty of delivery of services throughout the...
Editorial & Opinion, Education, End of Life Care, Inspirational
I sat across from my 10-year-old niece at dinner last night. It was New Year’s Day, a fresh year lays full of promise, a blank slate before us, and her tired face was a blessing to see. She was exhausted from a cheerleading practice; she throws herself with such...
