Day of the Dead
The Hospice Insider | November 2, 2016 November 1st and 2nd: Day of the Dead Also known as Dia de los Muertos, Day of the Dead is strongly associated with Mexico, although marked throughout Latin America. Dia de los Muertos…
Hospice
Hospice provides care to patients as well as emotional support and respite to family members.
The Hospice Insider | October 17, 2016 At some point or another we all may be touched by hospice’s end-of-life care. Because it offers the best option in the last months of life with its variety of benefits, hospice should…
Celebrating One Year
The Hospice Insider | October 10, 2016 Thank you to our Readers, Clients, Partners, Colleagues, Family and Friends, we’re celebrating one year of The Hospice Insider. Anniversaries, like birthdays, are wonderful, celebratory occasions. They both are opportunities for recollections of…
HospiceFact: Hospices are located in all 50 states.
The Hospice Insider | August 3, 2016 Hospices are located in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The term “hospice” is from the same linguistic root as “hospitality.” It can be…
HospiceFact: Receiving hospice doesn’t mean death is imminent.
The Hospice Insider | July 18, 2016 Receiving hospice care does not mean giving up hope or that death is imminent. Hospice focuses on quality of life based on a patients individual choices and making the most of life so…
HospiceFact: Over 1.6 million Americans cared for by hospice.
The Hospice Insider | June 13, 2016 Every year the NHPCO (National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization) releases a report NHPCO Facts and Figures: Hospice Care in America. The report provides and annual overview of hospice care across the country…
HospiceFact: Hospice Is High Quality Care That Focuses On Comfort And Quality Of Life
The Hospice Insider | May 16, 2016 Hospice is not a place. It’s high-quality care that focuses on comfort and quality of life. Hospice can take place in a person’s home, nursing home or hospital. No matter where the care…
An unexpected friendship forms in hospice as the end of life nears
Fresno Bee | April 24, 2016 Jen Moss took to Jody Wooton from the first moment they met. Jen, 41, the hospice nurse. Jody, her irreverent patient, all but spitting in the eyes of her doctors. Nurse Jen Moss has…
“Mortal”: A Pilot Documentary in Series about Life Issues and Choices is released
The Hospice Insider | April 18, 2016 “Mortal,” a documentary that addresses the issues that affect how we choose to live in the face of mortality, was inspired by the decline of a parent of veteran award-winning director Bobby Sheehan…
Hospice for newborns: When birth meets death
The Cortez Journal | April 17, 2016 The baby who would soon die arrived at 34 weeks, eyes shut, squawking. Her father cut the umbilical cord with a pair of silver scissors. A priest in blue scrubs sprinkled holy water…