What’s the Difference Between Palliative Care and Hospice?
Most people have heard of hospice care but they mistakenly think that it’s just a way to help cancer patients be more comfortable at the...
Death and dying
Music Therapy Can Increase Quality of Life for Those in Hospice
For many, music from certain eras can bring back memories of better times. For others, music soothes anxiety or gets them pumped up for...
The Emotional Impact of Losing a Loved One to Dementia
“Carol!” The hospice nurse’s voice was quiet but urgent. I instinctively knew what was happening. She had been shifting Dad’s position so that he...
Caregivers: Just Do Your Best and Then Let It Go
Like most adults, I’ve second-guessed many of my own decisions. While most were made with my own future in mind, that all changed when...
Getting Over the Guilt of Placing a Loved One in a Care Home
If we could control events, most of us would never want our elders to be so sick that they need the care of a nursing...
End-of-Life Care: ER Doctor Answers Our Questions
Emergency room doctor Kevin Haselhorst had an epiphany while he tried valiantly to save an elderly man who’d been through one-too-many traumas. His book, “Wishes...
Health Care Decisions: Will Your Wishes Be Known During End-of-Life Care?
In my view, everyone over the age of 18 ought to have appropriate health care and financial documents that will assign a trusted person to...
Hospice Care about Re-Focusing Priorities, Not Giving Up
Hospice is about refocusing goals My parents both spent their last months on hospice care, and I’ll forever be grateful. Dad’s dementia had made...
Caregivers: Let’s Avoid the Second-Guessing Trap
Like most adults, I’ve second-guessed many of my own decisions. While most were made with my own future in mind, that all changed when...
Reconciling Grief & Relief When the Loved One You Cared for Dies
When my mother died in a local nursing home, my “career” of visiting this exceptional facility nearly every day for almost 15 years ended....
