via popmatters.com
The writer's awareness of death in the room, the spirit that conquers without thunder, and insight into existentialism is almost hidden but like a treasure is spotted when you understand hospice care. A really good read.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
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| Skilled Healthcare Announces Resignation of Kelly Gill as Executive Vice President MarketWatch (press release) Mr. Hendrickson continued, "At the same time, we are fortunate to have strong leadership within the operations at both Hallmark and Hospice Care of the West ... See all stories on this topic |
| Raleigh man donates $1 million to Hospice of Wake County WRAL.com Raleigh, NC — A Raleigh man gave $1 million Thursday to help the Hospice of Wake County build a 20-bed home on Trinity Road. The gift from Reid S. Towler ... See all stories on this topic |
| Administrator / Executive Director - Hospice Services HealthcareFinanceNews.com Silverado Hospice, a leading provider of end-of-life care, is presently seeking an experienced and passionate Executive Director to lead our Hospice program ... See all stories on this topic |
| Cedar Valley Hospice takes part in music therapy week Cedar Valley Daily Times The history of music therapy at Cedar Valley Hospice dates back to 2004 when a contracted music therapist was in the Hospice Home weekly. ... See all stories on this topic |
| CFCC Citrus to host hospice teleconference Citrus Daily Central Florida Community College's Citrus Campus will be host to Hospice Foundation of America's 17th Annual "Living with Grief" teleconference on ... See all stories on this topic |
| Covenant Hospice and National Association of Social Workers celebrate National ... Santa Rosa Press Gazette Covenant Hospice, along with the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) proudly celebrates National Social Work Month 2010. ... See all stories on this topic |
| Hospice offers bereavement support group Idaho Mountain Express and Guide By :EXPRESS STAFF Each spring and fall, Hospice and Palliative Care of the Wood River Valley conducts bereavement support groups. ... See all stories on this topic |
| 59 died under Oregon's Death with Dignity Act in '09 KDRV Meanwhile, Providence Medford Medical Center is one of a handful of places that offers hospice care in the Rogue Valley. Even though they are a Catholic ... See all stories on this topic |
| Marathon raises money for good cause WALB-TV The Willson Hospice House of Albany. The home is under construction and almost complete. It will have 18 beds to allow those with terminal illnesses to end ... See all stories on this topic |
| Hospice of West Alabama to host walk/run Saturday Tuscaloosa News TUSCALOOSA | Hospice of West Alabama will host its first Family 5K Walk/Run at 8 am Saturday. Registration begins at 7 am at the McAbee Activity Center, ... See all stories on this topic |
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| What hospice are you using, and share your story with me - ALS/MND ... By jbaiza My mother is in the ending stages of ALS . We just started hospice today. It was horrible, my mom was so emotional, she said she just wanted to die. I. ALS/MND Support Group Forums - http://www.alsforums.com/forum/index.php |
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| AAHPM Assembly 3/5/2010 « Hospice Physician's Blog By hospicephysician I have taken care of ALS patients and even though I haven't been practicing long, I've probably seen more ALS patients in hospice than most primary care physicians in practice. This is most likely due to the prolonged relationships that ... Hospice Physician's Blog - http://hospicephysician.wordpress.com/ |
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| Hearts of Hospice Patients Being Needlessly Shocked: MedlinePlus Some hospice patients have compared the shock given by a defibrillator to being kicked ... Family members who observe hospice patients being shocked report ... |
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Raleigh man donates $1 million to Hospice of Wake County :: WRAL.com
Raleigh man donates $1 million to Hospice of Wake County
Posted: 1:15 p.m. yesterday
Raleigh, N.C. — A Raleigh man gave $1 million Thursday to help the Hospice of Wake County build a 20-bed home on Trinity Road.
The gift from Reid S. Towler was the largest in the organization's history, said Mike Blanchard, the hospice's vice president of development.
“It seems like every time I read obituaries in the newspaper, there is always someone I know who has passed away, and they praise the services of hospice," Towler said in a statement. "I see how Hospice of Wake County takes care of people, and I wanted to help in any way I could.”
Blanchard said that the new hospice home will be named the Reid S. Towler Campus. The $14.5 million campus will also house an administrative center, the Horizons Grief Center and a 50-seat sanctuary.
A former student of Broughton High School, Towler served in the Navy in the Pacific during World War II, graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and had a career with an insurance company, New England Mutual of Boston.
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$1 million donated to hospice - how many lives will be comforted? More than he will every know.
Hospice Volunteer Training
After several speaking engagements this week, I realized that the smiles on the faces in the audience were reflecting a comfort with hospice that I could help nourish....or they were making fun of me. Either way this was a great week for getting the word out about comfort care. I found the humor in the video to be a great inspiration and somehow reminded me of Truvy in Steel Magnolias discussing laughter through tears.
Hospice Volunteer Training - Can online course benefit agencies?
Over the past year, the agencies who have signed up for training on their own personalized site have expressed their amazement at the cost effectiveness of the training. The most important benefit has been seeing volunteers train at their own convenience and discovering if volunteering is right for them. The initial training of most every volunteer training course done within an agency consists of the basic information required by the Medicare Conditions of Participation. This course outlines and defines those basic guidelines. The agency is then free to work individually on the gfts the volunteer offers.
Is this an administrative volunteer? The course supplies more than most admin volunteers will ever learn on the job. It may be the influencer for patient care volunteerism.
How about youth groups and faith groups? Use the tool to educate the community and entice youth groups to provide the tasks that will help the agency meet the 5% requirement for patient time.
Once you consider paying hosting fees for your own site, paying a designer to develop the course, pay someone to monitor the technical issues you have paid for your course site. Add in the costs of losing a volunteer because the training times weren't convenient, or the cost of gathering the volunteers (and usually feeding them) and the salary and time of staff educators and you know that you have just saved your agency money by using the online tool.
The cost is $10 per volunteer per year. In return, the agency receives
* A free personalized training site which includes company logo, link to agency home page, and volunteer contact information.
* 11 Module Course - Meets Medicare Conditions of Participation
* Editing - Use default questions, or let us customize with your true/false, multiple choice, or essay questions
* Add additional training courses - No set up fee
* Certificate of Completion for volunteer trainee and ability for hospice volunteer coordinator to view and print
* Hospice Agency Control - Monitor training progress and approve, add or delete users
* Free personalized forum and blog
* Free calendar of events
* Free technical support
I don't know of any other way to personally affect the use of hospice and the understanding of comfort care. It is my legacy to leave the world better educated about how to care for those with a life limiting illness. Be cautious and wary if you like. Then call me and discuss how this training can benefit your agency. You will find that hospice is my heart and my hope is to expand the boundaries of understanding of hospice care.
Contact info may be found at http://volunteertrainingonline.com/hospices
Sunday, August 9, 2009
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Health Care Reform Dispute
Article posted at http://hospice.yolasite.com and click on archives for pdf download.
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