Monday, March 30, 2009
Research - Studies About Grief
I am looking for studies and/or research papers on physical symptoms related to grief/loss of a loved one. Please send me the link to any relevant sites or post your personal assessment or experiences.
Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog: Hospice Volunteer Training Ethical Issues
The ethical situations confronting the newly trained volunteer must usually be addressed as they occur. One of the reasons I developed the online training course was to get the educational core presented quickly so that the volunteer could immediately begin acquiring the skills to cope with ethical situations. The following article explains the importance of face to face training as well as continuing education and support: Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog: Hospice Volunteer Training Ethical Issues
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Hospice Chaplain Quits and God Is Involved
In an article Howard Goodman |South Florida Sun-Sentinel, March 18, 2009, the headlines stretch out to get our attention that God has been banned once again. At the time of this post, there were over 665 comments on the Sun Sentinel site blasting the hospice and how this country is on a downward spiral.
Please take a look at the response before rendering this country an un-Godly bunch.
Please take a look at the response before rendering this country an un-Godly bunch.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Now to get the word out about Volunteer Training!
Here comes the tricky part. The hospice volunteer training online program is in full swing and I am excited, elated, telling everyone about the impact this one idea can have on hospice.
It is usually at this point in my excitement that I go a little overboard in my emails and face-to-face visits. I eat, sleep, and live for the chance to tell people how awesome it is going to be to have volunteers sign up immediately at the point of interest and begin their training.
That is why I am posting here today. If I let all this energy come out on this page, maybe I won't get in trouble for spamming someone.
On the other hand, it is with good intentions (and the road to you know where is paved with them) so I may be allowed a little slack from those who I approach and begin blabbering about how good this is.
One day you turn 50, and all of a sudden it is imperative that you make your mark on the world. Actually I have been wanting to make my mark on the world since I was 3, it just took another 47 years to figure out how.
If anyone wants to help this old lady by empathizing with the excitement, please feel free to visit the site:
Hospice Volunteer Training Online
It is usually at this point in my excitement that I go a little overboard in my emails and face-to-face visits. I eat, sleep, and live for the chance to tell people how awesome it is going to be to have volunteers sign up immediately at the point of interest and begin their training.
That is why I am posting here today. If I let all this energy come out on this page, maybe I won't get in trouble for spamming someone.
On the other hand, it is with good intentions (and the road to you know where is paved with them) so I may be allowed a little slack from those who I approach and begin blabbering about how good this is.
One day you turn 50, and all of a sudden it is imperative that you make your mark on the world. Actually I have been wanting to make my mark on the world since I was 3, it just took another 47 years to figure out how.
If anyone wants to help this old lady by empathizing with the excitement, please feel free to visit the site:
Hospice Volunteer Training Online
Monday, March 2, 2009
As almost always happens, I get really energized by having company, and felt so much better than I had when I first got up, and have continued to feel well for the rest of the day.
This is from the blogpost "Life as A Hospice Patient". It is what I envision volunteers doing for hospice patients. In this case it was friends visiting, bringing well thought out gifts, and ending in a fortune cookie reading of "If you don't have time to live your life now, when do you?"
I think volunteer visits should bring just as much energy to the patient as a visit from a friend. What do you think?
This is from the blogpost "Life as A Hospice Patient". It is what I envision volunteers doing for hospice patients. In this case it was friends visiting, bringing well thought out gifts, and ending in a fortune cookie reading of "If you don't have time to live your life now, when do you?"
I think volunteer visits should bring just as much energy to the patient as a visit from a friend. What do you think?
Sunday, March 1, 2009
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