Non-hospice Palliative Care
Please view the following video and see how palliative care can help a person long before hospice is an option. Read the story »
Agitation vs. Sedation
Agitation can be one of the worst symptoms to encounter at the end of life. Most in the field refer to this kind of restlessness as terminal agitation or terminal restlessness. It can be extremely difficult to treat. Not only can this be very distressing for the person ill, it is very difficult for the family.
When someone has this condition, some of the following is seen: picking in the air, at clothes or at *his skin, trying to get out of bed and then wanting
Death Rattle
Most of us have heard this term. It is the noisy rattling sound that a dying person makes that can be very disturbing to hear.
Death rattle happens when secretions gather Read the story »
Resources & Ramblings
Non-hospice Palliative CarePlease view the following video and see how palliative care can help a person long before hospice is an option. Read More →
I’m backHello! I’ve been far too busy for my own good and have missed writing. Thank you to those who have written, please continue...
Non profit? for profit?There is a blogpost with some interesting points and comments that I’d like you to read, The Danger of For-Profit Hospices. The...
Recent Guest Writers
Melody ChatelleI met Melody one summer when we volunteered for Camp Braveheart, a children’s camp that “ … brings together the fun of a...
Vincent DoddVincent Dodd began nursing in 1985. He did what he calls a “nursing residency,” by working 4 years in the Emergency Department...
Worth KilcreaseWorth is a Licensed Professional Counselor and certified as a Fellow in Thanatology: Death, Dying, and Bereavement by the Association...
People to Know
Diane E. Meier, MDMeet Dr. Meier, a leader in the non-hospice palliative care movement. She is currently the director of the Center to Advance Palliative...
The Story of Dr. Balfour MountDr. Balfour Mount is to the palliative care movement what Dame Cecily Saunders is to the hospice movement. Of course Saunders came...
Interview with Khris FordIn January 2008, I interviewed Khris Ford, Licensed Professional Counselor and founder of My Healing Place in Austin, Texas. She...
Baby Boomers & Beyond
Keeping the Peace in a Nursing HomeI belong to Hospice Community Forum and just had a discussion with an “11th hour volunteer.” An 11th hour volunteer is...
Palliative Care and the ElderlyAn article, “The TLC Model of Palliative Care in the Elderly: Preliminary Application in the Assisted Living Setting” in...
Rehab in the nursing homeCheck it out. There are many things that make up good care in nursing homes. It definitely is a team effort and it takes the whole...
In the News
George Mark Children’s House
George Mark Children’s House is a freestanding pediatric palliative care facility for respite and end-of-life care for children...
“At the Edge of Life … “Below is an article in the Dallas morning news (12/31/09) that chronicles the lives of 9 families as they deal with the life-threatening...
Celebrating at Town LakeWe set up on the other side of the Stevie Ray Vaughn memorial statue on Town Lake 2 weeks ago to celebrate World Hospice and Palliative...
