http://www.qualityoflifecare.com life-limiting illness, palliative care, end-of-life, elder issues, approaching death Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:48:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am sad to say that this, my labor of love, must come to a close for now, maybe permanently. I am going to keep the website up in hopes that you will continue to find some resources as you or someone you love faces life-limiting illness. The work I have ... http://www.qualityoflifecare.com/?p=345 I belong to Hospice Community Forum and just had a discussion with an "11th hour volunteer." An 11th hour volunteer is a person who sits at the bedside of the dying, usually when death is imminent or within 24 hours or so. They are very much akin to a death ... http://www.qualityoflifecare.com/?p=343 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 http://www.qualityoflifecare.com/?p=341 As a person nears the end of life, there are some very basic similarities that may be seen which crosses the type of illness or 'reason' for dying. Below is a list of some of these behaviors. Usually, the closer to death the more pronounced the symptom. Simple to complicated, ... http://www.qualityoflifecare.com/?p=338 Please view the following video and see how palliative care can help a person long before hospice is an option. http://www.qualityoflifecare.com/?p=333 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 ... http://www.qualityoflifecare.com/?p=331 Hello! I've been far too busy for my own good and have missed writing. Thank you to those who have written, please continue to let me know how I can be of help. My focus is shifting to my midwifery practice--end-of-life midwife, that is. I have a website for that, ... http://www.qualityoflifecare.com/?p=325 George Mark Children's House is a freestanding pediatric palliative care facility for respite and end-of-life care for children with terminal illness. It is a remarkable program ... the only one like it in the country. Please visit their website. You may need help from them or want to give a special ... http://www.qualityoflifecare.com/?p=323 Meet Dr. Meier, a leader in the non-hospice palliative care movement. She is currently the director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC). " ... The CAPC provides health care professionals with the tools, training and technical assistance necessary to start and sustain successful palliative care programs in hospitals ... http://www.qualityoflifecare.com/?p=321 An article, "The TLC Model of Palliative Care in the Elderly: Preliminary Application in the Assisted Living Setting" in the Annals of Family Medicine, describes 5 barriers to palliative care with the elderly who live in assisted living facilities. We can definitely generalize this to most situations where the elderly ... http://www.qualityoflifecare.com/?p=318