Category Hospice Topics
Will Respiratory Therapy Help at End of Life?
In short, yes. It increases comfort and quality of life for hospice patients in the weeks, days and hours leading up to death. Respiratory Care Week is October 20-26 this year, raising awareness of the many unique benefits and care…
Hospice: How to Make a Preparedness Plan
September is National Preparedness Month and this year’s theme is “Prepared, Not Scared.” This month is designed to recognize and promote family and community disaster and emergency planning. In many areas of the state and indeed the country, September can…
Dealing With the Shame and Stigma of Alzheimer’s Disease
September is World Alzheimer’s Month, a fitting time to explore the topic of dementia and how it affects not just the person with the disease but the whole family as well. Sadly, there is shame and stigma attached to Alzheimer’s…
When and How to Begin End of Life Care
Knowing when it’s time for a loved one to enter hospice in Santa Clara and elsewhere can be difficult, confusing, stressful and sad. But there are guidelines in place that you can follow to ensure your loved one enters end…
Hospice Care Can Be Emotional: How to Recognize and Handle Your Feelings
If you have a loved one in hospice in San Francisco and elsewhere, you know just how taxing it can be emotionally — and physically — to juggle your visits with them as well as managing your own life, work,…
End of Life Care Involves Drugs: What You Need to Know
International Overdose Awareness Day is August 31 this year, a day dedicated to remembrance, awareness, education, and action to help eliminate overdose deaths, according to the National Safety Council. This is your chance to help raise awareness, memorialize a lost…
Giving to a Loved One in Hospice Care
“Every relationship is one of give and take. Giving engenders receiving, and receiving engenders giving. What goes up must come down; what goes out must come back. In reality, receiving is the same thing as giving, because giving and receiving…
Balancing Multiple Generations in the Same Household
Are you a caregiver for your aging parent, as well as your own family and children? You’re a part of the sandwich generation, a generation of people in their 30s, 40s or 50s who are responsible for bringing up their…
Coping With End of Life Emotions
As you near the end of life, you will go through a roller coaster of emotions. The people who love, care for and support you will also go through a range of emotions. From fear and anger to regret and…
Hospice: Living Fully Until the End
Contrary to popular belief, hospice isn’t a death sentence; rather, it is assistance to live your best life until the end. If you have a loved one in hospice in San Francisco and elsewhere, or you yourself are facing entering…
