Larry is participating in the Caregiver Smile Summit We are pleased to welcome Larry Dawalt to the Caregiver Smile Summit. Larry Dawalt is Senior Director of Spiritual and Grief Care Services for Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte Region. He has been in hospice care since 1993 and also worked ten...
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Demystifying Hospice and Palliative Care – Larry Dawalt – Smilecast 180
Demystifying Hospice and Palliative Care Hospice is a misunderstood service and palliative care even more so. Yet it can be not just a medical service but a spiritual one as well. Larry will sort it out and put hospice in a new light and one you may want to consider when...
5 Things I Learned About Hospice Care When Mom Passed
Hospice is a Conscious Choice A month before mom passed, I had the opportunity as a healthcare consultant to attend a health care meeting at a local residential hospice. In my 15 years living in North Carolina, I had never been there and boy was I impressed. So when mom...
Hospice Use Actually Reduces Depression for Surviving Spouse (Video)
Hospice Use Actually Reduces Depression for Surviving Spouse (Video)
Hospice Use Actually Reduces Depression for Surviving Spouse
Hospice Use Actually Reduces Depression for Surviving Spouse While most surviving spouses had more depression symptoms following the death of their partner regardless of hospice use, researchers found a modest reduction in depressive symptoms among some surviving spouses of hospice users compared with nonhospice users, according to an article published...
Infographic – The Importance of Talking About End-of-Life Care
The Importance of Talking about End-of-Life Care – from VITAS – An infographic by the team at The Importance of Talking about End-of-Life Care – from VITAS
Concerts for Caregivers
Many in the aging services professions are aware of the power of music in healing and particularly with dementia and AlzheimerÛªs patients. Many Alzheimer’s patients can remember and sing songs even in advanced stages, long after they’ve stopped recognizing names and faces. Dementia care homes often use music as recreation,...
Death Cafe Brings Life to the End of Life (Video)
Death Cafe Brings Life to the End of Life
Another Company Limits Its LTC Insurance Sales
Genworth Financial is taking several of its long-term care insurance options off the table. As of July 29, they stopped selling: lifetime coverage policies for people with family histories of Alzheimer’s and other chronic conditions; 10-pay policies, which lets beneficiaries pay 10 bigger payments for a paid-up policy; and 40%...
Are For Profit Hospice Placing Profits Over People?
Some ethicists say that the goal of profitability of for profit hospice businesses interferes with the ability to provide quality end-of-life care. Robert Stone, M.D., reporting in the Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, says that studies have shown that when for-profit hospices select longer-term patients, this results in overpayment,...