This guest post is contributed by Kitty Holman, who writes on the topics of nursing colleges.æ She welcomes your comments at her email Id: kitty.holman20@gmail.com. At some point, each and every one of us will face the end. Some of us are terrified of it. Others of us are comfortable...
Tag: hospice
Hospice Provides Alternative Therapies
Approximately 42% of U.S. hospices are offering alternative therapies such as massages or pet therapy, which are considered äóìcomplementary and alternativeäó therapies that don’t fall under the rubric of standard care. Almost 72% of American hospices that offer alternative therapies now offer massages, while 69% provide support group therapy and...
National Hospice Month – a Chance to Learn
Someone sent me the presidential proclamation for National Hospice Month. In part it reads: We recognize the dignity hospice care can provide to patients who need it most, and the professionals, volunteers, and family members who bring peace to individuals in their final days. Hospice care gives medical services, emotional...
End-of-life Care Could Depend on Physician’s Religion
A British suggests that the religious beliefs of your physician could impact the care you receive at the end of life. Researchers at Queen Mary University of London surveyed more than 3,700 United Kingdom physicians about their religious views, ethnicity and the care they give to dying patients. Those who...
Quality of Life at End of Life Can Be Aided by Palliative Care
Some terminally ill patients who receive palliative care live longer and with a better quality of life than those who receive standard medical care, a new report suggests. Researchers at Harvard Medical School evaluated the life expectancy and quality of life of roughly 150 patients with terminal lung cancers. They...
Advance in Long Term Care Management
Read my guest blog in Advance in Long Term Care Management about how health professionals handle the end of life care of their patients.
Oscar the Cat
The business of nursing homes and caregiving is a serious one. But you can’t help but pause and maybe find the gallows humor in the following. Oscar, a two-year-old feline was adopted as a kitten and grew up in a third-floor dementia unit at the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation...