There are many reasons people are resistant to hospice care, but reasons typically fall into one of three categories: fear of...

Clients and families entrusted hospice with their care know that the services were invaluable. From the relief of having 100% of your...

Preparing for the passing of a loved one may start the moment they receive a terminal diagnosis. In some cases, preparing for a person’s...

Hospice care improves the quality of life for patients, families, and caregivers. However, individuals often wait too long to have the...

If we had our way, clients would contact hospice agencies and begin learning more immediately after receiving a terminal prognosis or...

One of the biggest commonalities between nearly all of our hospice clients, particularly those that are 70 years old or younger, is the...

End of life care is an umbrella term covering all of the ways we hope to be cared for and supported when we’re nearing and at the end of...

Those of us who work in hospice are passionate about what we do because we witness every day how our services improve the quality of life...

Joining a grief support group or seeking individual grief support is a powerful way to learn more about grief, how it affects you in your...

We can’t tell you how many times our nurses, social workers, or volunteers have heard the words, “We wish we would have called hospice...

We have yet to meet a hospice nurse, physician, social worker, staff, or volunteer that doesn’t feel our work is “a calling.” The...

Bringing hospice care into the home improves the quality of life for patients and their families. Once you’ve started home hospice care,...

As hospice care providers we often see or hear the terms palliative care and hospice care used interchangeably even though they are not...

Hospice care is available to qualifying patients virtually anywhere, including certain hospitals, acute care centers, and nursing homes,...

The value of hospice care is – quite simply – invaluable to patients and their families. And, because there is such a general...

Hospice is an incredible service provided at any desired, qualified location – hospital, nursing home, assisted living community, the...

“Grief and love are sisters, woven together from the beginning. Their kinship reminds us that there is no love that does not contain loss...

During one of our grief support groups the other day, a member shared that the first grief she ever experienced was when her family sold...

One of the things that makes hospice so special is the ability to customize the level of services to a client’s needs and wants. The...

As adults, much of our life is spent making plans. Where will we go to college? What date will we get married? When should we start a...