The Heart of Hospice

20/08/2024

Trust weakens. Isolation increases. Fear is added to overwhelm. Even if a team is short staffed, should patients know this?

19/08/2024

Grief Coach Shelby Forsythia is teaching us how it’s possible to grow through grief.

The Heart of Hospice is an end of life education and support company. Whether you’re a patient, a personal caregiver, or a hospice professional, The Heart of Hospice provides information, support, and encouragement for each step of your hospice journey.

15/08/2024

Advance care planning tells decision makers and hospice teams what to do. Decide, discuss, and document your end-of-life wishes.

14/08/2024

Good advice for every single day, Hospice and Palliative Nurses Foundation. Start over, keep going.

Just start.

13/08/2024

It's not the job of hospice workers to change the spiritual beliefs of patients or caregivers to align with their own. It's possible to honor someone else's beliefs and lose nothing of your own.

10/08/2024

When there's great communication with your hospice team, the hospice care is better. Check out this episode for more information!

The Heart of Hospice is an end of life education and support company. Whether you’re a patient, a personal caregiver, or a hospice professional, The Heart of Hospice provides information, support, and encouragement for each step of your hospice journey.

09/08/2024

Dementia practitioner Mary Anne Oglesby-Sutherly is on a mission to transform the landscape of dementia care.

Dementia practitioner Mary Anne Oglesby-Sutherly is on a mission to transform the landscape of dementia care. As co-founder of Veranda Ministries, a 501(c)3, Mary Anne has spent two decades telling the stories of people dealing with dementia. Supporting dementia caregivers is her gift, and helping t...

06/08/2024

We can't fix what we don't know about. Complaints from patients and caregivers (and hospice staff!) should always be made with respect.

02/08/2024

Welcome to Season 9 of The Heart of Hospice Podcast! Occupational Therapists Emilia Bourland and Dr. Brandy Archie are sharing all the ways OTs can improve quality of life for patients and caregivers on hospice care.

Welcome to Season 9 of The Heart of Hospice Podcast! Occupational Therapists Emilia Bourland and Dr. Brandy Archie are sharing how OTs can improve the quality of life for patients and caregivers on hospice care. OTs are underutilized in end-of-life care, but they’re an essential part of the hospic...

01/08/2024

Hospice agencies should recognize the energy it takes for a patient and family to have a new nurse each visit. It's energy they can use for better things.

31/07/2024

When you have questions about the hospice care you're receiving, Hospice Navigation Services can help. Book a Q&A session with a expert Hospice Navigator at theheartofhospice.com. We're here to help.

30/07/2024

Making healthcare decisions for someone else is hard. It takes respect, compassion, empathy, and a little bit of grit.

27/07/2024

These amazing sisters created a caregiving village for their parents. Now they share their wisdom on the Confessions of a Reluctant Caregiver podcast. You'll love this convo with Natalie Elliott Handy and JJ Elliott Hill. Check it out!

The Heart of Hospice is an end of life education and support company. Whether you’re a patient, a personal caregiver, or a hospice professional, The Heart of Hospice provides information, support, and encouragement for each step of your hospice journey.

26/07/2024

Erin Whalen, founder of Compassionate Coaching, is working to help end of life and grief professionals love their work again. They work with end of life teams to mitigate burnout, enabling the teams to continue providing care for those who are dying.

Erin Whalen, founder of Compassionate Coaching, is working to help end of life and grief professionals love their work again. Using her unique gifts, Erin and the Compassionate Coaching theater troop employ “playback theater” to develop engaging programming that centers around giving and receivi...

25/07/2024

Hospice volunteers grieve, too. Take good (self) care of them.

24/07/2024

Hospice Navigation Services is here to help when you need unbiased information about hospice care. Book your Navigation Session at theheartofhospice.com.

23/07/2024

There are no do-overs in death. Make the right decisions for yourself. Give the best care you know how.

19/07/2024

In hospice care, pharmacists partner with the clinical team to find the best medication options to keep the patient comfortable. Pharmacist Ellen Fulp is passionate about using medications appropriately to care for patients who are at their most vulnerable.
https://www.theheartofhospice.com/podcast/episode/326d44a7/what-you-need-to-know-about-hospice-medications-withpharmacist-ellen-fulp

18/07/2024

Not every dying patient needs or wants morphine. Respect the choice.

17/07/2024

Missed an episode of The Heart of Hospice podcast last month? Check out the line up here. Our amazing guests included Delia Chiaramonte, MD of The Integrative Palliative Institute, EOL DoulaTrina Wacasey, Dr. Kenneth J. Doka, and Dr. Qwynn Galloway-Salazar!

The Heart of Hospice is an end of life education and support company. Whether you’re a patient, a personal caregiver, or a hospice professional, The Heart of Hospice provides information, support, and encouragement for each step of your hospice journey.

17/07/2024

When you need to know how to get the best hospice care possible, Hospice Navigation Services can help. Book a personalized Q&A session with an expert Hospice Navigator at theheartofhospice.com.

16/07/2024

Respecting end of life wishes through the very end - that's what good hospice care looks like.

12/07/2024

Great interview with Jodi Clock, author of "It's Complicated" and host of the "I Woke Up Dead" podcast - check it out! Ask Jodi

Funeral director and author Jodi Clock knows personally how each person finds a grief style that’s the best, healthy fit for themselves. As host of the “I Woke Up Dead - Now What?” podcast, Jodi is having conversations about our common experiences with death, shares best practices, and asks th...

11/07/2024

Hospice social workers and chaplains hold stories, burdens, and secrets for the dying and their caregivers. Listening is just one of their superpowers.

10/07/2024

If you're making end of life decisions for someone, Hospice Navigation Services can help. It's your journey. We'll be your guide. Book a session at theheartofhospice.com.

09/07/2024

If you're a family caregiver or a hospice worker (another type of caregiver), your best looks different from day to day. That's ok. Keep going.

09/07/2024

The Death Deck and The EOL Deck are wonderful conversation starters. Inject humor, reflect deeply, make the conversation yours. Co-creators Lisa Pahl, LCSW and Lori LoCicero knew exactly what we needed. hashtag hashtag hashtag hashtag hashtag

The Death Deck is a new party game that lets you tap into stories and ideas you’ve never heard your friends and family share before about life and death!

04/07/2024

Making EOL decisions based on a loved one's choices is one of the hardest jobs a caregiver has, especially if those choices were never communicated.

03/07/2024

Eating at the end of life is often a painful topic for patients and the who love them. Listen to this episode of Heart of Hospice podcast to learn how to manage comfort (or pleasure) feedings with respect and compassion.
Need more information about hospice care? Book a Hospice Navigation Services session at theheartofhospice.com.

The Heart of Hospice is an end of life education and support company. Whether you’re a patient, a personal caregiver, or a hospice professional, The Heart of Hospice provides information, support, and encouragement for each step of your hospice journey.

02/07/2024

Patients and caregivers don't care if we know how to bill or document. They care about how we care.