Aug 27, 2021

When you want to support someone who’s going through grief, loss, or a difficult life transition, a carefully curated care package from Beyond Words Co. is the perfect way to say you care. Founder Catherine Hinz realized through her own grief experience how much we need thoughtful care.  Through the specially...

Aug 20, 2021

How long does the patient have? It’s probably the hardest question for the hospice team to answer.  Patients and families have different motives for asking.  Sometimes it’s as simple as needing to know how much time to ask off from work, or when to schedule FMLA.  The motive for asking the “time question” might...

Aug 15, 2021

Author Jill Johnson-Young knows a thing or two about grief. She shares her deep, funny, irreverent wisdom in an interview with The Heart of Hospice.  Jill is a social worker based in California, owner of Central Counseling Services and is the author of The Rebellious Widow, an insightful look into managing grief on your...

Aug 13, 2021

There’s a great virtual learning opportunity from the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization at the IDC 2021! The Interdisciplinary Conference 2021 brought together by NHPCO will offer some highly valuable education to hospice and palliative care professionals on September 20-22, 2021.  It’s all virtual...

Aug 6, 2021

Document, document, document!  Documentation is vital to how hospice works, but how can we keep it from disrupting patient care?  Even though it seems to be a nuisance and takes a lot of time, it’s crucial to the care of seriously ill patients to document everything we do for our patients.  Medical records are created...