Why hospitals need to be ‘hospice friendly’
PODCAST – Sometimes it can be the small changes that can have the greatest impacts.
PODCAST – Sometimes it can be the small changes that can have the greatest impacts.
USA – Most people avoid the topics of aging and dying like the plague. Erica Hollack, author of “Live Well, Die Well,”
UK – The death doulas: they are not medical experts, but they work alongside NHS staff in hospices or the community
For over 20 years , hospice nurse Maggie Callanan has tended to the terminally ill and been a cornerstone of support for their loved ones. Here is the guide we all need to understand the special needs of the dying and those who care for them. From supporting a husband or wife faced with
UK – Integration of palliative care into NHS and strong hospice movement among reasons for UK ranking first in study of 80
SINGAPORE – People should talk to loved ones in advance about how they want to die. Such conversations are always too early
USA – Laura Fry only knew the first man she helped die as “dad.” The 72-year-old man’s lungs and bones were riddled with
UK – I’m worried that if I speak out about the change in the law we so badly need, it will alienate trustees, staff and donors.
IRELAND – We tend to judge things by their endings. You can have a bad day, but if it ends well, you go to sleep happy. In fact it’s scientifically proven, in studies about pain, that people’s memories of things and the taste an experience leaves
USA – At the end, they both required antipsychotics. Each had become unrecognizable to their families. On the day that Sandy Bem, a Cornell psychology professor, 65, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, she decided that