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Better Cancer Care
Learn what you can do to improve the care you receive When you have any illness, you want the best care possible, especially when that illness is potentially life-threatening. Cancer is a difficult disease which often has several treatment routes available, making it...
Hospice Care 30th Anniversary Celebration!
Hospice Care Hosting 30th Anniversary Gala November 1st Hospice Care Corporation, your local, community-based non-profit hospice, is excited to announce its 30th Anniversary Gala to benefit West Virginians with terminal illnesses. This once in a lifetime event will...
Changing Views on Children and Grief
Kids grieve too A few decades ago, children often didn’t attend funerals. The thinking was that they should be sheltered from the pain of losing a loved one. And as Americans started living longer, the need to even broach the subject of death was delayed because many...
A Golden Age of Hospice Care
Hospice care today is better than ever before Working every day in hospice care as we do, it's easy to take some of the changes we've seen over the past couple of decades for granted. Fact is, hospice care has changed drastically for the better, and we were reminded...
Tee Off for Hospice Care
The Dr. D.R. Davis Golf Classic is back! It's almost time to tee off for Hospice Care's annual Dr. D.R. Davis Golf Classic! This year marks the 25th anniversary of this charity golf tournament, with proceeds going to help provide end-of-life care for patients and...
Reinventing the End-of-Life Conversation
Could new guidelines help improve communication about end-of-life care? It is so very important to have a discussion about your wishes regarding end-of-life care before you're coping with a full-blown health crisis, yet this discussion often goes delayed until far too...
When to Enter Hospice Care
Waiting too long is a common regret One of the regrets most frequently voiced to us comes from people wishing they, or their family members, had entered hospice care sooner. In fact, more than 50% of hospice care patients receive care for less than three weeks, not a...
Setting Goals and Staying Healthy
Taking responsibility for your health is, well, healthy! While advances in medicine help us to ward off health issues for longer and longer, it's still vital to take control of your own body. Setting goals is one way to do so, and something as simple as walking with...
Home and Hospice Care on the Rise
Studies continue to demonstrate increasing popularity of alternatives to hospital care A new Dartmouth Atlas study shows a major shift in “end of life” services for Medicare patients.The study is based on a review of the health records of more than a million Medicare...
Heat Health for Summer Months
Stay safe in the midsummer heat As we enter the hottest months of the year, everyone enjoys getting outdoors for some activity. Unfortunately, those of us who are getting on in years are more vulnerable to suffering dangerous effects from a day in the sun. One of the...
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