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Hospice and Palliative Care
Related, but different While hospice care is a part of palliative care, they are not the same thing. The similarities and differences are often the source of confusion, and so here we present a Q&A from The Bellingham Herald's EndNotes that does an excellent job of...
Hospice Care Holds Tygart Golf Classic
Hospice Care held its summer golf classic Saturday morning in Grafton. The organization had its annual Tygart Golf Classic at the Tygart Lake Golf Course to raise money. 72 golfers came out to tee off and donate money for patient care. They could win prizes valued at...
Therapy Dogs
Valuable tools for hospice care Pam Becker was visiting Freedom Village Healthcare Center with her therapy dog Abby when a woman called out from one of the rooms. Becker looked in and saw the woman standing behind a man in a wheelchair. The woman said her father had...
Hospice Care Volunteers
Hospice Care Volunteers are brightening lives every day According to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, nearly 500,000 volunteers provide approximately 22 million hours of service to hospice care programs every year. Some volunteer as a result of...
The Last Chapter: Informing the public about hospice care
A new documentary titled, The Last Chapter, seeks to better educate the public about the choices available for end-of-life care. The documentary was produced by WQED-TV and the Jewish Healthcare Foundation, who describe it like this:The documentary takes the viewer...
Caring is Core for Hospice Care
Comfortable patients enjoy life moreI've noticed that many obituaries give thanks to hospice workers who care for the deceased at life's end. Hospice care allows the terminally ill and aged to die at home with a measure of comfort and dignity traditional medicine...
Hospice Combines the Best in Patient Care
Hospice care is truly a multidisciplinary practice, taking the efforts of many, from trained professionals to compassionate volunteers, and combining it all to enable patients and their families to truly enjoy life for as long as possible. This quote from a guest...
Changing How We Connect
Whether your objective is marketing, public relations, or customer service, social media is the way to go these days. While the tech and business worlds have embraced this new way of communication, the medical field, especially those focused on end-of-life care, have...
Helping Children Cope With The Loss of a Loved One
Camp Nabe (Nah' bee) is a bereavement camp designed for children 7-17 who have experienced the death of a loved one. The camp is offered at no cost and is open to any child in West Virginia . The weekend event contains fun activities intermixed with coping skills and...
Hospice Volunteers Change Lives
Hospice care teams consist of many people. Obviously, medial and psychological professionals are involved, but did you know that important roles are often filled by everyday people who volunteer for service? In an article for the West Virginia Gazette, Julie Robinson...
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