How To Spend The Holiday With A Loved One On Hospice
Caregiving During the Holidays: Reduce Stress for a Memorable Last Christmas While the Christmas season ushers in joyful traditions, the needs of your loved one with end-stage illness don’t take a holiday. Grief is normal as you navigate holidays that look different than years past. As a caregiver for someone…
Understanding the Different Levels of Hospice Care
Many terminally ill patients wish to spend their final months or weeks at home surrounded by loved ones instead of in the hospital. Hospice care helps make that possible with resources and a support team available at many different stages. Understanding these levels of hospice care helps families know support…
Chaplain Support in End of Life Hospice Care
Chaplain’s Role in End-of-Life Care: Offering Emotional and Spiritual Support Chaplains or spiritual care coordinators are an essential part of your hospice team. During this tender time, patients and families are reflective of their lives and seeking comfort and hope. “A human is fundamentally a spiritual being dressed in a…
Caregiver’s Corner: Hospice Caregiving as Someone Approaches Death
You’re never truly ready to let a loved one go, even if they’ve suffered a long-term illness that has caused a slow decline in health. And as a caregiver for someone approaching death, the release can be even more painful. You’ve created routines to make them comfortable. You’ve shared quiet…
Caregiver’s Corner: Understanding Hospice Care for Your Terminally Ill Loved One
There is no manual when it comes to saying good-bye to a loved one. Heart to Heart Hospice wants to partner with caregivers to help answer your frequent questions, while providing comfort, support and dignity for end-of-life care. Our new Caregiver’s Corner blog series will compassionately address your concerns and…
Who Qualifies for Hospice Care?
Caring for a patient with a terminal illness is difficult enough for families, and involving hospice care means creating a support system for medical, emotional, spiritual, psychosocial and practical needs. One of the most frequent questions we receive is “How do I know if my loved one qualifies for hospice…
Criteria for Hospice Care
Heart to Heart Hospice Criteria for Hospice Care In 2018, over 1.5 million individuals with Medicare coverage received hospice care. This large number does not reflect hospice care recipients with alternative health care coverage. If you or a loved one are living with a life-threatening condition, you may be wondering…
What Does Hospice Provide?
What Does Hospice Provide? It's a question that fewer Americans know the answer to than we might expect. That isn't to say it should be surprising; Americans often have a hard time discussing life-limiting illnesses and their treatment. If you are considering hospice care for a loved one or just…
Heart to Heart Hospice Myths and Facts
There are many misconceptions about hospice. We want you to know the facts about hospice care and all the benefits it provides for patients and their families. Myth: Hospice is a place. Fact: Hospice care is a service that can be provided anywhere the patient calls home. Our trained, compassionate…
How to Select a Hospice Provider
When deciding whether to continue cancer treatment, the American Cancer Society recommends, “at some point you may need to consider that further treatment is not likely to improve your health or change your outcome or survival. At the same time, it might have side effects that could affect your quality…
