Palliative Care News

Those who work in hospice care say it's not about dying, it's about living. Employees of Landsun Hospice are celebrating National Hospice Month by sharing information about hospice and all it has to offer those with a life-limiting illness and their loved ones.

Published: Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 13, 2009 at 6:05 p.m. The results of two new studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine clearly show the need to revisit the issue of end-of-life care in a more reasoned way than that evidenced by the controversy and hysteria of recent months.

Philosopher Bertrand Russell believed that viewing life as a whole was an essential part both of wisdom and of true morality.

New Publication Offers Relief to Those Suffering from Pain and Other Distressing Symptoms of Illness The National Institute of Nursing Research Brochure Highlights the Benefits of Palliative Care Dealing with the symptoms of a serious illness is difficult.

Our bodies do not live forever. We do not all prepare well as we enter our final time that we call 'old age.' Others of us enter our last stage of life at an all-too-early age when our diseases get the best of us.

During the holidays or on other special occasions, many gather with family and friends.

Here we are at Hospices de Beaune in the beautiful city of Burgundy, one of the oldest and most prestigious wine auctions in the world.

Some sew or crochet and others send cards. Some provide personal care or lead exercises while others just hold hands and reassure them everything is okay.

Hospice isn't a place. It's a service that focuses on living; living as fully as possible, up until the end of life.

Jamie Wagner, 56, Exeter Township, got in a comfortable position to push 91-year-old Lena Snyder's wheelchair.

Hospice and palliative care advocates are speaking out as Parliament gets ready to continue its debate on a bill that would legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide.

For nearly three decades, Kansas hospice leaders, staff and volunteers have been working to improve the care provided to people during their last days, weeks and months of life.

The community has a passion for fashion, and palliative care. The Selkirk Palliative Care Program held a fundraising fashion show and dinner at Rembrants Bistro in East Selkirk on Oct.

November is National Hospice Month, an appropriate time to filter through the facts and myths surrounding end-of-life care discussions recently in the media.

Ron Ricketts is battling the effects of cancer with his wife, Becky, by his side.

A LIGHT Up a Life Service will be held at St Johna s Church in Yeovil on Sunday, November 29, organised by St Margareta s Somerset Hospice.

Donna Bixler, of Oskaloosa, was recently recognized as Mahaska Hospice Volunteer of the Year at the Hospice & Palliative Care Association of Iowa Fall Conference, Oct.

Hospice at Hays Medical Center has been providing services to the terminally ill and their families for 30 years.

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins is pleased to announce that the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association has appointed Betty Ferrell, PhD, MA, FAAN, FPCN, as the new editor of The Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing .

SHOPPERS can grab themselves bargains while supporting a great cause at a new Mary Stevens Hospice charity shop.