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Ruth Goettig left a comment for Tani Bahti
"Hi Tani- I am so thankful for the beautiful and amazingly helpful tool you have shared with us.  You are the highlight of my volunteer orientation.   People ALWAYS tell me they wish they would have known these facts about dying as you laid out when…"
Dec 2, 2013
Ruth Goettig commented on Irene Smith's blog post Comforting
"Thanks Irene!"
Aug 16, 2012
Ruth Goettig commented on Irene Smith's blog post Comforting
"Irene that was just lovely.  I thought I'd share a story from a recent visit too.  I was visiting a patient who has dementia, and for the most part is non-verbal - although she calls out "Ma-ma ... ma-ma ..." for sometimes hours.  Sometimes she is…"
Jul 24, 2012
Ruth Goettig replied to MJ Schaumann's discussion Dementia/Alzheimer
"What a great resource, I just forwarded this info to one of my volunteers.  Also the video with Naomi and Gladys Wilson is amazingly powerful.  I'm going to figure a way to pull some of this into my new volunteer training .... and do an in-service…"
Jan 24, 2012
Ruth Goettig left a comment for Greg Schneider
"Greg - perhaps a month or so ago, you posted an article that was about a woman in Minnesota I believe?  I was having trouble getting onto the site/forum, at that time - but sure would like to read it.  Do you remember the article I'm referring to?"
Dec 31, 2011
Ruth Goettig left a comment for Greg Schneider
"Thanks for the greeting Greg! 
Yeah I finally had time to get to it, and set up on the forum.  There's so much wonderful info here Greg, I could spend hours just reading.  Great work you do!  Happy New Year!!!!!!"
Dec 31, 2011

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Support books $5 cost for patients, families, caregivers, staff

Posted by Janice Willett on August 4, 2020 at 6:07am
 If any individual or organization needs support books for patients, caregivers, families, staff during this time of crisis, "Dying w/o Crying" and "Affairs of the Heart” are reduced to cost ($5 ) on jiwillett.com. Utilized by Pastoral Care of many health facilities including MSKCC and UPMC. For large orders DM for bulk rate. Stay well. Chaplain Janice  (Radio,TV,Media info @ jiwillett.com)
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When Your Massage Client has Dementia

Posted by Irene Smith on January 28, 2019 at 5:45pm


When Your Massage Client Has Dementia  https://medium.com/@everflowing"


Providing massage for dying persons presents multi level challenges to me as a practitioner. One of these special challenges is working with persons experiencing dementia. One of the blog posts that has been archived earlier is titled The Lost Pause. https://medium.com/@everflowing"…

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  • Greg Schneider December 31, 2011 at 10:49am

    Hi Ruth!  So nice to see your face on the HCF!!  Happy New Year!!

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