Interview with HVA Founder and HCF Creator Greg Schneider
Click here to listen to a Hospice News podcast interviewing HVA Founder & President, Greg Schneider
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Comfort Cover Series reaches 50 songs
We are happy to announce that the comfort cover series of songs now has 50 titles available.
Comfort Covers are an expanding series of beloved songs selected and adapted to provide bedside support to patients and their loved ones, when the presence o
Read more…Hospice Getting Creative in Leveraging Volunteerism Post-PHE
The roles of hospice volunteers have morphed during the pandemic in ways that could have lasting impacts on how providers mold care delivery models – including increasing clinical capacity.
Volunteer recruitment and retention has been a challenge d
Read more…HEAL Project COPE Series -- Caring for a Terminally-ill Loved One - Making Compassionate Choices
We recently published a new Community Outreach Program in Education (COPE) Series on Substack. We are going to share one a week with you here on the Hospice Community Forum.
Click Here to access the first issue. It discusses its value to the genera
Read more…[Barbara Karnes' Blog] Caring for Mom at Home
Something to Think About: a blog on end of life
Barbara's blog
For the last 30 years all of my patients have died. I will be sharing observations and ideas that I have gathered from working with people in their final months of life.
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A COMMUNICATION GUIDE FOR CAREGIVERS
Caregiver Communication: communicating with one another is important when someone in your family is told they have cancer.
This guide is based on four main ideas:
- The patient needs support from the family.
- The family caregiver should also be support
California Healthline - Study: Family Caregivers Need Help, Too
Study: Family Caregivers Need Help, Too
Elderly Americans’ well-being is at risk unless the U.S. does much more to help millions of family caregiv
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by Rashani Rea & Kathy Douglas
Those who companion suffering daily, such as hospice nurses and volunteers, will surely appreciate this beautiful work. With 62 original art collages by Rashani Réa, five beautiful chapters by Kathy Douglas, and a foreword by Jean Watson, this exquisite book is a peaceful refuge for contemplation, inquiry, reflection and inspiration for those who traverse the joys and sorrows of nursing.
Kathy Douglas, RN, MPH-HA is a nationally recognized nurse leader, filmmaker and entrepreneur.
Rashani Réa is a prolific artist and musician, a creatrice of sanctuaries and a respected spiritual mentor.
“This is a beloved book and beyond a book. It is an evocative, poetic, ecstatic, and inspirited sacred, experiential calling. A calling to you--YES, YOU.”
— Jean Watson, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN, Living Legend (AAN)
“Those who companion suffering daily need to turn inward to metabolize what they have witnessed. This exquisite book, filled with beautiful images and poetic wise words, is the inspiration and support needed to grow a wise heart.”
— Frank Ostaseski, founder and director of the Metta Institute and author of The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully
“In this unique time of the COVID-19 pandemic, this book should be considered a tribute to the tremendous courage being displayed by nurses around the world. There is much wisdom conveyed throughout by those who have been there serving others with such grace.”
— Greg Schneider President, HVA, co-author of The Changing Face of Hospice Volunteering in Hospice and Palliative Care
