Hospice Volunteers Adapt to Changing Roles During Pandemic

Posted on April 19, 2021 by Lisa Conti in Volunteers

For the past year, Care Dimensions volunteers’ roles may have changed, but their commitment to service has remained solid. Three volunteers talk about their volunteering experience - before and during the pandemic. ...

Don’t Let Pandemic Delay Advance Care Planning

Posted on April 15, 2021 by Catherine Duffy, NP, ACHPN in Advance Directives, Health care directives

The COVID-19 pandemic opened a lot of eyes about advance care planning, yet many U.S. adults have not completed advance directive documents or had conversations with family and health care professionals about medical care preferences. ...

My First Year as a Hospice Nurse: Caring During a Pandemic

Posted on April 12, 2021 by Lauren Mercurio, RN in Hospice, Hospice careers

The beginning of the pandemic was not an ideal time to be starting a new job. Hospice RN Case Manager Lauren Mercurio reflects on how her colleagues helped her through the past year. ...

Collaboration is Key When Treating the Whole Patient

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Kristen Schaefer, MD, FAAHPM in Hospice, Palliative Care

In observance of Doctors' Day, Kristen Schaefer explains how collaboration between a primary physician and one trained in hospice and palliative medicine can improve a patient's quality of life by matching treatment options with goals of care. ...

A Spiritual Lift after Holiday Mourning

Posted on March 19, 2021 by Paula Scudieri in Hospice

Family Day without Dad was difficult, but the bereavement bag from Care Dimensions reminded us that Dad was with us in spirit. ...

What I Learned as My Wife’s Full-time Caregiver

Posted on March 4, 2021 by Geoff Staples in Caregiving, Hospice

A few months after his wife began receiving hospice at home, Geoff Staples became her full-time caregiver. Here's what he learned. ...

Hospice Social Work: A Calling That Satisfies

Posted on March 2, 2021 by Lisa Conti in Hospice careers, Social Work

In observance of Social Work Month, two Care Dimensions social workers discuss what attracted them to their profession, lessons learned, and what they’ve found fulfilling about hospice social work. ...

5 Tips for Acing a Virtual Job Interview

Posted on February 25, 2021 by Robin Gould in Hospice careers

Preparing for a virtual job interview means you'll need to meet recruiters' new expectations and some traditional ones. Here are five tips for success. ...

How I Went From Blues-ville to Feeling Blessed

Posted on February 9, 2021 by Alison Powers, LMT in Complementary therapy, Hospice

A hospice massage therapist shares how she gets through these unusually tough times of the COVID-19 pandemic, and how you may have better days, too. ...

A Letter to Grieving Teens

Posted on February 2, 2021 by Kelia Bergin in Children

Reaching out to teens who have lost someone close to them, acknowledging that grief is complicated, and offering a virtual space for talking or just listening ...

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Hospice Volunteers Adapt to Changing Roles During Pandemic

Don’t Let Pandemic Delay Advance Care Planning

My First Year as a Hospice Nurse: Caring During a Pandemic

Collaboration is Key When Treating the Whole Patient

A Spiritual Lift after Holiday Mourning

What I Learned as My Wife’s Full-time Caregiver

Hospice Social Work: A Calling That Satisfies

5 Tips for Acing a Virtual Job Interview

How I Went From Blues-ville to Feeling Blessed

A Letter to Grieving Teens