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Helping Patients, Families Understand Benefits of Hospice
Posted on May 30, 2018 by Kitty Cunningham, RN in Hospice careersYou never get a second chance to make a first impression. As a hospice admissions nurse for Care Dimensions, I know this saying well because I live it every day. Once someone with advanced illness has called us to explore the hospice option, our admissions team assigns a registered nurse to visit him or her. For my patients, I am the first company representative they meet, so I need to establish a good relationship immediately. ...
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Telling Veterans’ Stories for the Memory of Others
Posted on May 22, 2018 by Rev. Jay Libby, M.Div. in VeteransAs Memorial Day approaches and we as a nation remember the service members we’ve lost in conflicts near and far, I sometimes wonder who and what it is we are trying to remember. What lifts these men and women off the page of statistics, the cold tally of the dead? What is it that makes them human again, so that we remember them not just as numbers, but for the courage, fear, duty, love and all the emotions that made them who they were? ...
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Sifting Through a Lifetime of Mother’s Days
Posted on May 11, 2018 by Myrna FearerAs Mother’s Day approaches, I’m flooded with memories of those gone by. Some are happy, some are sad, but each one is a part of me, of the person I am now. Mothers come in all sizes, colors, and with different capabilities. They can be business executives, professors, teachers, dentists, doctors, and nurses, whatever they choose. But despite it all, once they take on the role of “mother,” hopefully that’s the most important job they can have. ...
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Nurse and Patient: When Lives Intersect
Posted on May 9, 2018 by Patricia Ahern, RN, MBA, FACHE in Hospice, Hospice careersIn the early ‘80’s I was absolutely convinced that the only thing standing between life and death was me: the trusty, capable and ever-vigilant bedside nurse in the critical care unit (CCU). I was like a sharp shooter with all the equipment – fearless and cocky, as only a rookie critical care nurse can be. People called us angels in the CCU because of the intensity of care and high-wire between life and death. ...
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Shared Stories Bring Meaning, Joy at End of Life
Posted on May 4, 2018 by Trudy Miller, RN, CHPN in Hospice, Hospice careersI love meeting people, and my job as a hospice nurse connects me with people from all walks of life, in the final stages of life. I have learned that every single hospice patient has a story. Although the stories can be vastly different, at the end of life, there is joy in the stories of a life well lived. ...
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Brightening Hospice Patients' Days
Posted on May 3, 2018 by Bob Hagopian, M.Div. in HospiceRecently, during Patient Experience Week, Care Dimensions provided carnations for clinical staff members to deliver to patients on our hospice service. My patients loved receiving the beautiful flowers, which helped bring spring into their lives after a long, cold winter. ...
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Care Dimensions Advocates for Hospice in Capitol Hill Meetings
Posted on April 27, 2018 by Lisa Conti in Health Care PolicyThe meetings with congressional policy advisors wrapped up three days of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s annual Management and Leadership Conference in Washington, DC, and coincided with the launch of the Hospice Action Network’s My Hospice campaign, which seeks to reinforce the value of the Medicare hospice benefit among policy and health care decision makers. ...
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Artwork Connects Hospice Mission with Local Scenery, History
Posted on April 12, 2018 by Meg Black in Care Dimensions Hospice HouseWhen I was asked to create art for the new Care Dimensions Hospice House in Lincoln, MA, I knew where to go for inspiration. As I’ve written previously, I am inspired by nature. I sought to create a group of three paintings inspired by the natural environment of nearby Walden Pond and its most famous resident, Henry David Thoreau, who lived in a small cabin on the property for two years following the death of his brother. ...
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Hospice CNA: Kindness Reaps Rewards
Posted on April 12, 2018 by Guerline Dorvelus, CNA in Hospice careersCertified Nursing Assistant Guerline Dorvelus mixes kindness and compassion into her job as a hospice aide for Care Dimensions and finds it rewarding. ...
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Make Your Health Care Wishes Known Before It’s Too Late
Posted on April 5, 2018 by Robert Taylor, MD, FAAHPM, FAAN in Health care directivesWhat would happen if you became seriously ill or injured and couldn’t make medical decisions for yourself? If you have completed a health care proxy (HCP) form that identifies the person you most trust to make those medical decisions, and have spoken with that person and your doctor about your health care wishes, you can have peace of mind. If you haven’t completed an HCP form and have an accident or become so ill that you cannot speak or make health care decisions, doctors will not know which treatments you do and do not want. ...
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