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Category: End-of-Life-Hospice – Palliative Care

An Invisibile Means of Support

By Dale Baker
  • Care for the Caregiver - Nurturing
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Caregivers: Experiences & Ideas
  • End-of-Life-Hospice - Palliative Care
  • Grief and Bereavement
  • Long Term Care
  • Mental Health - Emotional - Issues
  • Support Groups

Relates a personal experience emphasizing the importance of a support group to a long-term family caregiver, especially for men who do not want to share their feelings or ask for help.

Elder Care & Elder Rage: Know The Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s!

By Jacqueline Marcell
  • Care for the Caregiver - Nurturing
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Caregivers: Experiences & Ideas
  • Community Services
  • Disability - Accessability - Mobility
  • Diseases - Illnesses - Conditions
  • Eldercare
  • End-of-Life-Hospice - Palliative Care
  • Financial, Insurance, Legal Matters
  • Homecare - Home Health Care
  • Long Term Care
  • Mental Health - Emotional - Issues
  • Residential Options
  • Support Groups

Jacqueline Marcell barely survived caring for her elderly parents, both with Alzheimer’s which went undiagnosed for over a year. But after fighting through an unsympathetic medical system she figured everything out medically and behaviorally.

Caregiving – The Ultimate Love

By Jeri Lynn Platt
  • Care for the Caregiver - Nurturing
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Caregivers: Experiences & Ideas
  • Death and Dying
  • End-of-Life-Hospice - Palliative Care
  • Grief and Bereavement
  • Legislation and Advocacy
  • Long Term Care
  • Mental Health - Emotional - Issues
  • Respite Coalitions & Services
  • Spirituality - Religion - Beliefs
  • Support Groups
  • Volunteer Service Programs
  • Wellness

Being the caregiver of someone who is terminally ill is one of the most difficult and painful jobs one will likely ever experience. It is also one of the most rewarding and privileged gifts one can ever give or receive. It is the Ultimate Love.

Chapter 12: Reflexologist

By Connie Siewert
  • Aging
  • Care for the Caregiver - Nurturing
  • Death and Dying
  • Disability - Accessability - Mobility
  • Diseases - Illnesses - Conditions
  • Eldercare
  • End-of-Life-Hospice - Palliative Care
  • Homecare - Home Health Care
  • Long Term Care
  • Wellness

The author has chosen to share her chapter on reflexology to empower caregivers with a healing therapy that can be helpful in relieving pain, restoring balance and putting both patient and caregiver in a more relaxed state.

How Caregivers Can Use Music That Heals

By James Schaller
  • Care for the Caregiver - Nurturing
  • Caregivers: Experiences & Ideas
  • End-of-Life-Hospice - Palliative Care

This article describes how informal family caregivers, volunteer and professional caregivers can use therapeutic music to relieve pain and anxiety in patients of all ages and support healing.

Care Givers and Grief in the 21st Century

By Mark Mercer
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Death and Dying
  • End-of-Life-Hospice - Palliative Care
  • Grief and Bereavement
  • Support Groups

Avenues for channeling grief by using technology to provide closure and continuity

Feeding Tubes

By Mary C. Fridley RN, BC
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Eldercare
  • End-of-Life-Hospice - Palliative Care

The author discusses views on feeding tube placement in end of life stages for those with Alzheimer’s so that you can make more informed decisions about their usage.

Consumer Tips For Arranging A Funeral

By National Funeral Directors Association
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Death and Dying
  • End-of-Life-Hospice - Palliative Care
  • Financial, Insurance, Legal Matters

Today’s funeral director offers a variety of options to meet your financial needs and wishes. Families should discuss all options with their funeral director when making arrangements.

Consumer Tips on Prepaying Your Funeral

By National Funeral Directors Association
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Death and Dying
  • End-of-Life-Hospice - Palliative Care
  • Financial, Insurance, Legal Matters

Choose a licensed funeral director who has a good reputation in the community.Ask your funeral director how the funds are invested and check over time to ensure the funds are keeping pace with inflation.

“How An Afterlife Journey Began”

By Robert Murray
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Caregivers: Experiences & Ideas
  • Death and Dying
  • End-of-Life-Hospice - Palliative Care
  • Grief and Bereavement
  • Spirituality - Religion - Beliefs

This story is from Michael and his view of life after life.

Departing Or Death Bed Visions: (FAQ)

By Carla Wills-Brandon
  • Aging
  • Death and Dying
  • End-of-Life-Hospice - Palliative Care
  • Grief and Bereavement

A death bed vision or DBV is a powerful, comforting experience the dying and their family members often encounter just before death occurs.

Cash & Counseling: Consumer Choices, Family Reimbursements

By Gail Mitchell
  • Aging
  • Care for the Caregiver - Nurturing
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Community Services
  • Death and Dying
  • Disability - Accessability - Mobility
  • Eldercare
  • End-of-Life-Hospice - Palliative Care
  • Financial, Insurance, Legal Matters
  • Home Safety and Modification
  • Homecare - Home Health Care
  • Residential Options
  • Respite Coalitions & Services
  • Transportation Services

Cash and counseling (C&C) is a program in which consumers are given the option of receiving cash payments to purchase a variety of support services or make household modifications. Learn more about this program here.

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