Hospice Care – a Gift for Patients and Their Families
Hospice Care strives to improve or maintain the highest quality of the patient’s life through emotional, spiritual, and medical support during the final phase…
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What to Say to Someone in Hospice Care
Someone once said, “social work is the art of listening and the science of hope.” Bethesda Hospice Care social workers Allison Givens and Laurel Willis…
Finding the Right Words: Communicating With a Hospice Patient
According to Chaplain Dorothy Gannon with Bethesda Hospice Care, your presence is the most important thing you can share with a hospice patient. “What…
How Realistic Is Dying at Home?
On Jan. 29, 2014, David C. Skipworth died in Garland, Texas at age 67 after a long illness, holding his wife Sandra’s hand and…
What Hospice Care Does and Doesn’t Do
The list of services and benefits that Hospice Care provides is far longer than what it is unable to provide. Patients and family members…