What is hospice? It is not a place, but a philosophy of care. It provides pain and symptom management, emotional support, spiritual care, and bereavement counseling for the patient and the family. The Medicare hospice benefit was designed to bring the care to…
Do you know the difference between empathy and sympathy? According to Dr. Brene Brown, sympathy is to see someone in a deep hole, but remaining on higher ground and talking to them from above and trying to put a silver lining on their…
“Grief opens a door in the heart. I used to think healing was about getting the door closed again. Now I find it is quite the opposite. Healing just might be about keeping that door open for the rest of my life.” –Meg…