The goal of hospice services is to provide a quality, peaceful death while allowing the person with Parkinson’s Disease to remain in a familiar environment such as their home, assisted living or long-term care facility.
Tracy Miliauskas-Varak, RN explains that one of the qualifications for hospice is your prognosis and your life-limiting expectancy.
They were, after all, just some farm boys and small-town kids from North Alabama along the banks of the Tennessee River, a stretch of swampland that would become known – at least in time, and in certain circles – for one particular town in that stretch: Muscle Shoals. But those kids would get together – almost, it seemed, by divine providence – and form, arguably, the greatest band you never heard of.
To Saul, life is not about the “Survival of the Fittest”, but the “Survival of the Kindest.” Showing kindness and compassion to those less fortunate than you is the way to be.
Transcript: Oftentimes family members will ask, “Why hospice now?” Hospice in itself is a very intimidating word and families oftentimes have mixed emotions when approached about hospice services. Hospice is appropriate for someone who is facing an end of life type situation, um, or they’ve been given a diagnosis either, …
Michele Sotelo considers herself a paramedic of hospice, supporting families in their time of need in a crisis; they are having difficulty with symptom management; at time of death; or the patient has had a fall and is injured.
Some, not all individuals in hospice care experience terminal restlessness or agitation as they come closer to end of life. What Is Terminal Restlessness? Terminal restlessness can be defined as: increased anxiety agitation confusion Witnessing a loved one experience terminal restlessness can be alarming to friends and family. Calm, kind …
Kimberly Mills, PhD, is the Volunteer Coordinator at Angels Grace Hospice in Illinois. She recruits and trains volunteers (many of them young pre-med students) to sit with the patients. She has been with Angels Grace for 5 and a half years, and has trained many volunteers.
