Harp Therapy being provided at Stein Hospice[photo used with permission]
Read moreThe Stein Hospice Difference
Posted June 28, 2012
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Will Trashing ‘Fee-for-Service’ Improve Care?
Posted June 15, 2012
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This video suggests that ending the fee-for-service medical model, will improve care
Read moreCartoonBite: Reincarnation
Posted June 4, 2012
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An old man dies and his curious descendants open the will to see whom he bequeathed his substantial wealth. The text was short and to the point: “As a believer in reincarnation, I am bequeathing my entire estate to myself.” There are...
Read moreTroubling Trend in Hospice Care
Posted May 30, 2012
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Three decades after hospice emerged as the standard of care for terminally ill patients, the end-of-life treatments that palliative medicine physicians provide are frequently referred to as murder, euthanasia and killing. More than half of...
Read moreMusic Therapy Works Magic with Dementia Patients (documentary)
Posted May 22, 2012
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Winner of the Sundance Film Festival 2014 Audience Award, Alive Inside: A Story of Music & Memory has the potential to change the lives of millions. In theaters beginning July 18, 2014. Visit aliveinside.us for more information.
Read moreHospice Thru Jewish Eyes (video)
Posted April 3, 2012
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Jewish colleagues joined together to develop a clearer understanding of how and when to talk about services of a hospice for those in the end stages of life.Through a variety of experts in this field, they learned about Jewish Hospice services...
Read moreHospice Aides Receive Awards for 5 Years of Service to Stein Hospice
Posted March 27, 2012
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Stein Hospice Aides Lenny Flores, Moshe Cyviner & Sarah Bangura [left to right, in purple scrubs] received awards for 5 years of service. Behind them are Rabbi Bryan Kinzbrunner, Chaplain, Sharon Criscione, Clinical Director &...
Read morePassover & Hospice: Essay by Rabbi Stephanie Dickstein
Posted March 27, 2012
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When Your Child Asks: Thinking About Important Discussions [A] Seder plate is filled with symbols that in themselves and combined with others, offer us so many metaphors for the mixture of bitter and sweet in our lives. This morning, the egg is...
Read moreHospice in Uganda: “World of Pain” (video)
Posted March 16, 2012
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For most people in the developed world, painkillers for disease or for recovery from surgery are just a prescription away. Not so for people in much of the rest of the world. They live, quite literally, in a world of pain. Bob Simon of “60...
Read moreStein Hospice Nurse Featured in Newspaper Article
Posted February 20, 2012
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A profile of Stein Hospice Nurse, Cindy Lemezis, in MyCentralNewjersey.com Cindy Lemezis wasn’t sure what she was going to do after she graduated from J.P. Stevens High School in Edison. By happenstance, the first place that she found a job...
Read moreActress Torrey DeVitto serves as Hospice Ambassador (video)
Posted February 2, 2012
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NHPCO Hospice Ambassador Torrey DeVitto comments on the new report “Facts and Figures: Hospice Care In America”, and speaks about the growth of hospice and the importance of hospice volunteers.
Read moreMassage for Elders
Posted January 13, 2012
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Thriving through touch: Gentle massage helps older people with low mobility improve in mind and body By Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz The woman — in her 80s — hadn’t spoken in months. The nursing home staff figured she had lost the ability. But...
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