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Read moreJewish 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...
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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 moreWhen 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 moreFor 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...
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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 moreNHPCO 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 moreThriving 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...
Read moreHarp Therapists at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, like the one who works with Stein Hospice,
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In grief circles, the holidays are most often the hardest to face. With loved ones no longer present, how can we celebrate? The emptiness seemingly pervades throughout ones home. The familiar smells and sounds are no longer in the air. I know...
Read moreModern Technology has changed the face of grieving. Below are two posts about the use of technology in the grief process. The first is a blog post entitled “Facebook after Death.” In this piece, the author laments and grieves her son’s death and...
Read moreWhile internet surfing, I came across an 8 point tip list for consoling a grieving friend. People are always looking for means to know what to do around those who are grieving as it is quite easy for the moment to be awkward. Keep in mind that...
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