“Mandela’s Kin Face Gray Area on End of Life” by Rick Lyman for the New York Times, republished here: The family of Nelson Mandela, who has been lying at the edge of death in a South African hospital for more than a month, might in...
Read moreWith a challah tucked underneath his arm, one rabbi makes house calls to elderly patients suffering from terminal illnesses Easing the Emotional Pains of Aging from Jewish Daily Forward on Vimeo.
Read moreStein Hospice Nurses discuss hospice, what it means to them and why they feel so passionate about their work. Stein Hospice offers central NJ compassionate, individualized hospice care to patients experiencing a life-limiting illness and support...
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Excerpts from the article “Branded by Misconception” featuring Bruce Birnberg, Executive Director of Stein Hospice: “Some people think of hospice as ‘the big black pill,’ after which you suddenly begin to die,” said Don Pendley, president of the...
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Bruce Birnberg, Executive Director of Stein Hospice leading an end of life discussion at a diverse professional gathering Mary Jane Yoder, RN [l] & Janice Vegola [r] staff the Stein Hospice table at the End of Life educational...
Read moreNew research published in the March issue of Health Affairs found that hospice enrollment saves money for Medicare and improves care quality for Medicare beneficiaries with a number of different lengths of services. The National Hospice and...
Read moreThe 30 second video above captures the essence of hospice work. It is from a Johnson & Johnson initiative to promote the nursing profession. It features a hospice nurse reflecting on her work.
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Hallmark Greeting Cards for the ‘Final Goodbye’ By Liz Neporent via Good Morning America During the two months that Regina Holliday’s husband, Fred, was hospitalized with cancer, he received a tower of “Get Well Soon” cards...
Read moreMore people over 65 are dying in hospice care and fewer are dying in hospitals. But this good news is tempered by a very different story. People are also being hospitalized more frequently in the last three months of their lives, are more likely...
Read moreThis moving video begs the question about how to broach the subject of death with children. When the actor who played Mr. Hopper on Sesame Street, Will Lee, died, the Sesame Street people decided to let the character die too, and used it as an...
Read moreWe turn to doctors to save our lives — to heal us, repair us, and keep us healthy. But when it comes to the critical question of what to do when death is at hand, there seems to be a gap between what we want doctors to do for us, and what...
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