With less than two months to live, Martha Keochareon teaches students about cancer and dying.
Read moreHarp Therapy at Stein Hospice
The harp, with its soothing timbre and spiritual associations, has been revered as a healing instrument by many cultures for thousands of years. Over the past two decades there has been a renewed interest in the use of the harp in therapeutic...
Read moreRabbis Spurn Assisted Suicide but Support Hospice
Published in the New Jersey Jewish News, featuring Rabbi Bryan Kinzbrunner, chaplain at the Oscar and Ella Wilf Campus for Senior Living, republished here — Rabbis across the denominational spectrum are opposed to a proposed state bill that...
Read moreThe Dynamic Duo
The administrative dynamic duo:Gail & Janice keep Stein Hospice on a steady course
Read moreGeorge McGovern Used Hospice
Longtime former U.S. Sen. George McGovern, the Democratic presidential candidate who lost to President Richard Nixon in a historic landslide, has moved into hospice care near his home in South Dakota, his family said Monday. “He’s...
Read moreNew Initiatives Press Docs To Talk About End-of-Life
Three years ago, at the height of the debate over health care reform, there was an uproar over a voluntary provision that encouraged doctors to discuss with Medicare patients the kinds of treatments they would want as they neared the end of life...
Read moreChildren Should be at Funerals
A few decades ago, children often didn’t attend funerals. The thinking was that they should be sheltered from the pain of losing a loved one. And as Americans started living longer, the need to even broach the subject of death was delayed because...
Read morePhyllis Diller Used Hospice Care
One of the true legends of the comedy world, Phyllis Diller, has died in Los Angeles on hospice. Diller, known for her loud cackle laugh, died at her L.A. home, surrounded by family. She was 95. She had recently fallen, hurting her wrist and hip...
Read moreDoc Hit for Hospice Kickbacks
Eugene Goldman M.D., 54, of Huntingdon Valley, Pa., was charged in an alleged kickback scheme arising from his employment as a medical director at Home Care Hospice Inc., a hospice care provider in Philadelphia. Goldman allegedly regularly...
Read moreThe Stein Hospice Difference
Harp Therapy being provided at Stein Hospice[photo used with permission]
Read moreWill Trashing ‘Fee-for-Service’ Improve Care?
This video suggests that ending the fee-for-service medical model, will improve care
Read moreCartoonBite: Reincarnation
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...
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