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The Role of a Hospice Medical Director: Adding Expertise, Not Replacing Care

When imagining hospice, people may picture nurses making home visits or social workers supporting families through difficult conversations. Less visible, but an equally important part of the care team, is
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More Support, Less Uncertainty: How Hospice Helps Families Facing Dementia

One diagnosis often surprises families when it qualifies a loved one for hospice care: dementia. Many people associate hospice with illnesses that follow a rapid or more predictable decline, such
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Hospice Care Eligibility and Timing: It’s More Than You May Think

Hospice is often called in at the last minute, but it’s not meant to be that way. The misconception that hospice care is only for a person’s final days or
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Remembering a Loved One with Flowers, Poems, Pictures, Song

Each time Kaitlyn Dawson has lost a patient, she takes the time to draw a flower commemorating the time and space the two enjoyed together and to honor a life
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A Career Spent Serving Others, and Now Hospice is There for Him

For the better part of 30 years, Don Walsh worked as a friendly sleuth. That’s what good librarians do, after all. They discover things on behalf of others. Now, at
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