Navigating the twilight years can be challenging, especially when it comes to making healthcare decisions. For the Baby Boomer Generation, hospice care is becoming an increasingly important consideration.
Hospice care provides comprehensive services and support to patients facing life-limiting illnesses. It brings together a team of healthcare professionals who cater to the emotional, social, and spiritual needs of the patient, as well as their physical well-being.
For Baby Boomers, who are now entering their 70s and beyond, hospice care offers the chance to maintain dignity, comfort, and quality of life during their final days. It’s about making the most of the time left, surrounded by care, compassion, and familiarity.
Understanding and choosing hospice care is a crucial step for Baby Boomers and their families. It allows them to plan ahead, ensuring that their wishes are respected and their lives are celebrated, even in their sunset years.
Send us Fan MailWhy do generations often clash at work—and what can leaders do to bridge the divide? In this insightful first installment, Chris Comeaux sits down with nationally recognized generational expert Karen McCullough to explore the perspectives, experiences, and workplace expectations t…
Send us Fan MailWhy do generations often clash at work—and what can leaders do to bridge the divide? In this insightful first installment, Chris Comeaux sits down with nationally recognized generat…
Send us Fan MailWhy do generations often clash at work—and what can leaders do to bridge the divide? In this insightful first installment, Chris Comeaux sits down with nationally recognized generational expert Karen McCullough to explore the perspectives, experiences, and workplace expectations that shape Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials, and Generation Z. Drawing from more than two decades of research and real-world consulting, Karen unpacks why many workplace conflicts are not personal attacks, but differences in generational perspective.Together, they examine how communication st…
Dear Barbara, As a new hospice RN, I would like to thank you for your contribution to hospice. Your booklet Gone From My Sight was so touching to read and gives my patients' families so much comfort. I am sure you are a very busy woman, but if you have any advice for a new hospice RN, it would be gr…
Dear Barbara, As a new hospice RN, I would like to thank you for your contribution to hospice. Your booklet Gone From My Sight was so touching to read and gives my patients' families so much comfort. …
Dear Barbara, As a new hospice RN, I would like to thank you for your contribution to hospice. Your booklet Gone From My Sight was so touching to read and gives my patients' families so much comfort. I am sure you are a very busy woman, but if you have any advice for a new hospice RN, it would be greatly appreciated. After working in several areas of nursing, I truly feel that hospice is my calling, and I want to do it right.
Welcome to the world of hospice nursing and to finding your special place. So few people find that place anymore. For too many, a job is simply a paycheck. How lucky you …
190 Comfort Measures in the Hospital: What They Mean and How They Help Host Marie Betcher, a registered nurse and former hospice nurse, explains what "comfort measures" mean when offered during a hospital stay. Comfort measures begin when curative care stops and the focus shifts to relieving discom…
190 Comfort Measures in the Hospital: What They Mean and How They Help Host Marie Betcher, a registered nurse and former hospice nurse, explains what "comfort measures" mean when offered during a hos…
190 Comfort Measures in the Hospital: What They Mean and How They Help Host Marie Betcher, a registered nurse and former hospice nurse, explains what "comfort measures" mean when offered during a hospital stay. Comfort measures begin when curative care stops and the focus shifts to relieving discomfort, pain, and distress for patients nearing end of life through appropriate medications and bedside care. She notes that comfort measures are not a full care program and lack the added support hospice can provide, but they are still valuable, especially when hospice is not offered or available due…
Dear Barbara, I lost my mom to cancer. I had taken 2 months off work to be at her home. I have lost my way since her dying. Lost my job, home, family, friends. I am struggling as I write. Why is this still the core of my downfall. I saw my alcoholic dad to his last breath too, 20 years before, and a…
Dear Barbara, I lost my mom to cancer. I had taken 2 months off work to be at her home. I have lost my way since her dying. Lost my job, home, family, friends. I am struggling as I write. Why is this …
Dear Barbara, I lost my mom to cancer. I had taken 2 months off work to be at her home. I have lost my way since her dying. Lost my job, home, family, friends. I am struggling as I write. Why is this still the core of my downfall. I saw my alcoholic dad to his last breath too, 20 years before, and although at that time I walked out on a job I loved and people in my life to care for him, I was able to stand on my own two feet afterwards. Any writings for stunted grief process would be appreciated.
Grief can be very complicated- as complicated as our relationship with the person who died. In fac…
Send us Fan MailCan healthcare remain compassionate in an age of private equity, artificial intelligence, and growing financial pressures?In this part two episode, Chris Comeaux continues conversation with Lauren Kaufmann, Assistant Professor of Business Administration at the Darden School of Busine…
Send us Fan MailCan healthcare remain compassionate in an age of private equity, artificial intelligence, and growing financial pressures?In this part two episode, Chris Comeaux continues conversation…
Send us Fan MailCan healthcare remain compassionate in an age of private equity, artificial intelligence, and growing financial pressures?In this part two episode, Chris Comeaux continues conversation with Lauren Kaufmann, Assistant Professor of Business Administration at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia and Stephen Maiden, Managing Director of Case Writing Research Group, to discuss the future of healthcare, hospice, private equity, artificial intelligence, ethical leadership, and organizational mission.Drawing from their groundbreaking hospice case study, they expl…
Send us Fan MailCan healthcare remain compassionate in an age of private equity, artificial intelligence, and growing financial pressures?In this part two episode, Chris Comeaux continues conversation with Lauren Kaufmann, Assistant Professor of Business Administration at the Darden School of Busine…
Send us Fan MailCan healthcare remain compassionate in an age of private equity, artificial intelligence, and growing financial pressures?In this part two episode, Chris Comeaux continues conversation…
Send us Fan MailCan healthcare remain compassionate in an age of private equity, artificial intelligence, and growing financial pressures?In this part two episode, Chris Comeaux continues conversation with Lauren Kaufmann, Assistant Professor of Business Administration at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia and Stephen Maiden, Managing Director of Case Writing Research Group, to discuss the future of healthcare, hospice, private equity, artificial intelligence, ethical leadership, and organizational mission.Drawing from their groundbreaking hospice case study, they expl…
Today’s guest Roy Remer is teaching caregivers how to practice mindful caregiving, creating sustainability and calm during the caregiving experience. Roy is the author of Zen Caregiving: How to Care for Yourself While Caring for Others. An educator and end-of-life caregiver since 1997, he is exe…
Today’s guest Roy Remer is teaching caregivers how to practice mindful caregiving, creating sustainability and calm during the caregiving experience. Roy is the author of Zen Caregiving: How to Ca…
Today’s guest Roy Remer is teaching caregivers how to practice mindful caregiving, creating sustainability and calm during the caregiving experience. Roy is the author of Zen Caregiving: How to Care for Yourself While Caring for Others. An educator and end-of-life caregiver since 1997, he is executive director of Zen Caregiving Project in San Francisco and lead creator of the Mindful Caregiving Education curriculum. A dedicated practitioner in the Soto Zen tradition, Remer is a student at San Francisco Zen Center. He is certified by the Stanford University School of Medicine’s Center for…
Spiritual and emotional support matters: True hospice care respects and aligns with your family’s unique faith and beliefs. The best providers offer a “ministry of presence”—supporting families with empathy and understanding, not just medical care. Luke SanchezWelcome back to another episode…
Spiritual and emotional support matters: True hospice care respects and aligns with your family’s unique faith and beliefs. The best providers offer a “ministry of presence”—supporting familie…
Spiritual and emotional support matters: True hospice care respects and aligns with your family’s unique faith and beliefs. The best providers offer a “ministry of presence”—supporting families with empathy and understanding, not just medical care. Luke SanchezWelcome back to another episode of Life Happens with Kim Hegwood! In this insightful continuation, Kim Hegwood welcomes Luke Sanchez of Concho Hearts Hospice for part two of their candid conversation on navigating hospice care. Building on the previous episode, they dig deeper into what makes exceptional hospice providers stand o…
Send us Fan MailFew topics spark more debate in healthcare than the intersection of compassionate care, ethical responsibility, and financial sustainability.Can mission-driven hospice organizations survive—and thrive—in a healthcare landscape increasingly dominated by for-profit providers?In Par…
Send us Fan MailFew topics spark more debate in healthcare than the intersection of compassionate care, ethical responsibility, and financial sustainability.Can mission-driven hospice organizations su…
Send us Fan MailFew topics spark more debate in healthcare than the intersection of compassionate care, ethical responsibility, and financial sustainability.Can mission-driven hospice organizations survive—and thrive—in a healthcare landscape increasingly dominated by for-profit providers?In Part One of this compelling conversation, TCNtalks/Anatomy of Leadership host Chris Comeaux welcomes Lauren Kaufmann, Assistant Professor of Business Administration at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, and Stephen Maiden, Managing Director of the Darden Case Writing Research Group.�…
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