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Oct 4, 20224 min read

The Questions You Need to Ask About End-of-Life Planning

Sarah Kessler Our guest blog today features Sarah Kessler, a writer at JoinCake.com, an end-of-life planning website with free resources...

Jul 13, 20212 min read

Hospice Not Once, but Twice

Today’s blog features writing from our colleague and friend Peggy Green, Thee Grief Specialist, author of Life After Child Loss: The...

Jun 23, 20212 min read

“Now it’s time to take care of you.”

https://www.beyondwordsco.com/ This week’s blog features our friend Catherine Hinz. Catherine is the founder and CEO of Beyond Words...

Jun 10, 20212 min read

“A Path Home”: a Great Podcast from the National Home Funeral Alliance

We want to introduce you to “A Path Home”, the podcast sponsored by the National Home Funeral Alliance. A Home Funeral?? Yes, home...

May 13, 20211 min read

10th Annual Thresholds Conference is a Great Opportunity!

Our colleagues at Hospice of Southern Maine are hosting an event you won’t want to miss – the 10th Annual Thresholds Conference on...

Apr 20, 20212 min read

Give a Mile Gives from the Heart

Kevin Crowe solved the perfect problem. He did it with innovation and creativity. He also did it with a lot of heart. giveamile.org...

Apr 7, 20212 min read

We’re Still Connected: A Guest Blog from Linda Bryce

Our end of life colleague Linda Bryce shares gracious wisdom in a guest blog today. According to her website thecouragetocare.com,...

Dec 19, 20201 min read

How to Decide: Home Health vs Hospice

Sometimes patients and families are challenged by the decision to stick with home health services or choose hospice care. It’s a hard...

Oct 22, 20202 min read

Making the Death Talks Easier with Lisa Newburger of Discuss Directives

Let’s talk about death – it’ll be fun. (Said no one ever.) Actually, someone is saying it. And Lisa Newburger of Discuss Directives...

Oct 7, 20202 min read

Speak the Unspeakable

In hospice we speak the language of the dying. I’m not being morbid. It’s just what we do. End of life care is designed to care for...

Sep 24, 20202 min read

The Heart of Hospice Podcast Can Help

Since The Heart of Hospice podcast launched four years ago, we’ve talked about a wide variety of topics. There’s information everybody...

Jul 28, 20201 min read

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

The Heart of Hospice, LLC It’s an understatement to say we’re going through a lot of changes as a country. The same is true for the...

May 12, 20202 min read

Every Day Heroes – Nurses’ Week 2020

Some are calling nurses heroes. They’re saying nurses are on the front lines of the pandemic. Nurses hold patients’ hands when they’re...

Feb 9, 20202 min read

It’s Not Just About the Numbers

In the hospice industry there’s a lot of focus on numbers. The scores on our satisfaction surveys, how many patients on our census, the...

Jan 26, 20203 min read

It’s All About the Patient.

It’s not all about you. Yes, that’s right. If you’re a hospice professional, part of your job is creating and following a Plan of Care...

Jan 12, 20202 min read

Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief

Once in awhile something comes along that is so extraordinary and filled with so much potential that we just have to tell you about it. ...

Oct 13, 20192 min read

HPNA Launches a New Podcast

The Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association is a professional organization for nursing professionals working in hospice and palliative...

Sep 8, 20191 min read

How do you want to be treated?

Photo/infographic by Helen Bauer, The Heart of Hospice #hospice #hospicejourney #JerryFenter #YouaretheHeartofHospice

Aug 25, 20192 min read

Meeting the Need

by Jerry Fenter, Spiritual Counselor Many of the products and services we use today were created to meet a need. The creators saw the...

May 19, 20192 min read

Advance Care Planning – Not a One and Done

The best way to have your wishes honored at the end of your life is to tell someone what you want – your doctor, your family, a...