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Tag Archives: Caregiving
Physical Intimacy and the Dying
Is Touching Taboo?
Join SevenPonds each month as Tani Bahti, RN, CT, CHPN, offers practical on-hand guidance to demystify the dying process. As an RN since 1976, Tani has been working to empower families and healthcare professionals to have the best end-of-life experience possible both through education and the … Continue reading
Caring for a Dying Loved One? Be Gentle With Yourself.
Dying is unpredictable and messy. Don’t blame yourself if it doesn’t go according to plan
Join SevenPonds each month as Tani Bahti, RN, CT, CHPN, offers practical on-hand guidance to demystify the dying process. As an RN since 1976, Tani has been working to empower families and healthcare professionals to have the best end-of-life experience possible both through education and the … Continue reading
For-Profit Hospices Discharging Patients Before Their Time
Cost savings take precedence over patient wishes, study shows
According to a recent New York Times article, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission has found that approximately 20 percent of hospice patients in the United States are being discharged from care before they die. Of this number, the article suggests, … Continue reading
Posted in Something Special
Tagged Caregiving, Death, Death and Dying, Dying, end-of-life, End-of-life care, Hospice, Palliative Care, terminal illness
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Caregiving or Caring? Connection Can Be Lost in a Maze of Tasks
Remember to acknowledge the personhood of the loved one in your care as your roles shift
Join SevenPonds each month as Tani Bahti, RN, CT, CHPN, offers practical on-hand guidance to demystify the dying process. As an RN since 1976, Tani has been working to empower families and healthcare professionals to have the best end-of-life experience possible both through education and the … Continue reading
Posted in Dying Well
Tagged Caregiving, End-of-life care, Grief, Hospice, Loss, terminal illness
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How It All Could Be: A Work Book for Dying People and for Those Who Love Them” by Stephen Jenkinson
Stephen Jenkinson's little book offers mighty ideas to rethink dying and grieving in a death-denying culture
Stephen Jenkinson (MTS, MSW) is an author, teacher, spiritual activist, farmer, subject of the film Griefwalker, and former palliative care professional. His 2009 publication, How It All Could Be: A work book for dying people and for those who love … Continue reading
Posted in Lending Insight
Tagged Caregiving, Death, end-of-life, Grief, Lending Insight, Life, Palliative Care, SevenPonds, Stephen Jenkinson
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