Tag Archives: Hospice Care

My Mother, Your Mother by Dennis McCullough, M.D.

A thorough look at the step-by-step process for the care of elder parents
Posted on August 10, 2012 by Katie Ryan (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

My mother always told me, “When I get old, put me on an iceberg and leave me for the polar bears.”  I never once took her advice seriously, but after reading Dr. McCullough’s book, I’m starting to reconsider.  All joking … Continue reading →

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What are some End-of-Life issues? An Interview with Jennifer Marsh

Opening up about hospice and the crisis of health care funding in America
Posted on February 18, 2012 by Liz Matsushita (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

Jennifer Marsh, LMFT, MS is Community Education & Outreach Coordinator at the Elizabeth Hospice, a private nonprofit in Escondido, CA. The Elizabeth Hospice provides hospice care and counseling to terminally ill individuals and their families, whether or not they can … Continue reading →

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An Interview with Doctor C

How doctors can make a killing keeping end-of-life patients "alive"
Posted on February 4, 2012 by Suzette Sherman (Founder, SevenPonds)

This is a repost from April 2010. This is an interview with an oncologist at a leading cancer treatment center in Tucson, Arizona. We will call him Doctor C. Aurora: What question do you most often receive as an oncologist? … Continue reading →

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Wit, by Margaret Edson

A Pulitzer Prize Winning Play Follows a Dying Woman’s Path to Self-Discovery
Posted on October 7, 2011 by Antal Polony (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

There are many routes to self-discovery. A lot of them are painful. In Wit (or W;t), a Pulitzer Prize winning play by Margaret Edson, the reader (or the audience) witnesses one woman’s such journey, forced upon her by a lonely … Continue reading →

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Zen Hospice Project

Mindful grief support and hospice care in the Bay Area
Posted on June 29, 2011 by Dana Sitar (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

The Zen Hospice Project is a San Francisco- based organization dedicated to an innovative approach to end-of-life care and grief support. They offer workshops, trainings, and consulting services rooted in the Buddhist tradition of compassion, focused on alleviating suffering. The … Continue reading →

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Is There a Disparity at the End of Life?

The Ongoing Controversy Facing Hospice Care: For Profit vs. Non-Profit
Posted on June 3, 2011 by Antal Polony (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

In the midst of our nation’s perpetual health care debate, one small corner of the industry should not be overlooked, and in its way, exemplifies many of the same arguments: the balance between a person’s basic human rights and costly … Continue reading →

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