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July 31st, 2007

The Hospice Team

I know I talk a lot about hospice care, but, I feel very strongly that everyone should know what hospice is, and, what they do.
The Gibert Guide Blog has a great article, called Hospice: The Interdisciplinary Team that explains what hospice is, and, how all the involved professionals assist patients with their physical, emotional, […]

By Elizabeth -- 1 comment

February 8th, 2007

An act of love

I never told you a lot about my mother’s death, but, actually, it was pretty amazing, as far as these things go, and, since the b5 Media Family and Relationships Channel’s Blog Carnival theme is “love”, I figured this was as good of a time as any to tell you about it.
She was very ill […]

By Elizabeth -- 9 comments

July 13th, 2006

Moving day

Much to our surpirse, my mother was moved to the hospice residence today. I say “surprise” because it was just a couple of days ago that she asked them to start the admission process knowing that it would take a couple of weeks to get a bed. Only a bed became available yesterday and they […]

By Elizabeth -- 14 comments

June 22nd, 2006

Planning to leave home

My dad admitted to me today that he wont be able to handle my mother’s care at home once school starts in August (he’s a teacher). So, in the next few weeks, we will be making firm plans to move her to a residential hospice.
I’ve hoped that he would reach this conclusion soon, not because […]

By Elizabeth -- 9 comments