Turkey looks to expand hospital palliative care
Turkey – Daily Sabah
The Health Ministry aims to boost palliative care for patients with serious illnesses and their relatives by establishing palliative care units at 227 public hospitals. The units will be integrated into the health system and medical staff at those units will get a pay raise.
With great power comes great responsibility: Using Facebook to explain palliative care
EAPC blog
Although palliative care is a growing specialty, Dr Gawande recognises that all clinicians need to “apply such thinking to every person they touch.” I would certainly agree, writes Dr Leeroy William.
WHO figures show we need to do more to improve access to palliative care
UK – Marie Curie blog
From a global perspective, the UK is considered a world leader in palliative care, but in reality, we’re actually comparable to other countries.
Portland’s Housecall Providers ups its palliative care services with two grants
US – Portland Business Journal
Portland-based Housecall Providers, which brings primary care into patients’ homes, has received nearly $330,000 in grants to create home-based palliative care services.
Crossroads Hospice in Plymouth breaks the mold in hospice care
US – Times Herald
During a visit from his home in Tulsa, Crossroads Hospice CEO Perry Farmer remembered a consultant’s advice to conform to the status quo in developing what has now become the largest privately held, for-profit hospice provider in the country.
Oceanside Hospice has been making an impact for 25 years
Canada – Parksville Qualicum Beach News
Oceanside Hospice is celebrating 25 years this summer and looks forward to new developments in local palliative care.
Rush Hospital wins Hospice Partnership Award
US – Rushville Republican
On 7 July, Rush Memorial Hospital President and CEO Brad Smith and VP of Nursing Carrie Tressler were presented with the Premier Hospice Bridges Award.
Calvary Hospital announces plans to restore historic Torah
US – Jewish Voice
Calvary Hospital, an American non-profit institution specialising in hospice and palliative care, has announced that it is embarking on a year-long restoration of a Torah scroll currently housed at their Bronx campus.
End of life care means meeting the emotional needs of patients and families
ehospice Canada
If you were given one last wish before you took your final breath, what would you ask for? It’s a question many of us avoid asking ourselves – let alone answering.
How a journey to Africa paved the way for Kelly to become involved in palliative care
ehospice Kenya
Fate is a funny thing, isn’t it? You start a journey to a far away land not knowing that the journey is about to change your life forever. That was the case for Kelly Third, a Canadian palliative care nurse a few years ago.
Meet Marié Wilken: CEO of Stellenbosch Hospice
ehospice South Africa
For the month of August, we will be focusing on Stellenbosch Hospice and the amazing work they do. Today we catch up with the newly appointed CEO, Marie.
‘A terrible way to end someone’s life’
ehospice USA
This story by Stephanie O’Neill looks at the ways physicians have said they would want to die and was originally published as part of a partnership that includes NPR, Southern California Public Radio and Kaiser Health News.
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