Resource: Helping people benefit from social work at the end of their life
UK – Care Appointments
A new resource aims to ensure that people benefit from good social work at the end of their life, and that those close to them are supported during this time and into bereavement.
A new understanding of health system performance for older adults
US – Health Affairs blog
The number of people age 65 and older in the U.S. will almost double between 2012 and 2050. At the same time this large demographic shift is occurring, we are also in the midst of great health care system change. Given the large simultaneous changes, we have an opportunity to pay closer attention to the special needs that come with an aging population and redesign the system to address them.
The most important letter you may ever write
US – Stanford Medicine SCOPE blog
Decisions about end-of-life care are often left to others who, while well-intentioned, may opt for treatments that can cause suffering and pain and lead to an undignified end, says Stanford palliative care expert V.J. Periyakoil, MD.
We’ll never live forever: let’s look at end-of-life care differently
UK – The Guardian
A BMA report finds flaws in care for those who are dying. Immortality is not all it’s cracked up to be, as Gulliver found out – and it’s better to die on your own terms.
The dying days are about living well too
Singapore – The Straits Times
When a loved one is dying, preparations go beyond practical arrangements and medical decisions.
Report from the International Pediatric Palliative Care Congress, Mexico, February 2016
Mexico – The Wellness Shepherd blog
With two days of notice I decided to attend a three-day intensive on pediatric palliative care, February 22-24, 2016 at the University of Guadalajara Medical School.
#Hike4Hospice Spotlight: Powell River Hospice Society
ehospice Canada
In a new feature for the upcoming 2016 #Hike4Hospice, we will be showcasing one Hike site every other week. This week we spoke to Sandy McCartie, Hike Coordinator at Powell River Hospice Society, in Powell River, BC.
ehospice South Africa
Recently Hospice board and CEO had a vision to reopen the Hospice in-patient facility that was closed in Umkomaas some years ago because of financial constraints at the time.
Has the chancellor forgotten seriously ill children?
ehospice UK
Barbara Gelb OBE, chief executive of Together for Short Lives – the charity which advocates on behalf of children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions – reacts to the government’s budget for 2016, the details of which were announced by George Osborne this afternoon.
Podcast series from National Academies
ehospice USA
A new podcast series sponsored by the National Academy of Medicine examines various aspects of end-of-life care.
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