Salt Lake City’s homeless deserve hospice care
US – Deseret News
Where do homeless people go to die? The shelters are not equipped to deal with the end of life, hospitals can’t keep these patients for weeks or months on end, and most lack insurance to pay for a skilled nursing facility.
Arohanui Hospice director to advise on end of life care
New Zealand – Manawatu Standard
A Palmerston North doctor is set to advise the government on how to improve end of life care in New Zealand.
Hospitals begin to think more about palliative care
UK – Herald Scotland
When Professor David Clark and his team at Glasgow University researched the prevalence of death among hospital patients, theirs was the first study of its kind in the world. It told us something many people may have realised on a subconscious level, but which is rarely stated: A key part of the business of hospitals is death.
Path to avoiding unwanted end of life medical treatment
US – The Detroit News
My mom paid a painful price for not completing an advance directive about her preferences for end of life medical care, writes David R Grube.
Dedicated Ty Bryngwyn hospice nurse talks of ‘rewarding’ role
UK – Llanelli Star
A hospice sister who provides unwavering support to people fighting cancer has said her role is “highly fulfilling”.
India – The Hindu
Hugely impressed by the services carried out by NEST in palliative care and care for the differently abled children, Fareed Shariff, a US-based industrial engineer and philanthropist who recently visited NEST, said this organisation was a model for the entire country.
UK – David Pearl Blog
David Perarl reflects on the UK hospice sector – “an island of mischief in a sea of health bureaucracy” – following his after dinner speech at Hospice UK’s annual conference last week.
Fundamentals of palliative care
EAPC blog
Professor Rod MacLeod explains the background to a longer article that is published in the November/December issue of the European Journal of Palliative Care.
#LiveCompassion – Compassion, not only a word
ehospice South Africa
This is my true story of compassion that I have experienced six years ago while working for HPCA in the capacity of a palliative care development officer in the North West province, writes Nelia Drenth.
Nikita, serving veterans in hospice
ehospice USA
Nikita is a four-legged messenger of joy bringing support to veterans under the care of hospice.
Report praises hospice charities in Wales for essential work in providing high quality care
ehospice UK
A report by the Welsh government has commended the work being done by hospices in Wales, highlighting both the quality of care they offer and the expanding role that hospices play in caring for people at the end of life.
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