Stark Stories – an intern’s blog by Helen Stark
UK – St Columba’s Hospice Blog
Welcome to the first of my blogs for St Columba’s Hospice, where you’ll find me blogging about my time as an intern in the fundraising team. I hope you will enjoy reading about my experience.
St Luke’s Hospice uses tablet computers to help patients at home
UK – The Star
A Sheffield hospice is taking part in an international project which aims to provide better end-of-life care to patients in their homes.
Girl, eight, raises funds for Bradford hospice in honour of her granddad
UK – Telegraph & Argus
AN eight-year-old girl has raised funds for the Marie Curie Hospice in Bradford by making pretend moustaches in honour of her granddad.
‘It’s About Living Better’: Repositioning Palliative Care in Hematologic Cancer
US – MedScape News & Perspective
The role of palliative care is widely misperceived as a strategy reserved for patients with limited options in advanced stages of disease. This misperception has been standing in the way of broader application of treatments that can improve quality of life (QOL) of patients with serious disease even when the prognosis is good.
Motor neurone disease guidelines to have “hugely significant” impact on care
US – National Institute of Health and Care Excellence
Updated motor neurone disease guidelines will have a “hugely significant” impact on care, according one national charity.
Medulla Communications’ film on palliative care gets 200 nurses to share screen space
India – Afaqs!
Titled ‘Last Words’, the Indian Association of Palliative Care’s campaign aims to educate the masses about the form of specialised medical care.
India – The Hindu
Seven young city doctors are investing their time, money, attention and care to treat poor, neglected and chronic patients free of cost.
The BUMBLEance – Donegal’s unique children’s ambulance
ehospice International Children’s edition
Derry Journal recently published an article about a unique children’s ambulance service for the children and families of Donegal, Ireland.
HPCA in full support of #OrangeDay
ehospice South Africa
Every 25th of the month, Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa’s staff wear their most favoured orange attire in support of The UN Secretary-General’s UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign, managed by the UN Women which has proclaimed the 25th of the month as “Orange Day” – a day to take action to raise awareness and prevent violence against women and girls.
Gender discombobulation, art, music, medicine and more at the dotMed Conference 2016
ehospice UK
Earlier this month, Dr Ros Taylor attended the 2016 dotMed conference, an annual gathering which “celebrates the interface between medicine, technology and the humanities.” Here she reports back on the event for ehospice.
New report raises concerns about health practices of aging Americans
ehospice USA
A new report from the Dartmouth Atlas Project looks at healthcare practices of the aging U.S. population.
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