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Written by Shannon Hazen, Director of Professional Services Hospice Care was intended to be and should be a holistic approach to the care of the dying patient. The program was intended to approach all facets of the individual, mind, body, and soul. A good hospice...
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Written by Shannon Hazen, Director of Professional Services Recently, a family that was receiving a consultation on Hospice asked me something that I get asked routinely. “If my loved one gets a urinary tract infection, will they get an antibiotic?” Apparently, when...
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Written by Shannon Hazen, Director of Professional Services You may have heard the words, this is “not curable”, “there is very little we can do” or “I think you need to have a palliative consult.” After the heart sinks and you have worked through the emotional shock,...
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Written by Shannon Hazen, Director of Professional Services Remember playing the game of telephone in grade school? A message would be sent around the room, whispering ear to ear with the goal of getting a message from student to student without losing the message. ...
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Written by Shannon Hazen, Director of Professional Services It is a hard thing to be the caregiver for someone with dementia. You worry day in and day out, the stress of having a person dependent on you can cause anxiety, anger, sleeplessness, and fear. Days are...
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Written by Shannon Hazen, Director of Professional Services “This is so out of character for Grandpa, something has to be wrong!” This is something we hear so often when caring for those with dementia. Our sweet-natured, pleasant loved one is hitting people, spitting...
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Written by Shannon Hazen, Director of Professional Services One of the most common problems that we see in End-Stage Dementia is significant weight loss, loss of appetite, and dehydration. For most of us, we know that food is life, we must eat to have fuel to...
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Written by Shannon Hazen, Director of Professional Services End Stage Dementia is often the most confusing and least educated of all the stages. In the world of medicine, there are tools that medical professionals use to gauge where the patient is in the end of...
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Written by Shannon Hazen, Director of Professional Services Dementia, whether it’s Alzheimer’s disease or another “forgetful” diagnosis, most of us understand that it is the permanent loss of memory. Through the magic of television and the internet, we see...
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Written by Shannon Hazen, Director of Professional Services We should start by understanding death. The reality is that death comes for us all. It is the one thing in which we all ride the same storm. The way of our death may be different, but we all have an...
