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Welcome to Hospice & Palliative Care Today, a daily email summarizing numerous topics essential for understanding the current landscape of serious illness and end-of-life care. Teleios Collaborative Network podcasts review Hospice & Palliative Care Today monthly content - explore these and all TCN Talks podcasts.
Editor's Note: Welcome to our Special Edition - Labor Day 2026. Today's simpler format shares recent articles we've posted that lift up hospice and palliative care's "greatest heroes ... who do their duty in the daily grind ... whilst the world whirls ..." From Florence Nightingale to Dolly Parton (see "Today's Encouragement"), may we lead through minds, hearts, and hands of service.
2. Direct care nursing as a career destination-A qualitative exploration of why nurses stay
3. How hospice social workers create everyday moments that matter
4. Two Ann Arbor nurses who transformed how people die mentored her. Then, she became their caregiver.
5. Hospital chaplain shares what end-of-life patients regret most
6. Restaurant owner shelves Easter plans to fulfill dying man's last wish to feed his hospice nurses
7. Sheinelle Jones honors nurses who cared for her late husband
8. Thank a nurse 2026: reader submitted letters
9. Celebrating National Volunteer Month: hospice organizations showed appreciation (April 2026)
10. Hospice of Southern West Virginia is offering free Hospice Aide training for qualified applicants
11. Great leadership in 2026 comes down to 4 human behaviors: technology may be changing how work gets done, but the fundamentals of leading people have not changed.
“You’re not just there to do a job”: a qualitative examination of Canadian long-term care worker strengths
BMH Health Services Research; by Duneesha Goonetilleke, Nick Boettcher, Sofia Celis & Bonnie Lashewicz; 2/25/26, online ahead of print
Direct care nursing as a career destination-A qualitative exploration of why nurses stay
Nursing Management; by Leach, Catherine T., Whade, Jill J., Horvick, Savannah G.; 1/26
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How hospice social workers create everyday moments that matter
Severna Park Voice, Severna Park, MD; by Chris Gooding, LCSW-C, social worker Hospice of the Chesapeake; 1/15/26
Two Ann Arbor nurses who transformed how people die mentored her. Then, she became their caregiver.
MLive.com, Ann Arbor, MI; by Jennifer Eberback; 6/28/26
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Hospital chaplain shares what end-of-life patients regret most
Religion Unplugged; by Elizabeth Eisenstadt Evans; 2/24/26
Restaurant owner shelves Easter plans to fulfill dying man's last wish to feed his hospice nurses
Daily Good; by Good News Network; 4/7/26
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Sheinelle Jones honors nurses who cared for her late husband
TODAY with Jenna & Sheinelle; YouTube segment from tv show; 2/4/26
Thank a nurse 2026: reader submitted letters
Portland Press Herald, Portland, ME; by various readers of the Portland Press Herald; 5/8/26
Celebrating National Volunteer Month: hospice organizations showed appreciation (April 2026)
Hospice & Palliative Care Today; compilation by Joy Berger; 5/1/26
Hospice of Southern West Virginia is offering free Hospice Aide training for qualified applicants
sABC-4 WOAY, Beckley, WV; by Brandy Lawrence; 8/26/26
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