Hospice expands compassionate care for nursing home residents
Hospice expands compassionate care for nursing home residents
McKnights Long-Term Care News; by Liz Barnett and Mat Zucker; 11/22/24
Nursing homes are places of care, community and compassion, particularly for residents in their final stages of life. As we recognize National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, it’s an opportune time to consider how nursing homes can broaden the support they provide by better incorporating hospice services. Hospice offers a path to comfort and dignity at the end of life, yet many families have insufficient information about these services. Our mother, Leslie, benefited from hospice care early this year when her gallbladder cancer no longer responded to treatment. This journey revealed just how powerful hospice can be, not only for the patient but for our entire family. Nursing home staff and administrators can play a crucial role in helping families like ours make informed, compassionate choices like this for their loved ones.
- Hospice as an extension of nursing home care ...
- Making hospice more accessible ...
- Educate staff and families about the benefits ...
- Frame it as a choice for dignity and comfort ...
- Encourage proactive conversations ...
- Share real stories to reduce fear and build trust ...iz Barnett is an oncology and palliative social worker, providing individual and group therapy to clients in her private practice and at Hospice of Westchester in New York]