The Most Important Conversation to Have Before You Die
Talking about your advance care directive with your loved ones will make life — and death — easier later on.
What Does a Nurse Case Manager Do?
Ronda Gordon is a Nurse Case Manager, in charge of the care for Angels Grace Hospice’s patients across the board. She coordinates the care of the social worker, the chaplains, nurses’ aides, and manages the physical care for the patients.
Heart Failure and Hospice Care – a Discussion at End of Life
In order to understand the care that is required for an individual diagnosed with End Stage heart failure or CHF (Congestive Heart Failure), one must understand the disease process itself.
Hospice Pet Therapy Program
Our Pet Therapy Program at Angels Grace Hospice is a guided interaction with our therapy dog, Gracie, and her owner, Joe. She is warm, affectionate, friendly, and has a face that everyone loves. It’s amazing how many times she walks out of a room and they say, “You made my day.”
Inspiring Music-Related Stories from our RNs
We have 3 music- or memory-related recordings, which can affect end-of-life care.
Comfort & Dignity
Barb Rzeszutko, Angels Grace Hospice’s Medical Social Worker (MSW), describes the emotional support and caregiving needs that the Angels Grace Hospice staff gives to patients and their families.
Making Time for our Patients
Angels Grace Hospice’s Hospice Aide, Jasmin Aguilar, explains how she likes to find out the background of the patient before she engages with them by reading the report that is provided on them.
Terminal Restlessness Explained
Some, not all individuals in hospice care experience terminal restlessness or agitation as they come closer to end of life. What Is Terminal Restlessness? Terminal restlessness can be defined as: increased anxiety agitation confusion Witnessing a loved one experience terminal restlessness can be alarming to friends and family. Calm, kind …
Facts about hospice care that might surprise you
With so much information available (and actually bombarding us) we think we know everything. But sometimes what we know is out-dated information, or only part of the story. Take hospice for instance. I’ve run into so many people who say, “Yes, I know about hospice” . . . and it …
What is Bereavement Care?
The definition of bereavement is: the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone. This is what happens when we experience a loss. The loss can be a person, pet, divorce, even age related losses such as ability to see, ambulate, remember all we grieve. Bereavement …