Adapted from an article written by Lucy Burns at BBC News. Denial. Anger. Bargaining. Depression. Acceptance. Everyone knows the theory that when we grieve we go through a number of stages – it turns up everywhere from palliative care units to boardrooms. A viral article told us we’d experience them during the coronavirus pandemic. […]
Is a Peaceful Death Still Possible Amidst Disaster?
What do you do when you’re in hospice, coming to terms with the end of your life and there is suddenly a disaster such as a tornado, flood, or wildfire like those that ravaged California’s Wine Country in early October? This is what Hospice by the Bay and other hospice providers had to do face […]
Walmart’s Entry into Hospice & Healthcare
Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, has gotten into the healthcare business. On September 13, 2019, it announced that it is partnering with Amedisys to expand hospice nationwide through a new health care service called Walmart Health. According to Walmart’s Corporate announcement, the first-ever Walmart Health center in Dallas, Georgia, “is working with partners to provide […]
Telehospice: Hospice Evolves with Technology
Technological advances in medicine continue to grow by leaps and bounds every day. Now those advances have moved into the hospice arena. It’s called telehospice and it’s changing the way hospice care is practiced. Nationwide, hospices are using new and advanced technology to improve workflows, training, and patient care. For example, VITAS Healthcare is working […]
Our Response to COVID-19
The coronavirus has challenged all of us to improvise and innovate in hopes of a better future. While you have been sheltering in place, Hospice Care of the Lowcountry has continued to provide compassionate care to patients and families at end-of-life. We have worked to come up with new ways to meet the needs of […]
Grief is Not a Four-Letter Word
In today’s society, we have become numb to the idea of death and dying by inexhaustible media exposure of it in movies, video games, and even the evening news. It’s this constant exposure that has made us feel that death is something that happens “out there”—to other people until losing someone touches us personally. Grief, […]
You Can Have a Good End of Life – Here’s How
In a culture where articles and statistics about the quality end-of-life have begun to infiltrate magazines and articles and studies, the underlying message has yet to be a common part of family discussions. We are still a culture that denies talking about death and has courts a fear that if you speak about it, it […]
Clinical Liaison Q&A with Jessica Lesesne
“I wish people knew how honored our team is to be able to take care of them. To allow us into their lives at such a sensitive time. How all of us constantly think about them and how we can make each day their very best.” Where is your hometown? Beautiful Beaufort, SC. I […]
Being Prepared in the Time of COVID-19
From The Conversation Project. Three Things You Can Do Now: This is a challenging time. There are many things that are out of our control. But there are some things we can do to help us be prepared – both for ourselves and the people we care about. Here are three important things each of […]
COVID-19 Glaring Omission Waiver
The blanket waivers issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) did not directly address the critical role performed by hospice providers in delivering compassionate palliative care during this national public health emergency. In addition to clarifying that hospice providers are specifically included in the categories of providers to which the blanket waivers […]
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