Hospice Discussion

A place to seek resources about death, dying and hospice. And an opportunity to share feelings and stories that may help others through the most trying of all of human experiences.

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It is said that time heals all wounds, but I don’t think so. Grief of loss can percolate back up from it’s unconscious crypt at any time. And when it does, no bandage, scab or scar can contain it. I was doing some dusting in my disgracefully disorganized office space […]

Loss

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About 300 years before the time of Christ, there lived in Greece a man who was arguably the most famous person in the history of medicine. His intellectual school of medicine revolutionized the practice of the day. And his words have lived on even unto this day. They  are the […]

First, Do No Harm

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If you are a caregiver, there is no doubt that you already know what loss is. Even before your loved one departs. Even before they need hospice. The following is an excerpt from the Concordia Visiting Nurses newsletter. It includes some tips for coping with the losses that being a […]

Coping

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