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One Good Thing: Thanking nursing home volunteers

Emmanuel Hospice in Grand Rapids recently hosted a no-contact, drive-thru luncheon for its 35 volunteers. Last Wednesday, the volunteers drove up to … See the full Hospice Volunteers article.

OP-ED: Pandemic makes end-of-life care harder

Home hospice workers kept him comfortable. He spent … “I have one couple, both elderly,” Jennifer Pool, a social worker with Visiting Nurse told me. See the full Hospice Social Worker article.

Lockdown points up utility of technology

Otago Community Hospice nurse practitioner Louisa Ingham would normally … It includes a social worker, an occupational therapist, a counsellor, … See the full Hospice Social Worker article.

Pandemic Makes End-of-Life Care Harder

Home hospice workers kept him comfortable. … When patients are nearing the end, hospice care emphasizes comfort and quality of life … “I have one couple, both elderly,” Jennifer Pool, a social worker with Visiting Nurse told me. See the…

Rodolfo “Rudy” Terranova

… Hospice House of Mercy. Especially nurse Amy, Social Worker Rene, Chaplain Bill, Father Chris of Immaculate Conception Church of Cedar Rapids … See the full Hospice Social Worker article.

Eleanor (Malloy) Madden

… that memorial contributions be sent to MercyOne North Iowa Hospice. … She began her nursing career at Mercy Hospital in Mason City, where she … See the full Hospice Nurses article.

On the ‘frontlines’ of the pandemic

Svetlana “Svieta” Zakharov is a registered nurse with Community Home Health and Hospice. She spends her days making home visits to people with a … See the full Hospice Nurses article.

Hospice for May 18, 2020

Since those early days, we have become licensed as a hospice and achieved Medicare Certification. We have grown from only volunteer services to a … See the full Hospice Volunteers article.

What’s funny about this?

You probably think it’s unlikely that a former hospice social worker would have funny stories to tell. But you never met Trudy. Trudy lived with her sister … See the full Hospice Social Worker article.