Glory HPC

HOSPICE INFORMATION

Hospice care is delivered in the home or an inpatient setting and is provided by a medically directed interdisciplinary team. Each team includes a physician, registered nurse, social worker, clergy, hospice aide, therapist (if needed) and any number of volunteers. Bereavement support is provided to both families and caregivers. The type and scope of services provided is based on ongoing needs assessments and is unique to each patient and family. Hospice emphasizes palliative rather … [Read More...]

ADVANCE PLANNING

Advance Care Planning is the process of planning for future medical care in the event that the individual is unable to make his or her own decisions and to identify your health care choices so that they can be communicated to your family and your health care providers. It is a process of exploring, discussing, articulating and documenting those preferences, based on the person's values and goals about health and medical treatment. Some people may not be certain of their values and … [Read More...]

BEREAVEMENT & GRIEF

Bereavement refers to the period of mourning and grief following the death of a beloved person. Mourning is the word that is used to describe the public rituals or symbols of bereavement, such as holding funeral services, wearing black clothing, closing a place of business temporarily, or lowering a flag to half mast. Grief refers to one's personal experience of loss; it includes physical symptoms as well as emotional and spiritual reactions to the loss. While public expressions of mourning are … [Read More...]

CAREGIVING

One of the most difficult roles a person can take on is that of caregiver to a hospice patient. Regardless of who is doing the work, caring for a hospice patient is both physically and emotionally draining. It is important to remember that the caregiver needs care, too. Once hospice care has begun, the goal is to make the patient as comfortable as possible. Often, this care is administered in a home setting with a primary non-medical caregiver who is trained and supplemented by hospice … [Read More...]

THE HEALING PROCESS

At some point in life, everyone loses someone they feel especially close to and we enter into grieving. The loved one can be a parent, child, spouse or a dear friend. The grieving that follows a loss is real, and can be very painful. While it may be tempting to deny grieving in an attempt to avoid the pain, it's much healthier to accept those feelings of pain and loss, and to work through the grieving process in an intentional way. Learn to accept that your loss is real. For many people who are grieving a loss, … [Read More...]