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“Let me know if there is anything I can do”

By Kevin Gardenhire | January 18th, 2018 | No Comments

By Hospice Physician “Let me know if I can do anything.” How many times have we uttered that sentence when a friend, distant relative or a colleague has informed us they have suffered a loss of a loved one? Don’t get me wrong,

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Some People Do Not Want to Be with Loved Ones at Time of Death (and that’s okay)

By Kevin Gardenhire | March 24th, 2016 | No Comments

Lizzy Miles, MA, MSW, LSW is a hospice social worker in Columbus, Ohio and author of a book of happy hospice stories: Somewhere In Between:

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When To Use The Books

By Kevin Gardenhire | March 24th, 2016 | No Comments

by Barbara Karnes, R.N. | March 21, 2016 Barbara, People have asked me when and how I can offer others your booklets.  With anyone, an acquaintance or close friend, you can always just say, “I have some materials I have found helpful, would you like to see them?” 

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Coping with the Impending Death of a Loved One

By Kevin Gardenhire | November 2nd, 2015 | No Comments

by Lizzy Miles One of the most stressful aspects of losing a loved one is the

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Forgiveness at the End of Life: A Timely Forgiveness

By | May 26th, 2015 | No Comments

A good friend who is a hospice chaplain has shared how difficult it is to be at the bedside of someone who is at the end of their life and to have the family in complete isolation from one another. We

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