end of life care

We are joining with Senior Services of Davie County to offer a Caregiver Lunch & Learn there. Davie Medical Equipment is providing the lunch. Our very own Rosemary Niles will speak on: Caregiver Stress: Tips for Going the Distance This will be on Thursday, September 20, at 11:45. Click this link for more info: http://ow.ly/d/K6T  

Home management of a chronic illness often requires the use of needles or lancets. You may need to give your family member shots. Or draw drops of blood for testing. All these procedures involve the use of what are known as "sharps."

Caring for an ill family member often requires taking on the role of "decision maker." Sometimes it's multiple mundane decisions (Should you ask your sister to do the shopping? Is this a good day to shower Mom? Now or after lunch?). And sometimes it's several important health decisions, all in a short period of time.

A "nursing home" or "skilled nursing facility" (SNF) used to be the only option for care outside the hospital. That is no longer the case. Care in a SNF (pronounced "sniff") is highly specialized. It's also expensive.

If you're feeling stressed, you are not alone. According to a 2011 national survey by the American Psychological Association, individuals providing care to a family member

It is usually obvious what a person with dementia is no longer able to do. But finding things your loved one CAN do may feel like a challenge, especially if memory loss is severe. Here are some tips. Activities are important. They answer core human needs for

This year many popular brand-name drugs will become available in generic form. Are they as good? The Food and Drug Administration approves both brand-name and generic drugs. The two medicines are identical in active ingredient(s), strength, quality, safety, and how they work; required lab testing to prove they are absorbed 80% - 125% as well as the original (the average tends to be 96% - 104%); manufacturing standards that ensure consistency and purity. Brand-name and generic drugs are different in

Source: SeriousIllness.org Caring for an ailing relative can shift life in a way that makes typical measures of "success" pretty useless. Perhaps it's no longer important to work such "top producer" hours. Or to have the best garden on the block. But without these familiar markers, you may wonder, "Who am I? How am I doing?"

Hospice & Palliative CareCenter's popular mobile app, Hospice Connect is now available for Android devices. Hospice & Palliative CareCenter is proud to be one of the first 3 Hospice organizations in the world to launch a mobile application! Hospice Connect is your always-available, on-the-go resource to what's happening at Hospice & Palliative CareCenter.