Hospice Care of the LowCountry

Facing Death and Facing Yourself as a Hospice Volunteer

For most people, it’s not until they reach the end of their lives that they start to come to terms with how they’ve lived or perhaps how they haven’t. Patients in hospice are being forced to face one of the…

The Senior Network – Palliative Care Part 2

The Benefits of Palliative Care Are Finally Measured

ProHEALTH, a large multi-specialty physician provider group in New York that’s part of the national health care delivery organization, OptumCare, recently conducted a retrospective analysis to quantify cost savings associated and examine the cost-saving impacts of home-based palliative care (HBPC).…

The Senior Network – Palliative Care Part 1

The Places We Die

Americans are dying in places that are different from just a few short generations ago. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more Americans aged 85 and older die in nursing homes and those age 65 and older…

The Senior Network – Bereavement

Advanced-Care Planning

Advanced-care planning for end of life care is just as important as planning for your family’s future with retirement and savings plans. A part of everyone’s future is healthcare. Being proactive and investing in the future of your healthcare now…

Leaning Towards Hospice Care

On a crisp Saturday morning, Helen a hospice care nurse pulls up to a modest brick home in a northern NJ neighborhood. She sees the living room curtain pull back for a moment and knows she’s being watched by Allen,…

The Senior Network | Hospice Care/Jay Mullinax Part 1

The Senior Network – Hospice Care/Jay A Mullinax Part 2