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Stroke Awareness Month — enacting better protocols can save lives

The reality when it comes to strokes? The closest hospital is not always the best option.

What is Primary Care?

I'm With the Band: Eight Things I Learned as a Traveling PT

Traveling the world as a physical therapist for rock stars has taught me what's most important to keep healthy. Here are the eight things I've learned.

The Top 8 Respiratory Illnesses and Diseases

Respiratory illnesses are a common problem in the United States. Learn about the most common types and the leading cause of respiratory diseases.

Why your family medical history matters

Sara McGregor never worried about getting breast cancer. Neither did her two older sisters. After all, their mother and maternal grandmother never had the disease. So when McGregor's eldest sister was diagnosed at age 32, the news came as a shattering shock to all three siblings

What to Expect after Cataract Surgery

Cataract surgery is a safe & effective way of restoring ones vision. There are many experienced surgeons at FLEI that are available for cataract evaluations

Using paramedics to help hospice patients avoid unwanted care

A pilot project in Ventura County has trained paramedics to assess whether or not hospice patients need to go to the hospital.

Caring for the Caregiver: Hospice Care Helps Wife Fulfill Vows to Husband

Sherry, wife of Hospice of the Red River Valley Patient Russ, shares the couple's experience with Hospice and how the organization supported them both.

Hospice Use Linked to Fewer Depressive Symptoms for Surviving Spouses

(May 26, 2015)Spouses of patients receiving hospice for three or more days more frequently reported reduced depression symptoms, compared to surviving spouses of patients who did not receive hospice, according to a study led by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai published online today in JAMA Internal MedicineThis is the first national study to examine depressive symptoms as an outcome…

The Role of Hospice When Dealing With Aphasia

June is National Aphasia Awareness Month, so what better time to discuss hospice as it relates to this condition? Aphasia is a communication disorder.

Doctors sent my mom to hospice to die. She just needed bananas

Doctors said the blood disorder sepsis would stop a woman’s heart, so they sent her to hospice last Thanksgiving to die. But her daughter didn’t believe the diagnosis and her doubt saved her mother’s life.

WHEN KID'S STUFF GETS HARD: Helping children process pain and death

“People don’t naturally know how to talk to children about injury, illness and tragedy,” Gordon said.

Learn How To Properly Bathe a Person Under Hospice or Palliative Care

Do you know how to properly bathe someone under hospice or palliative care in Los Angeles?: Every day the nursing staff providing

Hospice, college team up to teach cooking for one classes

Alexian Brothers Hospice and College of DuPage offer culinary grief therapy sessions, classes that specifically teach cooking for one techniques.

Hospice uses robotic animals to comfort lonely patients

Hope Hospice based in Dublin is using robotic pets to help give dementia patients comfort, especially during times of isolation of the coronavirus pandemic.

PeaceHealth Hospice uses labyrinth walks to help people work through grief

PeaceHealth Hospice in Vancouver is offering two more healing labyrinth walks aimed at helping community members work through grief.