One of my friends and colleagues on the My Healing Place Board has put together a terrific blog in honor/memory of her son, Matt, who unfortunately took his own life. Check out this wonderful blog at: www.livingwiththelossofachild.blogspot.com. I highly recommend Janie’s blog for everyone given that we all walk through the shadow of loss, grief and trauma, at [...]
Archive for the ‘end-of-life care’ Category
Remembering, and learning from, Matt
Posted in end-of-life care, Featured, Mother's Day, Resources on May 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Remembering …
Posted in end-of-life care, Featured on November 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today is the 11th year anniversary of the death Irma Jeanne Chatelle, my beloved mother who died on November 30th at approximately 7 pm at her home in New Braunfels, Texas. Although her death was expected, the timing was unusual to me in that Mom died a full two months after a day in August [...]
Williamson County Hospice Services – A New Resource
Posted in end-of-life care, hospice, tagged Christopher House, Lighthouse Hospice, Residential hospice services on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Central Texas, where I live, is blessed with tremendous hospice organizations providing a variety of services. In previous blogs I have repeatedly mentioned the privilege I have of volunteering for Hospice Austin which, among many other types of care, operates a 15-bed residential hospice care center called Christopher House, one of the greatest places I’ve ever seen [...]
New Alliance Launched To Address Urgent Palliative Care Needs
Posted in end-of-life care, Featured, hospice, NHPCO, Palliative Care, WPCA, tagged hospice, Palliative Care, WPCA on May 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just recently the Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance (WPCA) launched a new global action network designed to focus exclusively on hospice and palliative care development worldwide. The full press announcement can be found here . More than 100 million people and their families worldwide need palliative care and support each year; however, it is estimated that [...]
Caring Connections
Posted in Cancer, end-of-life care, Featured, tagged hospice, hospice care on May 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is a good site for finding out more information about hospice care and has very good resources in terms of educating users about different options.
