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Help Now, Please! Thoughts About Life's Tough Decisions. Posted by Larry Patten. Middot; February 16, 2017. Middot; No Comments. Talking to Someone Who Hates Talking. In my work with bereavement at hospice, I call those grieving a loved one’s death. With many of those many contacts, I leave messages. While I repeat some phrases and information, I have no script. Every message is unique, for. Hen why’d you even answer? I have a love/hate relationship with cell phones! Some simply won’t answer any call....
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Help Now, Please! Thoughts About Life's Tough Decisions. Since 1996, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. HIPAA) has established laws to protect the confidentiality of patients. As one who humbly works in hospice, and has joyously labored in churches, I know the importance of privacy and agree with HIPAA’s purpose and goals. Regardless of government regulations, as an ordained pastor I am vividly aware of how people can feel vulnerable when facing illness and adversity. I always enjoy...
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Help Now, Please! Thoughts About Life's Tough Decisions. Archive for Grief Support Group. Posted by Larry Patten. Middot; December 29, 2016. Middot; 4 Comments. What is your name? Or should I say . . . names? Why did your parents give you your first and middle names? Do you have more than three names? Is there a Jr. III, or Ph.D. after your last name? Do you have a title in front, like Dr. or Rev. or if you’re in Congress Honorable? Let’s focus on middle names. Why do you have. Read More →. Your grandmot...
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Help Now, Please! Thoughts About Life's Tough Decisions. Posted by Larry Patten. Middot; February 16, 2017. Middot; No Comments. Talking to Someone Who Hates Talking. In my work with bereavement at hospice, I call those grieving a loved one’s death. With many of those many contacts, I leave messages. While I repeat some phrases and information, I have no script. Every message is unique, for. Hen why’d you even answer? I have a love/hate relationship with cell phones! Some simply won’t answer any call....
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Help Now, Please! Thoughts About Life's Tough Decisions. Posted by Larry Patten. Middot; October 1, 2015. Middot; 4 Comments. Don’t Call 9-1-1. Not long after, a helicopter plucked me from the wilderness . . . Hiker with broken bones. If something bad happens, punch in 9-1-1. Except if you’re a hospice caregiver or patient: please don’t use those three life-saving numbers. Read More →. Enter your address to get a weekly email about new posts. End of Life Option Act. How Long To Live.
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Help Now, Please! Thoughts About Life's Tough Decisions. Posted by Larry Patten. Middot; November 12, 2015. Middot; 4 Comments. Birth, Death, and Ambiguity. Friends once asked my wife and me to support them during the birth of their child. Such a privilege! Though we like to think birth is predictable, it’s not. You’ll ask the friendly obstetrician for a due date and she’ll provide a particular day or range of days. She might be right. She might be wrong. End of Life Option Act. How Long To Live. Every g...
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Help Now, Please! Thoughts About Life's Tough Decisions. More To Explore Resources. Posted by Larry Patten. Middot; August 17, 2015. Middot; No Comments. One of the great resources to help folks understand hospice is the Moments of Life website. Sponsored by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), it gives glimpses into families making hospice decisions, along with providing answers to common questions. Categories : More To Explore Resources. Posted by Larry Patten. Is a physician ...
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Help Now, Please! Thoughts About Life's Tough Decisions. Posted by Larry Patten. Middot; March 9, 2017. Middot; 6 Comments. Morphine: the Best Drug at the Worst Time? The hospice nurse has strongly suggested using morphine for the patient’s increased pain. You are the patient, still alert and oriented, able to make your own decisions. What will you say to the nurse? You have the authority the durable power of attorney for health care to make decisions when your loved one is unable to choose. For a moment...
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Sorrow Makes Us All Children Again - Hospice Matters
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Help Now, Please! Thoughts About Life's Tough Decisions. Posted by Larry Patten. Middot; January 12, 2017. Middot; 10 Comments. Sorrow Makes Us All Children Again. This was a hard week for me. It was like trudging through fog. Death is hard. Grief is inevitable. Before and after death, we can avoid, escape, rationalize, ignore, hide, fake, and deny our feelings . . . but for how long? Death comes. Death, for the ones still living, changes everything. It’ll all get better. Everyone gets over it. And yet a...
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Help Now, Please! Thoughts About Life's Tough Decisions. Posted by Larry Patten. Middot; January 5, 2017. Middot; 4 Comments. Hospice’s Lovely Lie. Time It is hospice’s lovely lie. Since the development of the modern hospice in 1960s England by Cicely Saunders, and by the acceptance of hospice support as a Medicare benefit in the United States in 1982, the standard for acceptance as a hospice patient has been based on a calendar. Six months is hospice’s lovely lie. Does it seem a long stretch of time?
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