end of life News

Thanks to Gulfside Regional Hospice Gift of Presence volunteers, Gulfside’s patients do not have to be alone at the end of their life. Instead patients take comfort in having a trained volunteer with them during their last moments.

Montgomery Hospice professionals (with Dr. Ira Byock, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center) will be teaching an upcoming course on end-of-life patient care, as part of the The Erickson School Executive Education program for leaders in seniors care.

Raytheon IDS recognizes Rochester Electronics for providing high-quality products and excellent customer service.

Amnis, the productivity and improvement specialists, have announced a new study: End of Life Care – A Community Nursing Perspective.

The End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) comes to St. Louis this August

An April 16 half-day workshop will help participants of all ages explore the important decisions they should make about end-of-life health care – from treatment options available under specific circumstances to what family and doctors need to know.

Rochester Electronics re-creates semiconductor die, chip, and package to provide a complete replication solution…

Elizabeth Edwards is now facing the end of her life. Dr. Russ Buss says Elizabeth Edwards teaches us how to view the most difficult of circumstances from a positive and optimistic perspective in the quote below.

Rochester expands space-level continuing manufacturing services and product offering …

These heroic Americans deserve recognition for their military service– particularly at the end of life’s journey. Hospice at Home honors our local Veterans through specialized care and services.

This breakthrough book is acclaimed by hospice workers, grief counselors, clergy, bereaved individuals and spiritual seekers worldwide for its unique metaphysical perspective on birth, death and the afterlife.

Author, hospice worker and afterflife awareness educator Terri Daniel will be speaking at New Renaissance Books in Portland on Saturday, October 9

Beginning today, the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) Foundation - VITAS End of Life Education Fellowship Program welcomes six medical students who will spend the next six weeks immersing themselves in end-of-life care issues.

Live 60-minute audio conference webcast scheduled for Wednesday, June 23, 2010, 1:30-2:30 p.m. EDT

Despite the rain forecasted for Sunday May 2, the clouds parted and the sun began to shine brightly as Hikers took to pathways and trails across Canada for the Hike for Hospice Palliative Care.

Hospice at Home is offering, free to the public the national teleconference, entitled Cancer and End-of-Life Care, broadcast on Wednesday, March 24 from 1:30 to 4:00 pm at Hospice at Home, 4025 Health Park Lane, St. Josep.

The London Book Festival Judges were "overwhelmed" by Stan Goldberg's memoir of learning how to live with cancer by helping others die. This moving book covers his seven years as a bedside hospice volunteer.

Become a VNA hospice volunteer and discover the rewards of making a difference in someone's life. Free training starts Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010. Three Saturdays required.

Panel determines that current understanding of this complex phenomenon is limited and that additional research is necessary

Mr. Tully has organized and will help present the “End of Life Health Care & The Christian Perspective: A Conference on the Spiritual, Medical and Legal Issues.”

Rochester Electronics, the world’s most comprehensive and authorized source for discontinued semiconductors, provides continuing manufacturing and customer support for semiconductor products that are being discontinued by the original manufacturer.

One out of 4 adults is, will be or has been a Caregiver. You are not alone! There is support for you!

Since 2004, RJF Agencies has raised over $60,000 for local Wisconsin charities.

“If you only had one day to live, what would that day look like?”