Tag: terminal illness

Finding the Right Words When There Are No Words

Posted: December 27, 2019

What to Say When someone has been diagnosed with a terminal illness the last thing they want is a get well card. Yes, the sentiment is there but the message falls flat. Emily McDowell makes… Read More

Category: Relationships & Family, Work & Life

Tags: COVID-19, COVID19, death, diagnosis, dying, empathy, Lynda Spence, social norms, sympathy, terminal illness

Considerations for Hospice Service During the Holiday Season

by Lynda Spence

Posted: July 25, 2018

Time Flies Two hundred and sixty two sunrises and sunsets transpire before the sun comes up on the second of July, the very day of the year that is the exact halfway mark for the… Read More

Category: Community Volunteers, Relationships & Family, Work & Life

Tags: end-of-life, family support, holiday season, Hospice, medicare, terminal illness

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