Blog: Hospice Views
3 Big Challenges in Hospice and Palliative Care
Both hospice and palliative care present an enormous number of challenges for clinicians and patients alike. From facilitating difficult conversations to managing grief and emotional distress to the specific nuances of determining what is right for any given patient, the list goes on.
Gifts for a Loved One with ALS
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. It typically begins gradually and symptoms can vary from person to person. Some will initially have trouble holding an object or occasional stumble, while others experience a change in the vocal pitch or slurring of words.
Stories from a Hospice Executive Director
How Irene Rifkin's own health crisis informs her role as an Executive Director for Crossroads Hospice & Palliative Care.
Gifts for Someone with Parkinson’s Disease
The symptoms of Parkinson’s disease start slowly. Often, individuals will just feel a slight tremor in one of their hands. But the symptoms of the progressive nervous system disorder develop into more serious tremors, stiff muscles, and poor balance and eventually cause difficulty standing, walking, speaking, and eating.
Insights for the Hospice industry – What’s Coming for End-of Life Care in 2019?
As 2018 comes to a close and Crossroads Hospice & Palliative Care begins a new year of service to thousands of patients in seven states, we take stock of the many challenges facing the delivery of health care, post-acute care and our business, palliative and hospice care.
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