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Compassionate COPD Care: United Hospice’s Approach to Chronic Illness

Compassionate COPD Care: United Hospice’s Approach to Chronic Illness

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a progressive disease causing over 15 million adults in the United States to struggle with impaired airflow, gasping for breath, coughing, wheezing, and chest...
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Caring for Mind and Spirit: How United Hospice Serves Dementia Patients

Caring for Mind and Spirit: How United Hospice Serves Dementia Patients

Dementia is a term used to describe the loss of cognitive abilities that interfere with daily life, such as memory, language, and problem-solving. Dementia can manifest in various ways, such...
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Shattering Myths: How Jimmy Carter Is Changing the Hospice Conversation

Shattering Myths: How Jimmy Carter Is Changing the Hospice Conversation

As the CEO of United Hospice, I watched with the rest of the nation as former President Jimmy Carter announced he had entered hospice care in February. It was a...
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Compassionate Care in the Face of Cancer: The United Hospice Difference

Compassionate Care in the Face of Cancer: The United Hospice Difference

Hospice care emphasizes the quality of life and holistic support for individuals, particularly those grappling with advanced cancer. This approach has yielded remarkable benefits for patients, inclusive of reduced pain,...
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Compassionate Care for CHF Patients: How United Hospice Helps Heart Disease Patients and Their Families

Compassionate Care for CHF Patients: How United Hospice Helps Heart Disease Patients and Their Families

As the Medical Director of United Hospice, I am intimately familiar with the unique challenges of managing heart conditions, particularly Congestive Heart Failure (CHF). Heart disease remains a potent threat...
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Your bucket list: Achieving goals and making dreams come true

Your bucket list: Achieving goals and making dreams come true

When people think of bucket lists, they often think of big items like travel or skydiving. But a bucket list can be more about personal goals, such as overcoming fears,...
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New Year Resolutions: Tips for Caregivers

New Year Resolutions: Tips for Caregivers

For many caregivers, “just make it through the day” is a resolution they make every morning. But only setting sights on short-term survival is a recipe for exhaustion. Caregivers, by...
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Bereavement Services: You are Not Alone

Bereavement Services: You are Not Alone

Grieving is part of living. It is a healthy and normal response to any loss. While people can go through the grieving process in different ways, saying goodbye to a...
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Grief, joy and guilt: Coping with loss during the holidays

Grief, joy and guilt: Coping with loss during the holidays

Moving on doesn’t mean you’ve forgotten a loved one. That’s the message of this touching and inspiring TED talk by author and podcaster Nora McInery, who offers valuable and comforting...
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Long distance care tips

Long distance care tips

Families separated by long distances face unique challenges in caring for a loved one with a serious illness. Long-distance caregivers may be frustrated by their inability to participate in everyday...
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Hospice Myths and Facts

Hospice Myths and Facts

Fact: Hospice care does not mean you have given up. Fact: Hospice care does not mean you are counting down the days to good-bye. Fact: Hospice is here to make...
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Advance Directives: Making your wishes known

Advance Directives: Making your wishes known

When loved ones are seriously ill or injured in an accident and unable to communicate their wishes, the pressure is on families to make life-or-death decisions about extreme treatment measures....
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Becoming a family caregiver

Becoming a family caregiver

When a loved one becomes ill, it’s typically the family that first steps in to take on the care of the patient. Family caregivers are already coping with the stress...
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Why work in hospice care?

Why work in hospice care?

With a hospice career, you don't spend your days at work; you change people's lives. Hospice workers see their impact every day, developing relationships that lead to better care. By...
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Planning ahead

Planning ahead

While it’s painful to think about a loved one’s death, it’s important to talk about arrangements for a funeral or memorial service. Making plans with your loved one, when they...
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Planning for your pet

Planning for your pet

You may have thought about who will receive your home, jewelry, or other assets after you pass away, but what about your pets? Our pets bring us endless comfort, especially...
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Celebrate Dad’s Legacy this Father’s Day

Celebrate Dad’s Legacy this Father’s Day

Father’s Day is a celebration of the important role of dads in our lives, and a day also to remember the fathers who have passed. As the years pass, your...
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Congratulations to CEO Amy Stern on her retirement after three decades of leadership

Congratulations to CEO Amy Stern on her retirement after three decades of leadership

COO Cara Pace to succeed as CEO, with plans to build on UH’s accomplishments Please join us in thanking Chief Executive Officer Amy Stern for 32 years of dedicated leadership...
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Hospice care in nursing homes delivers comfort and expert care

Hospice care in nursing homes delivers comfort and expert care

Hospice is sometimes thought of as a home-based component of healthcare, but many who are seriously ill also live in nursing homes. While nursing homes provide a supportive environment that...
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Thanking Our Frontline Heroes this Week and Month, and Always

Thanking Our Frontline Heroes this Week and Month, and Always

National Nurses Week usually runs from May 6 - 12, but this year the American Nurses Association has expanded it to be a month-long celebration to expand opportunities to elevate...
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