Each year, on an evening in early June, the gardens of the Nina K. Miller Hospicare Center on Ithaca’s South Hill glow with light. Visitors stroll our garden paths, which…
Illuminations: a Time of Remembrance and Community
May 26, 2017
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Dryden Barber Shop Fundraiser: “Everyone Loves Hospicare”
April 27, 2017
The Dryden Barber Shop has been in business 30 years, and Sylvia Short, the shop’s owner, wanted to throw an anniversary party. In keeping with the shop’s tenth, twentieth and…
Register for Women Swimmin’ for Hospicare 2017
April 26, 2017
At dawn on Saturday, August 12, 2017 more than 300 women will swim 1.2 miles across Cayuga Lake for Women Swimmin’ for Hospicare. Women Swimmin’ is a community swim—not a race—that raises money in support of Hospicare & Palliative Care Services. Registration for this community swim opens Monday, May 1 at 6:00 a.m.
Advance Directives Communicate Your Wishes at the End of Life
March 30, 2017
Advance directives provide a road map to future healthcare and are important documents everyone should have. They can include a healthcare proxy (someone you designate to make decisions about your healthcare if you are incapacitated); a living will (guidelines about the type of care you want or do not want); and a Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (MOLST) form (a document signed by your doctor outlining the type of care you want and who can make decisions for you). But how do you make the important decisions necessary to fill out these forms? The following are some suggestions you may find helpful as you think about your own advance directives.
“Volunteering for Hospice Is So Rewarding”
March 26, 2017
by Dr. Pat Hayes Those of you who know me may have heard me talk about how important volunteers are to hospice. They provide crucial help to patients and their…
Books Help Grieving Children & Teens
February 17, 2017
by Laura Ward, LMFT As part of my work with grieving children and teens, I’m always looking for new ways to talk about grief that feel both safe and interesting.…
Join Us for Spring Volunteer Training
January 30, 2017
Would you like to volunteer with Hospicare? We depend on over 100 volunteer community members to help our agency carry out our work. Our trained volunteers visit patients in their…
Talking About Hospice
January 26, 2017
by Dr. Pat Hayes Talking to an ill loved one about hospice can be hard. It’s awkward and uncomfortable for most of us. We fear offending the other person, or…
How Hospice Helps: One Patient’s Story
January 24, 2017
by Pauline Cameron, RN, CHPN I worked with a patient who was in his late 30’s and had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of colon cancer. At the time…
Families More Satisfied when Hospice is Involved
January 23, 2017
Founder of the modern hospice movement, Dame Cicely Saunders once said “How people die remains in the memory of those who live on.” At Hospicare, we recognize the great importance…