Medications and Symptom Management Posted on: April 21, 2013 📷 When a patient’s health reaches a time when curative measures will no longer have an effect...

📷 The Final Journey — Complete Hospice Care For Departing Vaishnavas (By Sangita Devi Dasi, RN, Hospice Educator) (To order your copy, visit  our “Store”on ...

📷All death and dying experiences are unique and influenced by many factors, such as the particular illness and the types of medications being taken, but ...

📷Nutrition and hydration is what keeps us alive, as we say “Keeping the body and soul together.” This same amount of intake is not needed by the “dying” —...

📷Incontinence is the  inability of the body to control the evacuative functions of urination or defecation. This occurs as the bladder and bowels relax tow...

Changes in Breathing Pattern Posted on: June 24, 2014 📷Breathing patterns change often for patients approaching death. It may be accompanied by individual...

Vital Signs and Skin Color begins to Change Posted on: June 24, 2014 📷 This is an example of “mottling,” the bluish/purplish coloring you may see when you...

Confusion and Delirium Posted on: June 24, 2014 📷 As the time of death approaches, your patient may exhibit increased restlessness and/or repetitive actions...

📷 Haven House is a happy place full of the sounds of children’s laughter and fun. We are not a place where children simply come to die but where children...

📷Author and Hospice Physician, Dr. Ira Byock, speaks about “The Four Things That Matter Most,” just one of his helpful books he wrote to assist terminall...

📷Cindy Staton, Hospice of Mercy Massage Therapist, discusses what hospice massage is and isn’t in this hospice volunteer training video. Very helpful video!

📷 “Modern medicine has a fundamental failure in its approach toward aging and dying,” says Dr. Atul Gawande: “We don’t recognize that people have prioriti...

A Visit to the Bhaktivedanta Hospice in Vrindavan, India Posted on: February 22, 2019 📷Sangita Devi Dasi, RN, Hospice Educator, visits the Bhaktivedanta Hos...

TEDTalks:   Presented by Wendy Chung 📷In this calm and factual talk, geneticist Wendy Chung shares what we know about Autism Spectrum Disorder — for examp...

📷Krishna is constantly with us life after life, ready to forgive us for all our past sins and accept us. Isn’t it then strange that in spite of receiving...

📷 Please watch, “Grief through a Child’s Eyes,” an original video below that takes you inside a children’s bereavement camp where children visit to heal aft...

📷The following video gives suggestions about how to help young children who are experiencing grief after losing a loved one. Please watch…

📷Please watch as the Chief Medical Officer at Cheektowaga, New York’s Center for Hospice and Palliative Care shares what he’s learned about the dreams an...

📷Changing an adult diaper or brief can be uncomfortable at first but it gets easier over time. This tutorial walks you through each step.

📷If the person you care for has issues with mobility, a bed bath can be the best solution for keeping them clean and comfortable. Learn the basics in thi...