Medications and Symptom Management
Medications and Symptom Management Posted on: April 21, 2013 📷 When a patient’s health reaches a time when curative measures will no...
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Vaisnavas Care
- Jan 2, 2020
- 3 min
What Do We Owe Our Fellow Vaishnavas?
📷 The Final Journey — Complete Hospice Care For Departing Vaishnavas (By Sangita Devi Dasi, RN, Hospice Educator) (To order your copy,...
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Vaisnavas Care
- Jan 2, 2020
- 2 min
Withdrawal/Decreased Socialization
📷All death and dying experiences are unique and influenced by many factors, such as the particular illness and the types of...
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Vaisnavas Care
- Jan 2, 2020
- 3 min
Decreased Eating and Drinking
📷Nutrition and hydration is what keeps us alive, as we say “Keeping the body and soul together.” This same amount of intake is not...
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Vaisnavas Care
- Jan 2, 2020
- 2 min
Incontinence
📷Incontinence is the inability of the body to control the evacuative functions of urination or defecation. This occurs as the bladder...
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Vaisnavas Care
- Jan 2, 2020
- 3 min
Changes in Breathing Pattern
Changes in Breathing Pattern Posted on: June 24, 2014 📷Breathing patterns change often for patients approaching death. It may be ...
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Vaisnavas Care
- Jan 2, 2020
- 2 min
Vital Signs and Skin Color begins to Change
Vital Signs and Skin Color begins to Change Posted on: June 24, 2014 📷 This is an example of “mottling,” the bluish/purplish coloring...
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Vaisnavas Care
- Jan 2, 2020
- 2 min
Confusion and Delirium
Confusion and Delirium Posted on: June 24, 2014 📷 As the time of death approaches, your patient may exhibit increased restlessness...
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Vaisnavas Care
- Jan 2, 2020
- 1 min
Haven House Children’s Hospice — The Story of 3 Children
📷 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...
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Vaisnavas Care
- Jan 2, 2020
- 1 min
The Four Things That Matter Most
📷Author and Hospice Physician, Dr. Ira Byock, speaks about “The Four Things That Matter Most,” just one of his helpful books he wrote...
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Vaisnavas Care
- Jan 2, 2020
- 1 min
The Benefits of Massage in Hospice Care
📷Cindy Staton, Hospice of Mercy Massage Therapist, discusses what hospice massage is and isn’t in this hospice volunteer training...
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Vaisnavas Care
- Jan 2, 2020
- 1 min
We all die, so why don’t we die well?
📷 “Modern medicine has a fundamental failure in its approach toward aging and dying,” says Dr. Atul Gawande: “We don’t recognize that...
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Vaisnavas Care
- Jan 2, 2020
- 1 min
A Visit to the Bhaktivedanta Hospice in Vrindavan, India -- A Video (10 minutes)
A Visit to the Bhaktivedanta Hospice in Vrindavan, India Posted on: February 22, 2019 📷Sangita Devi Dasi, RN, Hospice Educator, visits...
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Vaisnavas Care
- Jan 2, 2020
- 1 min
Autism — What we Know — and What we Don’t Know Yet.
TEDTalks: Presented by Wendy Chung 📷In this calm and factual talk, geneticist Wendy Chung shares what we know about Autism Spectrum...
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Vaisnavas Care
- Jan 2, 2020
- 1 min
Krishna Forgives Us Life After Life
📷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...
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Vaisnavas Care
- Jan 2, 2020
- 1 min
Grief Through a Child’s Eyes
📷 Please watch, “Grief through a Child’s Eyes,” an original video below that takes you inside a children’s bereavement camp where...
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Vaisnavas Care
- Jan 2, 2020
- 1 min
Being There for Grieving Children
📷The following video gives suggestions about how to help young children who are experiencing grief after losing a loved one. Please...
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Vaisnavas Care
- Jan 2, 2020
- 1 min
Dr. Christopher Kerr on Comforting End-of-Life Dreams
📷Please watch as the Chief Medical Officer at Cheektowaga, New York’s Center for Hospice and Palliative Care shares what he’s learned...
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Vaisnavas Care
- Jan 2, 2020
- 1 min
How to Change an Adult Diaper or Brief
📷Changing an adult diaper or brief can be uncomfortable at first but it gets easier over time. This tutorial walks you through each step.
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Vaisnavas Care
- Jan 2, 2020
- 1 min
How to Give a Bedbath
📷If the person you care for has issues with mobility, a bed bath can be the best solution for keeping them clean and comfortable....
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