How to Choose the Right Palliative Care Provider for Your Senior
Being recommended for palliative care does not mean near is death or that it will hasten death; in fact, it seeks to improve the quality of life for both patients and their families. This is possible because unlike hospice care in Ontario, California, or elsewhere, that begins after the treatment of the disease is stopped … Continue reading
Essential Tips to Communicate With Terminally Ill Patients
Initiating a conversation with terminally ill loved ones is not an easy feat. However, death is an event that we have to accept, no matter how much we dread the possibility. If you have loved ones who are terminally ill, now is the best time to communicate with them openly about death. How? Check out … Continue reading
Ways to Promote Comfort for Loved Ones in Hospice Care
The main goal of Hospice Care providers is to promote comfort and wellness for terminally ill patients with a diagnosis of six months or less. They achieve this through non-medical services like personal care assistance, mobility assistance, meal preparation, and pain and symptom management assistance. But there are some things only the patient’s families can … Continue reading
What to Know About Pain Management for Hospice
Unfortunately, one of the things patients with terminal illness experience all too often, along with their condition, is severe and/or chronic pain. One of the goals of hospice care in Ontario, California, is to minimize pain and increase comfort in patients with terminal illnesses. While many patients can assess and talk about the pain levels … Continue reading
Providing Support on a Spiritual Level to Patients in Hospice
For the most part, palliative care only involves assisting patients with a terminal illness with their medication and easing the pain or discomfort caused by their medical condition. It is not every day that we are reminded of the importance of addressing the spiritual side of dealing with the end-of-life. By spiritual, we don’t mean … Continue reading
Support to Individuals Who Lost a Loved One
The grief support group at Beacon Hospice Care, the trusted Hospice Care in Ontario, California, offers a different quality of support and connection that comes from being with people who have also recently experienced a loss of a loved one. Our grief support groups provide emotional support to people who need it the most. If … Continue reading