September is National Preparedness Month and this year’s theme is “Prepared, Not Scared.” This month is designed to recognize and promote family and community disaster and emergency planning. In many areas of the state and indeed the country, September can…
You’ve spent weeks, months, maybe even years caring for your loved one. Whether that was a parent, spouse, aunt, uncle, best friend or child, the loss is devastating. You may feel relief in a way now that they are no…
September is World Alzheimer’s Month, a fitting time to explore the topic of dementia and how it affects not just the person with the disease but the whole family as well. Sadly, there is shame and stigma attached to Alzheimer’s…
Knowing when it’s time for a loved one to enter hospice in Santa Clara and elsewhere can be difficult, confusing, stressful and sad. But there are guidelines in place that you can follow to ensure your loved one enters end…
Typically, people are eligible for hospice care in San Mateo and elsewhere if their doctor confirms they have six months or less to live. Sometimes, despite the wishes of physicians and close family members, patients refuse hospice. They may do this…
When a loved one dies, the void that is left will affect everyone in different ways. August 30 marks National Grief Awareness Day, a day to recognize the time it takes to heal from loss. Because grief is so personal,…
If you have a loved one in hospice in San Francisco and elsewhere, you know just how taxing it can be emotionally — and physically — to juggle your visits with them as well as managing your own life, work,…
International Overdose Awareness Day is August 31 this year, a day dedicated to remembrance, awareness, education, and action to help eliminate overdose deaths, according to the National Safety Council. This is your chance to help raise awareness, memorialize a lost…
Social media, as you know, can be both a blessing and a curse. From a home health and hospice perspective, it can be a great way to communicate updates on a loved one for those who can’t be there, but…
“Every relationship is one of give and take. Giving engenders receiving, and receiving engenders giving. What goes up must come down; what goes out must come back. In reality, receiving is the same thing as giving, because giving and receiving…