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  • Myth: It signals giving up Truth: It means taking control
  • Myth: It’s a last resort Truth: It should be your first choice
  • Myth: It’s a place to go to die Truth: It’s a service that maximizes living
  • Myth: It’s for the “very end” Truth: It’s for the final six months

Learn the truth about other myths of hospice care and remember, the earlier loved ones with a serious illness start using hospice, the more enhanced their quality of life will be.

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Heart Mini 2011-2012 Cincinnati, OH PDF Print Email

As a Stroke Survivor and employee of Hospice of Southwest Ohio & Carebridge Palliative Care I have created  a team in support of the patients and families we care for. It is our desire to help the Heart Association achieve their initiatives and exceed in meeting their finacial goals through the creation of our team. I would like to thank you in advance for your participation and contribution. Imagine the impact if we reduce death and disability from cardiovascular diseases and stroke by 20% by 2020!  I’m joining the American Heart Association's Heart Walk to promote physical activity to build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke. Please support me in helping to reach this lifesaving goal by giving a donation today!  Thanks in advance for your support.

Team Captain

Tony Savicki

 
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 Good End-of-Life Communication – Beyond Scripts

According to Dr Virginia Seno of the Esse Institute,

In the 1980s and 90s clinicians were beginning to talk about their social responsibility to engage in end-of-life care conversations with patients and families.

"I don't know what to say" was a statement often made by physicians and nurses in health care surveys. That statement was repeated time and again in the literature and in dialogue groups among clinicians, clergy therapists and lay people.

Today, the statement, “I don’t know what to say,” continues to arise. A report just this week states... http://ow.ly/8j2px