Volunteers: The Unsung Heroes of Hospice Care

A hospice volunteer come from any walk of life, but each plays an invaluable role in providing support to our hospice patients and their families.

Hospice Care: Avoid Minimum Compliance Companies

Social worker Tanya Shultz explains how Brighton Hospice looks at each patient individual to determine what care they truly need; not just what is mandated by Medicare.

Hospice Care: Comfort Not Fear

I have worked in hospice care for 13 years and in that time I have found that hospice is vastly misunderstood. Most people believe that hospice is for the last few days of life, which it is; however, some patients we have for quite a long time.

Hospice: A Companion Through End of Life

What does one say when the doctor unexpectedly announces it’s time to go on hospice? I had watched him change from a strong, tall, virile man to a frail, thin one, who struggled to walk across a room.