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Don't Be Scared: Understanding Home Hospice from the Family Caregiver POV
Sat, Feb 17
|Via ZOOM (link will be emailed to you)
There is a misunderstanding around home hospice and the power of leveraging such supports with our loved ones living with terminal illnesses. Let's be equipped with knowledge & insights to make informed decisions with and for your loved ones in the future. Hospice doesn't have to be "scary" word!
Time & Location
Feb 17, 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM EST
Via ZOOM (link will be emailed to you)
About the event
I will never forget April 2022 when my mother's primary care physician said to me over the phone, "given the decline in your mom's disease I believe she's a strong candidate for home hospice." I hung up the phone and CRIED IN MY CAR then bought cookies from the local bakery to wallow in my sadness (i'm pretty sure I documented this on instagram). I share this memory because at that time I didn't understand the power of home hospice for my mom who was living with late stage Alzheimer's disease and I definitely thought that my doctor mentioning hospice to me at that moment meant she was dying the exact next day and that I was "giving up" on her. Fast forward two years and I know that those are definite fears, but they do not represent the power of the compassion, support and individualized comfort care that home…
Tickets
Workshop Admission
$26.34
+$0.66 ticket service fee
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