Comments on: 5 Important Lessons About Life I Learned From Death https://blog.funeralone.com/industry-trends/lessons-hospice/ The official blog of funeralOne, a world renowned personalization, technology, and aftercare company for the funeral and cemetery professions. Fri, 14 Mar 2014 00:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Sampson Greenovich https://blog.funeralone.com/industry-trends/lessons-hospice/#comment-15181 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 00:09:00 +0000 http://blog.funeralone.com/?p=8726#comment-15181 There are some people that accept their death, others even consider themselves prepared. I hope that when the time comes in my life that I hear the news of my imminent passing that I accept it with honor. If I have done my duty, fulfilled what I set out to accomplish, and helped others, I will be ready.

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]]> By: April Simanoff https://blog.funeralone.com/industry-trends/lessons-hospice/#comment-13240 Wed, 04 Dec 2013 01:19:00 +0000 http://blog.funeralone.com/?p=8726#comment-13240 My shift is Friday night at Hospice House in East Northport, New York, and
this is a very unique stand-alone facility. Having only eight rooms means we are
at maximum capacity with a small number of patients, and this is truly like a
house. A temporary home for many of the families who visit, there is a
farmhouse kitchen, living room, sunroom. A den and an intimate dining
room/meeting room, two more rooms that also have options of privacy for family
meetings. A family friendly setting, much like an Inn or a Bed and Breakfast,
patients are welcome to receive visits from their pets, and children have ready
access to games and crafts.

I am so fortunate to be able to interact with caregivers, patients, and
visitors. I find that although my discussions with immediate family members
center around understanding the crisis of preparing for the inevitable, my time
spent with patients is oftentimes about maintaining a normal conversation on
topics that interest them. Continuing to live in the moment, because after all,
this is all we are guaranteed. I will prepare simple meals for patients, and
yes, I will also sit and hold a patient’s hand until he or she has fallen
asleep.

As a volunteer, many feelings remain unsaid, but a common theme is the
anxiety patients carry with them. Patients are restless and fearful and I am
just as happy to sit and listen to whatever is on their minds, pass the time by
doing most of the talking, or just pull up a chair beside their bed to be a
silent presence.

]]> By: April Simanoff https://blog.funeralone.com/industry-trends/lessons-hospice/#comment-13239 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 22:35:00 +0000 http://blog.funeralone.com/?p=8726#comment-13239 My shift is Friday night at Hospice House in East Northport, New York, and
this is a very unique stand-alone facility. Having only eight rooms means we are
at maximum capacity with a small number of patients, and this is truly like a
house. A temporary home for many of the families who visit, there is a
farmhouse kitchen, living room, sunroom. A den and an intimate dining
room/meeting room, two more rooms that also have options of privacy for family
meetings. A family friendly setting, much like an Inn or a Bed and Breakfast,
patients are welcome to receive visits from their pets, and children have ready
access to games and crafts.

I am so fortunate to be able to interact with caregivers, patients, and
visitors. I find that although my discussions with immediate family members
center around understanding the crisis of preparing for the inevitable, my time
spent with patients is oftentimes about maintaining a normal conversation on
topics that interest them. Continuing to live in the moment, because after all,
this is all we are guaranteed. I will prepare simple meals for patients, and
yes, I will also sit and hold a patient’s hand until he or she has fallen
asleep.

As a volunteer, many feelings remain unsaid, but a common theme is the
anxiety patients carry with them. Patients are restless and fearful and I am
just as happy to sit and listen to whatever is on their minds, pass the time by
doing most of the talking, or just pull up a chair beside their bed to be a
silent presence.

]]> By: April Simanoff https://blog.funeralone.com/industry-trends/lessons-hospice/#comment-13238 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 17:42:00 +0000 http://blog.funeralone.com/?p=8726#comment-13238 My shift is Friday night at Hospice House in East Northport, New York, and
this is a very unique stand-alone facility. Having only eight rooms means we are
at maximum capacity with a small number of patients, and this is truly like a
house. A temporary home for many of the families who visit, there is a
farmhouse kitchen, living room, sunroom. A den and an intimate dining
room/meeting room, two more rooms that also have options of privacy for family
meetings. A family friendly setting, much like an Inn or a Bed and Breakfast,
patients are welcome to receive visits from their pets, and children have ready
access to games and crafts.

I am so fortunate to be able to interact with caregivers, patients, and
visitors. I find that although my discussions with immediate family members
center around understanding the crisis of preparing for the inevitable, my time
spent with patients is oftentimes about maintaining a normal conversation on
topics that interest them. Continuing to live in the moment, because after all,
this is all we are guaranteed. I will prepare simple meals for patients, and
yes, I will also sit and hold a patient’s hand until he or she has fallen
asleep.

As a volunteer, many feelings remain unsaid, but a common theme is the
anxiety patients carry with them. Patients are restless and fearful and I am
just as happy to sit and listen to whatever is on their minds, pass the time by
doing most of the talking, or just pull up a chair beside their bed to be a
silent presence.

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