Perception is Everything: How to Use CAHPS Surveys to Educate Your Employees and Caregivers
With hospices now using the CAHPS Hospice Survey process and forming their own star ratings in the industry, is your staff prepared?
Nutrition 101: How Eating Habits Change at the End-of-Life
Every Hospice employee working with patients and families at the end of life needs to be comfortable and knowledgeable about nutrition.
Nature’s Underrated Role in Client Care and the End-of-Life Experience
When was the last time you spent time [...]
The Signs of Approaching Death with Dementia
End-of-life care is an integral part of client-centered home care. Learn the three signs of when dementia patients are approaching death with Activated Insights.
Hospice audits are starting back up. Are you ready?
TPE audits are back. Is you team prepared? Here are some tips to help you along the way.
When Should You Stop Giving Oxygen at End of Life?
Providing oxygen at the end of life may not be as beneficial as you think. Learn more about using oxygen as patients approach death with Activated Insights.
Let’s Talk Poop–Bowel Movements and End of Life Care
It's something we all do. Learn more about bowel movements at the end of life.
End-of-Life Expert Barbara Karnes Explains How to Handle Family Stress and Drama
Do you have any advice for handling family drama when someone is dying?" Here's what Barbara Karnes suggests.
Recognizing the Value of End-of-Life Caregivers
Hospice aides come to work every day to provide the personal care and support needed by those in their last months and weeks of life. Does your agency do enough to honor their work?
What Happens in the Months, Weeks, and Hours Before Death?
"How do you answer a family member when they ask you how much longer their loved one has to live?" It's a tough question, but here's how hospice pioneer Barbara Karnes suggests handling it.
Hospice Pioneer Barbara Karnes Explains Why Healthcare Workers Shouldn’t View Death As a Failure
For most healthcare workers, some trainings and teachings rely on the medical model that says death is a failure. If we don‘t change our perspective, we will “burn out.“
“People Don’t Die Like They Do In the Movies,” Explains Barbara Karnes
Barbara Karnes answers Linda Thompson’s question about death and the dying process.
