The Traveler's Guide to Life

Today's episode will focus on supporting grievers as they navigate grief after the death of someone (or something- animals count too) they loved. Grief is something Hospice is able to help patients and families process before the death, as we’ve talked about. They’re also still there for support after the patient dies.

Today’s episode has us exploring the idea of saying goodbye to those on their end-of-life journey. Waving goodbye to someone at end-of-life can be incredibly hard but having a bit of a game plan before it gets to that point can be helpful. We call this legacy work

On today’s episode we’re focusing on the end of the palliative care journey for someone, which as we’ve learned can start far before hospice care would be appropriate and people can be on for years. Palliative care can help support someone living with a chronic condition for years before their illness reaches a point where they’d qualify for Hospice. However, once that chronic condition gets to a point where a person’s life expectancy is six months and they no longer want to seek curati...

Today, we’re exploring our feelings along the way, particularly near end of life. Something you really don’t hear people discussing a whole lot. Talking about death generally makes people uncomfortable, especially in our society. But sometimes, because we don’t talk about it, witnessing the emotions people go through or physical changes that happen to a person while they are dying can feel scary.

Today, we’ll be discussing loving someone who is on a palliative care journey. It’s really dynamic, isn’t it? I imagine it’s a relief seeing someone you care about receiving more care that they might’ve really needed. For sure. Especially if you’re a caregiver, caring for someone might be rewarding, but also exhausting. And having the extra helping hand that Palliative care can provide is such a help to the patient and their family.