BY EDO BANACH, JD | President and CEO, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Within the hospice community, we have a shared vision of bringing the best that humankind can offer to all those individuals facing serious, advanced and life-limiting illness. Choosing to elect hospice care is an important decision that can greatly benefit patients with life-limiting […]
Shuttered Hospice Still Owes Thousands For Unpaid Work, Benefits BY DANIEL GAITAN | daniel@lifemattersmedia.org CHICAGO – Passages Hospice didn’t just harm vulnerable patients and their families. The company also ripped off front-line employees, those responsible for caring for the dying. Passages, which closed in 2014 as its years-long hospice scheme came to light, devastated its […]
BY LIFE MATTERS MEDIA STAFF PORTLAND, Maine – Thousands of people across the world helped a terminally boy celebrate his last Christmas. As Jacob Thompson approached the end of his short life, his family asked strangers across the globe to send Christmas cards to help them celebrate his favorite holiday early. Jacob, who died Sunday at Barbara […]
A 23-year-old Zion, Ill., woman is accused of punching an 80-year-old man suffering from dementia in a Wisconsin senior living facility.
The alarm sounds, a painful reminder that it’s my week to cover the ICU. I take off my favorite sweatshirt, stripping away its warmth and comfort. I quickly jump into and out of the scalding shower, racing to get ready. Making my way toward the kitchen, I roll my eyes at my teenage daughter who […]