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Palliative Care in Norristown PA: Parkinson’s disease is far from a new disease. In fact, symptoms of Parkinson’s disease were described in Ayurvedic medicine, which has been around for 5,000 years.
As your elderly family member nears the end of her life, it's time to start talking about what she wants to happen. This is when the talks about whether she wants to be cremated or buried happen, especially if you've never talked about these topics before. It can take some doing to get to the core of these decisions, though. Sometimes Aging Adults Don't Want to Talk about This Talking about end-of-life concerns can be incredibly difficult. In fact, your elderly family member might do a lot to avoid having this conversation with you and with other family members. While you do want to respect her wishes and you don't want to upset her, this may be a conversation that you need to gently lead her into. It's about Helping Meet Her Final Wishes Let your elderly family member know that this is about making sure that you're doing what she wants done at the end of her life. If you don't know what it is that she wants, you can't possibly help to make that happen for her. Often a reminder that you just want to be there for her in all the ways that you can is enough to bridge remaining gaps. You'll Know You're Doing What She Wants As your senior's caregiver, it can be really important for you to know that you're doing what she wants at the end of her life. There's a lot that you can't control or take care of for your senior, …
Hospice Care in Norristown PA: The decision to set up hospice care or not is a tough one and you might find yourself waffling far longer than you expected.
THE ENTIRE HOSPICE TEAM WAS OUTSTANDING! I AM FOREVER THANKFUL THAT A SERENITY STAFF MEMBER WAS WITH MS. GREEN WHEN SHE TOOK HER LAST BREATH.
Carmella Y
BRANDI, OUR HOSPICE NURSE WAS OUR ADVOCATE WHILE MY MOM WAS IN ASSISTED LIVING. BRANDI WAS ABLE TO GET THINGS ACCOMPLISHED WITH THE ASSISTED LIVING CENTER STAFF THAT WE WERE NOT.
Hospice Care in Upper Darby PA: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) can be increasingly difficult to cope with and often causes behaviors that are unsafe. One behavior that puts older adults with AD at risk is wandering.
John M writes: SERENITY WAS AMAZING. THEY ARE SO UNDERSTANDING AND PROVIDED THE BEST CARE FOR MY DAD. THANKS SERENITY FOR EVERYTHING.
Thank you for the kind and compassionate manner in which you cared for M. in her final days.
End-of-Life Care in West Chester PA: It’s not unusual for a family member who is near death to seem close to a complete recovery, but that’s not necessarily what’s happening.
Bill S, son of Mrs. Beverly S. who passed away last week called me to personally thank the entire hospice team for the love and peace we gave to his mother in her final days.
