“The kindness sent from one compassionate soul to another during the time of loss of one held so dear allows the sorrow-filled… — Molly Friedenfeld Copy Share Image
“When I reflect on the stories of death supported by hospice care and contrast it with our story depicting an absence of… — Lisa J. Shultz Copy Share Image
I have interviewed so many people who are put into nursing homes or hospices and are just waiting to die. It's a… — Misty Upham Copy Share Image
“If your organization is not formally committed to a policy of nondiscrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression or… — Kimberly D. Acquaviva Copy Share Image
You matter because you are you, and you matter to the end of your life. We will do all we can not… — Cicely Saunders Copy Share Image
Hospice means end-of-life care. The admission ticket is a diagnosis from a doctor that you have six months or less to live. — Eleanor Clift Copy Share Image
“Changing the way LGBTQ individuals with chronic or life-limiting illnesses are cared for requires a paradigm shift in the way we (collectively,… — Kimberly D. Acquaviva Copy Share Image
What? Corpus. Body. Corpse. Good idea the Latin. Stupifies them first. Hospice for the dying. They don't seem to chew it; only… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
“My encounter with desperation while witnessing the death of a precious child changed me, teaching me that although we will have sad… — Brent Green Copy Share Image
“A paradigm shift of viewing palliative care or hospice as a gift instead of seeing it as giving up has the potential… — Lisa J. Shultz Copy Share Image
“To transport this way along bouncy mountain roads is not the way to die. Every woman deserves the simple dignity of dying… — Joe Niemczura Copy Share Image
“Angels of highest light and love, Angels that radiate beams of pure energy from the heavens above. Please join us and be… — Molly Friedenfeld Copy Share Image
“CAMPERS is a seven-step process you can use to improve your ability to provide inclusive, nonjudgmental care when you are planning, engaging… — Kimberly D. Acquaviva Copy Share Image
All over the world, social innovation is tackling some of the most pressing problems facing society today - from fair trade, distance… — Geoff Mulgan Copy Share Image
“Sexual health is as achievable and reasonable a goal for patients in palliative care and hospice care as pain relief, but few… — Kimberly D. Acquaviva Copy Share Image
Going to Africa was being able to take my volunteering and my passion for hospice one step further. — Torrey DeVitto Copy Share Image
I had a friend who worked at a hospice, and he said people in their final moments don't discuss their successes, awards… — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
My partner sometimes liked to go into the studio and improvise voice things just for fun. When I returned from England I… — Meredith Monk Copy Share Image
“The bullet hit Lady right between her eyes, in the middle of her white star, exactly where we hoped it would. She… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
The evidence is that people who enter hospice don't have shorter lives. In many cases they are longer. — Atul Gawande Copy Share Image
“Suffering can precipitate creativity, liberating the creator through inspiration and then many available channels of human communication, and therefore there is value… — Brent Green Copy Share Image
“If we listen and observe carefully the dying can teach us important things that we need to learn in preparing for the… — Robert L. Wise Copy Share Image
“I’d write and read and let myself, a little at a time, step down into myself- like a stairway down into a… — Mark Doty Copy Share Image
“Where there were once several competing approaches to medicine, there is now only one that matters to most hospitals, insurers, and the… — Thomas Hager Copy Share Image
“Hospice care? No, you must mean Frisbee game. Because there's no way my brother and I aren't outside right now playing Frisbee… — Anne Clendening Copy Share Image
