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		Hospice of Cincinnati on WCPO Sandra Lobert, CEO of Hospice of Cincinnati, talks with newscaster Tanya O'Rourke of WCPO in Cincinnati about the Conversation Project and how to find the right time to have an end-of-life conversation. It's one of the hardest conversations you can have with a family member but it is also very important to sit down and talk with each other. Click here to watch the interview on WCPO News. >

		Everything You Wanted To Know About Hospice But Didn’t Know Who To Ask Nancy Glorius, Chief of Clinical Operations and System Development, speaks with George Whitton of New Thought Unity Center on WMKV about hospice care and how Hospice of Cincinnati provides the most comprehensive and coordinated care for patients and their families including grief services. Click here to listen to this radio program. >

		The Conversation: Watch It In Action Great 8 minute clip where Paul and Jean Pearson have a conversation about end of life care with Nurse Practioner Jackie Kartman to help clarify their perspective and values. This is a moment all familes will face and knowing ahead of time can take a load off the family. Surprisingly, having this conversation often helps people live longer and costs less. Click here to watch the report on NBC Nightly News >

		The Conversation: A Family's Private Decision Local Cincinnatians Norb Ranz and his daughter Maureen Jennings decided to gather three generations at Jennings' childhood home on his 85th birthday to talk about what Ranz may want at the end of his days. With that conversation, the family joined the rising tide of people taking time to talk about end of life care with their loved ones. Click here to watch the report on ABC World News >

		What is The Conversation Project? Dr. Rebecca Bechhold, the Chief Medical Officer at Hospice of Cincinnati, recently answered a Local 12 viewer question by explaining The Conversation Project, and when to have end-of-life conversations. She also recommends that it is also important to have this conversation with your medical team. Click here to watch the Local 12 News coverage >

		Conversations of a Lifetime™ Discussing what you want for the end of life is one of the most difficult and one of the most important conversations you will ever have. At Hospice of Cincinnati, we've spent 35 years helping thousands of families have open and honest conversations about end-of-life. This guide can includes helpful pointers and example conversations for many different situations. Click here to read more >

		Cincinnati’s First Grief Center Opens for Adults and Children Watch News Report > The Goldstein Family Hospice of Cincinnati and Fernside Grief Center combines adult and children’s grief services— all free to the public—under one roof. The Center has counseling suites, a bereavement education library and group meeting rooms as well as the offices of the Fernside staff and Hospice of Cincinnati’s grief counselors. More >

		Hospice of Cincinnati provides care for patients with heart failure, dementia, lung disease, stroke, liver disease, Parkinson’s, cancer or any other potentially terminal illness Answer 7 simple questions to see whether Hospice of Cincinnati can assist and support your family or just click here to contact us directly. It would be our honor to talk to you. More >

		New Video From Fernside Fernside, an affiliate of Hospice of Cincinnati, is a non-profit organization offering support and advocacy to grieving families who have experienced a death. Fernside offers peer support for grieving children, teens and adults and works to increase community awareness of grief. Watch this compelling new video >

Is hospice care the right choice for my family?

Patients who chose hospice care lived 29 days longer than similar patients who did not choose hospice care according to the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. Click here for more information.

You have options. But the hospice you choose can really make a difference. Click here for more information.

Grief is not a process of forgetting the past, but rather a process of being able to accept the loss with less pain as time goes by. Click here for more information.

Conversation of a Lifetime - Have You Had The Conversation? Talk about end of life wishes... Click here for more.

Hospice of Cincinnati specializes in providing comfort, compassion and personalized end-of-life care to all those in need. Our medical and caregiving personnel are widely recognized as industry leaders in hospice and palliative care. Additionally, we are 100% committed to supporting patients AND family members in every possible way....
from symptom management to spiritual / emotional support
and bereavement services. More on Hospice of Cincinnati >

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Before You Get Sick, Have The Talk Before James Inman, of Concord, MA, died he laid out his wishes well in advance so his family could ensure that his passing was "100% on his terms." The decisions that were made while he was unconscious, were guilt-free. His family knew they were just executing his wishes." Click here to read the ABC World News article >

5 Steps To Make Your Healthcare Wishes Known Surveys show people believe it's important to talk to their families about their wishes. However, few have the conversation. Hospice of the Western Reserve, a nationally recognized non-profit agency with in Northern Ohio, hopes to change that by providing tools to get the conversation started. Click here to read the article >

Hospice Care "Part of the Big Picture" One of the common misconceptions about hospice and end-of-life care is that it’s morbid, depressing and heartbreaking. But according to Dr. William Krall, who has been part of Hospice of Hamilton since before it was Hospice of Hamilton, it's just another aspect of medical care, part of "the big picture." Click here to read the article >

Hospice and the "End Game" After her husband’s death from cancer, Eleanor Clift, a veteran reporter, concludes that hospice "should be front and center in the debate over the kind of health care future that we want." Her article eloquently and succinctly tells the hospice story. Click here to read the article >

Pet Peace of Mind in Venue Magazine An article appeared recently in Cincinnati's Venue Magazine about Hospice of Cincinnati. The article is about Hospice of Cincinnati's new Pet Peace of Mind™ program, which focuses on the needs of patients' pets and the care and attention they need. Click here to read the article on Pet Peace of Mind >

Living Life In My Own Way - Dying That Way As Well Amy Berman, BS, RN talks again about her diagnosis of inflammatory breast cancer, from feeling fine to cancer, newer treatments, patient-centered and palliative care, and creating a better way. Click here to read this compelling blog article >

The Far Shore of Aging — Interview with Jane Gross Krista Tippett, host of the APM radio show On Being, interviews Jane Gross, the creator of The New Old Age blog at The New York Times and author of A Bittersweet Season: Caring for Our Aging Parents — and Ourselves. Her memoir is full of practical advice. It is a dispassion- ate look at an ordinary piece of life that, like death, we are reluctant to look full in the face. It is a chronicle of redemption that emerges in spite and because of muddle and mistakes. Click here to listen to this interview online >

It Doesn't Have to Be Sad: The Life of a Hospice Nurse What does it feel like to help dying patients through their final days? Experience it through the eyes of hospice nurse Jill Campbell, who does her job with grace, compassion, and gratitude. Click here to read this article from Ladies Home Journal >

21 Months With My Mom Amanda Wolfe knew almost nothing about ovarian cancer when her mother was diagnosed. And she wondered, "Would I be able to take care of her when she needed me most?" Click here to read this article from Ladies Home Journal >

Closure. I love you. I forgive you. Please forgive me. Thank you. The inevitability and universality of death does not make it any easier to talk about. But as the end approaches, there is much to be said. Hospice of Cincinnati is encouraging its patients, and their families, to say those four things before saying goodbye. Click here to read this article from the Cincinnati Enquirer >

When Doctors Grieve Do doctors grieve when their patients die? A new study shows that not only do doctors experience grief, but the professional taboo on the emotion also has negative consequences for the doctors themselves, as well as for the quality of care they provide. Click here to read this article from The New York Times >

Letting Children Share in Grief The view that children should be as involved in the grieving process as adults has been taking hold, reflecting an increasingly common belief that children are better off when their grief is acknowledged and they are allowed to mourn in the company of relatives and peers. Click here to read this article from The New York Times >

Making Hard Decisions Easier Amy Berman, BS, RN talks about how her Social Worker and POLST (Physicians Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment) helped her to feel empowered and positive, despite her diagnosis of inflammatory breast cancer. Click here to read this compelling blog article >

The Unspoken Diagnosis: Old Age Should doctors discuss probable life expectancy with patients who don’t have a terminal illness? Authors of a recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine say “YES!” These researchers favor broaching the subject with anyone who has a life expectancy of less than 10 years or has reached age 85. In this NY Times blog, the reader comments are as interesting as the article. Read article >