HOSPICE COUNSELOR

Where to seek out help if you are searching for a grief counselor.

Consider the following tips on how to have the hospice conversation with a lucid patient.

Positive effects of hospice for the dying patient

As an Atheist I couldn't comprehend how many Christian family members would hold constant prayer vigils over the scared, helpless dying child. If religion is supposed to be comforting, why were the kids so scared?

"Denial" is one of those words you hear in the cancer world. As in, "Well, she's just in denial." You have a very important person in your life who has cancer. Are you in denial about the cancer? Is this person you care about in denial? How can you tell?

Vicki Lensing explains in her article why the funeral process is important in healing grief. Implications for professional counselors are discussed.

Online grief support services are available for anyone who is suffering from the loss of a loved one. There are a variety of help available including groups, discussion boards and forums.

Social workers tell you that it will be impossible to care for a loved one at home; the best thing to do is place them in a nursing home. Consider home health care instead.

A look at sudden grief and how to cope with it.

Patient advocacy in assisting those in the terminal stage of cancer, or other terminal disease, can be difficult and heart-wrenching for both the patient and family.

Codependency is a challenging mental health complication but for the person who lives with the condition, the nursing profession may be the perfect choice.

My experience surviving and escaping twenty years of domestic violence.

Classroom discipline can be the toughest part of life for a new teacher. Try these specific techniques to keep the students on task and learning.

Journey through the life of an adult Type 2 Diabetic as emotional and spiritual growth is experienced.

Over time, as you care for someone with a life-threatening illness. You will go through a range of feelings. Because that person may be getting worse you can feel discouraged although you know the decline is not related to your care.

Spirituality may help cancer survivors feel the challenge of facing cancer is "shared" and that God or a Higher Power provides strength needed to get through the experience, to put cancer into perspective and reorder their priorities.

This disease turned a healthy man into a helpless, motionless drone--all within a matter of months.

Four helpful tips to help a saddened, grieving parent along the road to recovery when they are dealing with a terminally ill or handicapped child.

Some of the key elements in this paper will be the physical and mental health problems of the homeless adolescent population.

We have all heard the names Sylvia Brown, John Edwards and James Van Praag. They are noted icons in the paranormal world. They have shared their gifts graciously to help persons in their lives.

The American education system nationally should make it their mission to ensure that each student be given the courses as early as high school to make them suitable for good employment.