A newsletter for family and friends of Montgomery Hospice

• Read Hospice Matters online.
• Hospice Matters Fall 2018  (download PDF)
  • Grieve and Stay Well: Rethinking Wellness for the Workplace
  • Grieving With Kids
  • Reflections about Grief in the Workplace by Montgomery Hospice Staff Members

• Hospice Matters Spring 2018  (PDF 2.2MB)
  • No Shame in Grief: Letting Go of Facebook-Perfect Suffering
  • Ann Mitchell, President & CEO: Listening to Patient Stories
  • Hospice Chaplains and Spiritual Care: Misconceptions and Facts

• Hospice Matters Fall 2017  (PDF 1.8MB)
  • Leaving a Personal Legacy
  • Ann Mitchell, President & CEO: The legacy of the Montgomery Hospice volunteers: “doing for others”
  • Pearl Sobel’s Journal: one family’s legacy
  • StoryCorps “great questions”

• Hospice Matters Spring 2017  (PDF 1.1MB)
  • Taking Care of YOU: Self-Care for Family Caregivers
  • Ann Mitchell, President & CEO: I admire and respect all who are or have been caregivers.

• Hospice Matters Fall 2016  (PDF 569KB)
  • Grief is in the Details
  • Dealing with Caregiver Guilt
  • Should I attend a Grief Support Group?

• Hospice Matters Spring 2016  (PDF 2.53MB)
  • Casey House: an Important View
  • Casey House Changes Lives: a Hospice Aide’s Story
  • Casey House Nursing: a “Calling”

• Hospice Matters Fall 2015 (PDF 1.74MB)
  • Integrating Complementary Therapies into Holistic Care at Montgomery Hospice
  • Complementary Therapies, Integrative Medicine
  • Complementary Therapies Used at Montgomery Hospice
  • Patient stories

• Hospice Matters Spring 2015 (PDF 4.5MB)
  • Getting Grief Right
  • Conversations That Matter
  • Bereavement Care Services: Supporting Grieving Community Members

• Hospice Matters Fall 2014 (PDF 1.74MB)
  • How We Relieve Patient Pain and Fears
  • Questions & Answers about Morphine
  • Working to Facilitate Clinician-Patient Communications
  • Do Real Men Cry? Help for Men Who Grieve and Those Who Care About Them

• Hospice Matters Spring 2014 (PDF 414KB)
  • The Power of Playing On
  • Eugene B. Casey Foundation donation
  • The Man in the Mirror
  • Helping Teenagers Deal with Losses

• Hospice Matters Fall 2013 (PDF 626KB)
  • How Not to Say the Wrong Thing
  • Grief – Dispelling the Myth of Letting Go
  • The Guts to Keep Going
  • Workshop: African-Americans & End-of-Life Care

• Hospice Matters Spring 2013 (PDF 449KB)
  • Hospice Discussions with Asian Patients
  • Complementary Therapies
  • Paul Brenner, a “persevering pioneer”
  • Research: hospice improves quality and lowers cost

• Hospice Matters Fall 2012 (PDF 686KB)
  • My parent’s end-of-life wishes
  • Hard (but necessary) conversations to have with loved ones
  • Grief during the holidays
  • Take me out to the ball game (a patient’s story)
  • A Montgomery Hospice chaplain reflects on meaning at the end of life

• Hospice Matters Spring 2012 (PDF 514KB)
  • Growing through grief: the challenge of change (Dr. Robert Neimeyer)
  • Love is stronger than death
  • The Best Care Possible: a new book by Dr. Ira Byock

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• Hospice Matters Fall 2011 (PDF 645KB)
  • Ways to help a grieving friend
  • Hospice social workers: walking alongside patients and families
  • A poem of gratitude
  • Casey House: a community treasure

• Hospice Matters Spring 2011 (PDF 536KB)
  • Culture counts: caring for Jewish patients and families
  • Time for a serious conversation (Dr. Ira Byock)
  • Advance care planning: definitions

• Hospice Matters Fall 2010 (PDF 750KB)
  • Why you, an African American, should choose hospice care
  • The three I’s of hospice care (a chaplain’s story)
  • Remembering Sylvia (a patient’s story)
  • Ode to my bathtub

• Hospice Matters Spring 2010 (PDF 514KB)
  • Breaking the silence of loss
  • Montgomery Hospice partners with nursing homes and assisted living facilities
  • Polly’s plants (a patient and volunteer story)

• Hospice Matters Fall 2009 (PDF 605KB)
  • Casey House tenth anniversary
  • Ed Asher’s team: making the dream come true
  • Casey House construction slowed by baby birds
  • A unique birthday party
  • An international delegation visits Casey House
  • In memory of Chris Boland (a patient story)
• Hospice Matters Spring 2009 (PDF 372KB)
  • Love is a legacy that will never die (Abigail Trafford)
  • Hospital liaisons: supporting patients and hospital clinicians behind the scene
  • High-quality hospice care: assessing the options
  • Montgomery Hospice’s award-winning volunteers
  • Teens honor their grandmother
  • Music heals the heart
• Hospice Matters Fall 2008 (PDF 2.91MB)
  • Misguided metaphor (Dr. Wendy Harpham)
  • In memory: Sally Ketchum, a Montgomery Hospice founder
  • Three siblings, three journeys
  • Research: widows/widowers live longer if their spouse received hospice services
  • A ribbon tied to the heart
  • Sea glass (a poem)