Hospice Care
Putting Patients First
Recently Hospice East Bay admitted a patient in her early 60s who had been diagnosed with glioblastoma. Glioblastoma is an aggressive type of cancer that ...
Mutual Impact
Hospice work is unlike any other area in healthcare because we see most patients and families in their own home settings. We become guests in ...
It’s the Little Things
Recently one of our spiritual care counselors visited a patient who lives in his own home and prides himself on his flower garden. On good ...
When Patients “Graduate”
People are often surprised to learn that, for some patients, conditions actually improve while under hospice care. At Hospice East Bay, we say that these ...
Teaching Each Other
At Hospice East Bay, we teach staff members to think of themselves first as educators. Most patients and families find themselves in new territory, faced ...
Hospice Never Sleeps
As a Medicare-certified hospice, Hospice East Bay is required to have nurses available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to answer questions or ...
Hospice Moments – Last Week
Spiritual Care Counselor Bette Birnbaum is often moved to poetry by her experiences with families in hospice. Here is one of her recent poems: Even ...
Hospice Moments – Inspired by JW
Spiritual Care Counselor Bette Birnbaum is often moved to poetry by her experiences with families in hospice. Here is one of her recent poems: She ...
Hospice Poet Wins National Contest
Our own Spiritual Care Counselor, Bette Birnbaum, submitted the following poem to the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization creative arts contest and won! We ...
The Catalyst
In biology class, we learn how plants grow. A green plant uses sunlight to turn water and carbon dioxide into sugars that the plant uses ...