Caring for a loved one who is terminally ill can be the most emotionally challenging time in life, and AGIS Network (
www.agis.com) seeks to aid caregivers and loved ones with all the emotional support and informational resources available. We have just added to our site
a new end-of-life care section featuring the Hospice Foundation of America as
our expert resource.
Hospice care provides families with ailing or dying loved ones with a team of professional help to bring physical, emotional and spiritual comfort to everyone involved. Although the focus shifts from curing the illness to providing comfort and care, a great deal can be done to support the caregiver and their loved one during this challenging time. The End-of-Life section adds yet another crucial resource to the comprehensive information available on the AGIS website.Caregivers, family, friends and loved ones can find help for all aspects of caregiving, from
legal and financial planning to specialized care for specific conditions such as
Alzheimer’s Disease. The
Carestation blog and AGIS online community offer interactive
forums for people to share their individual experiences for mutual understanding, learning and comfort.
Hospice care is founded on the philosophy that each and every one of us deserves to die with dignity and comfort. Through mutual understanding and respect, families and loved ones can utilize the appropriate end-of-life care options for their family’s specific needs.
Our hospice overview can be found here.
For emotional support and strategies to help deal with the loss of a loved one, our grief and loss information section provides the best available tools for families in their time of need, see here.
Labels: hospice and palliative care
1 Comments:
I'm glad AGIS is featuring hospice. People often come to hospice too late. Their loved one is so near the end that their lives (the caregivers as well) are in shambles--physically and emotionally.
I know because I was one. I told the doctor my mother needed hospice. I'm the one who knew.
It was only a matter of weeks before my mother passed, and I sure could have used more assistance, time, and resources before then.
Dying is tough enough, but our loved ones and caregivers deserve to spend those last months in dignity and peace--and hospice can help with that.
I hope more people know--and have access to hospice resources before they're so exhausted, numb, and scared to reap the benefits of such a compassionate organization.
~Carol D. O'Dell
Author of Mothering Mother: A Daughter's Humorous and Heartbreaking Memoir,
available on Amazon and in most bookstores
www.mothering-mother.com
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