Hospice Care Anthropology

The aim of a hospice is to improve the quality of life of the dying

The doctors were pretty sure that Pierre had less than 6 months to live, so he fell well within the guidelines for hospice coverage. Should hospice coverage be limited to those with 6 months or less to live, or should other be covered? 6 months is a random figure and I think that the covering other could help families deal with hospice care a little better; it would give them a better understanding of what hospice-type services is entailed. It also could be too expensive for covering others and how can you know for sure if 6 months is suitable.

I found Homestead Hospice mission statement which is "We will continuously raise the bar on the quality of hospice care throughout the industry." Homestead hospice also uses a butterfly as a symbol for the agency. The butterfly is a powerful symbol of transformation. It takes a tremendous amount of hard work and courage to emerge from its restraining cocoon. The life of a butterfly is as magical as the life cycle of a human being. Our senior family members spent their lives contributing to society. Now, it is our duty to ensure they live the rest of their life in comfort. I feel that the mission statement and their symbolic symbol represents them perfectly. I have actually been with a social worker once and the social worker was telling

Letting Go by Atul Gawande provides an intriguing perspective on people’s stubborn expectations from the healthcare system. What should medicine do when it can’t save your life? Most everyone seems to believe they should fight to the bitter end, until they can’t possibly have anymore tubes coming out of them or medications going in. Gawande suggests that state of being is no longer living, so he raises the question of why people do it to themselves or their families. Gawande also provides the benefits of hospice care such as discontinuing medications. When patients stop fighting and start accepting the time they have, they gain more.

Hospice is a process to end-of-life care and a kind of support facility for terminally ill patients. It provides comforting care, patient-centered care and related services. Comforting care relieves discomfort without improving the patient’s condition or curing his illness. Hospice is extended in a healthcare facility or at home. Its objective is to provide compassionate, emotional, and spiritual care for the dying patient.

Death is inevitable. It is one of the only certainties in life. Regardless, people are often uncomfortable discussing death. Nyatanga (2016) posits that the idea of no longer existing increases anxiety and emotional distress in relation to one’s mortality. Because of the difficulty in level of care for end-of-life patients, the patient and the family often need professional assistance for physical and emotional care. Many family caregivers are not professionally trained in medicine, and this is where hospice comes into play. Hospice aims to meet the holistic needs of both the patient and the patient’s family through treatment plans, education, and advocacy. There is a duality of care to the treatment provided by hospice staff in that they do not attempt to separate the patient’s care from the family’s care. Leming and Dickinson (2011) support that hospice, unlike other clinical fields, focuses on the patient and the family together instead of seeing the patient independent of the family. Many times in hospitals, the medical team focuses solely on the goal of returning the patient back to health in order for them to return to their normal lives. They do not take into account the psychological and spiritual components of the patient’s journey and the journey that the family must take as well. For treatment of the patient, Leming and Dickinson agree that hospice does not attempt to cure patients, and instead concentrates solely

Hospice is a philosophy of care. It treats the person rather than the disease and focuses on quality of life. It surrounds the patient and family with a team consisting of professionals who not only address physical distress, but emotional and spiritual issues as well. Hospice care is patient-centered because the needs of the patient and family drive the activities of the hospice team.

The beginning of life is celebrated. Books and resources are shared among friends and family in preparation for becoming a new parent. So, what happens as one approaches the end of life? Unfortunately, the same care and sharing rarely occurs in those circumstances and many face the prospect of dying unprepared. Though most people state they would prefer to die at home, this is often not where death occurs. Many Americans spend their last days attached to medical apparatus that keeps the body alive, but it does not allow for communication with family and often requires heavy sedation. Additionally, this level of treatment comes at a high price. As a society, we must become as comfortable in addressing the end of life process as we

While sadness plays a big role in hospice…it is also true that there is happiness, positive reflection as well as wisdom. This month we want to recognize our two volunteers Connie and Paul Steber who have been volunteers for Hospice since June and considered it a true blessing to share the stories and experiences of patients who are living through a very emotional and difficult time. They are honored to be making a difference and to be able to share the stories of the patients like James Ellis best known as the Coach, who enjoys their company but most of all watching a football game, especially if his favorite team is on the winning end. The Stabers enjoy conversing with James and listening to his stories. There are also times when James and

Reading the story of Macbeth, Lady Macbeth takes control and understands his state of mind. Lady Macbeth could not understand how Macbeth could fail, as he brings the daggers back with him. She had a plan, and prepared for the murder as well as set the daggers by the guards herself. She claimed that she would have killed the king herself, yet Lady Macbeth also states, "Had he not resembled My father as he slept, I had done 't." Lady Macbeth refuses to commit this murder being that she sees a resemblance between King Duncan and her father, which causes her to not be able to do the killing of Duncan.

To begin, individuals who agree with PAS support their argument by focusing on the suffering that the patient would no longer have to go through. Supporters have called it the “right-to-die movement” and are concentrating on informing the public that people who are suffering due to their terminal illness have the right to die and would have, what they have deemed as, a death with dignity (Lachman 121). PAS has gained names which reflect it in a positive light such as “right to die, good death, rational suicide, aid in dying, and merciful release”

For many people, the process of dying is a prolonged, painful, and emotionally devastating experience. Dying often leaves an individual filled with fear, confusion, and feelings of loneliness and isolation. Fortunately, there are palliative care options that seek to mitigate not only the physical pains and symptoms of death, but also actively work to address the emotional turmoil countless people experience as they begin to descend towards death. On the other hand, far too many Americans still die in intensive-care-units and emergency rooms, where doctors aggressively work to save the lives of all patients, without regarding the actual status or well-being of the person’s life before them. Dying in a hospital room is not peaceful; it is often

A palliative culture, according to Markey, is a culture that covers up the problem. It means the culture tries to say everything is ok and try to mask its problems or other peoples' problems. My experience is of seeing a palliative culture is seeing people hurting and people trying to "fix" the individual instead of trying to fix society as a whole. I see this in the LGBT community. People were telling them that is was wrong to love the same sex, it was wrong to change to the opposite sex, or it is wrong to believe what they believe in. This does shape one's self-discovery because people will change who they are just, so society will accept them, or they hide who they are and never truly embrace and become the person they truly are. To

Probably drinking and smoking out with your crew and chilling with clueless women you try and bang, bumping new edition.

I like observing people. And conserving my energy, I mean, how many people would do something if it didn’t improve their life? Even if I were a social butter (which I am almost definitely not) I would most likely be a dark, brooding moth. Just waiting until someone finally makes it move. Have I shared a PB&J with anyone? No. Do I want your PB&J? Most definitely not. I like my own PB&J. You may believe that this is related to the fact that I have almost no friends, and that the friends I have are my Mom, my sis, and my dog, Art.