Hospice provides healthcare services to people with a life-limiting illness. People with late-stage dementia can greatly benefit from hospice services. Sometimes symptoms of pain and/or agitation can be misinterpreted as dementia behaviors. The hospice team is quite...
Nikki Kraker, ARNP recently joined Hospice of the Northwest as a nurse practitioner. She brings eight years of nursing and five years of ARNP experience to the team. As a nurse practitioner, Nikki provides support to our care team by assisting with symptom management,...
Community Health Accreditation Partner, Inc. (CHAP) recently announced that Hospice of the Northwest has once again been awarded CHAP Accreditation under the CHAP Hospice Standards of Excellence. CHAP Accreditation demonstrates that Hospice of the Northwest meets the...
[Editor's note: The following was originally published in the March 2023 newsletter of the North Sound Collaborative Action Network. This has been published with their permission.] In mid-February, former President Jimmy Carter opted for hospice care, and the media...
In this video, Hospice of the Northwest patient Heather, her family, and part of her hospice team share the values of coming onto hospice early and how hospice has enriched her life. Her reaction to what life is like while on hospice will probably surprise you.
Because of the disease process and changes that can occur in the brain and body of someone dealing with a terminal illness, it is not uncommon for people to experience pain, anxiety, and/or agitation. Hospice has a lot of tools which can be quite successful in...
