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| Volunteer Director Pearl Masciotra and Rose Montemayor, LPN at the Heart Health Fair |
February 25, 2013
St. Catherine Hospital's Heart Health Fair
Blue Skies Hospice participated at the Heart Health Fair on February 23rd at St. Catherine's Hospital in East Chicago, Indiana.
Share The Love Luncheon
Blue Skies Director Lisa Guzman and Volunteer Coordinator Pearl Masciotra attended the Friends of the Cancer Resource Center's sixth annual Share The Love Luncheon on February 13th. This year's speaker was ABC Chicago affiliate anchor Roz Varon. Proceeds from the luncheon benefited the Cancer Resource Center in Munster, Indiana.
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| Blue Skies Hospice Director Lisa Guzman and Volunteer Coordinator Pearl Masciotra at the Share The Love Luncheon |
Valentines For Veterans
Blue Skies Hospice hosted Valentines for Veterans on Feb. 11th at the Blue Skies Hospice house in Hammond. Speakers from the Disabled Veterans Organization spoke about veterans benefits. This event was open to the community.
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| Blue Skies Hospice Director Lisa Guzma with Speakers |
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| Speakers fielding questions from the audience |
February 18, 2013
Blues Skies Hospice and The St. Catherine Hospital Heart Health Fair
On February 23rd, St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago, Indiana is holding the St. Catherine Hospital Heart Health Fair. The event is a great opportunity for health practitioners, patients, and community members to interact and learn about options for care and treatment.
Cardiologist, Dr. Samer Abbas is the keynote speaker. There will also be classes sponsored by the Cardiac Rehab Department, and Reiki healing demonstrations.
The Blue Skies Hospice staff will have a booth at the event. We are happy to participate in the health fair.
Cardiologist, Dr. Samer Abbas is the keynote speaker. There will also be classes sponsored by the Cardiac Rehab Department, and Reiki healing demonstrations.
The Blue Skies Hospice staff will have a booth at the event. We are happy to participate in the health fair.
February 12, 2013
Doctors and Experts Recommend Longer Stay in Hospice
According to a new report in the Daily Herald, "Hospice care among the elderly doubled to about 40 percent in the past
decade, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical
Association."
Even though it has doubled, many patients do not receive the full battery of benefits that hospice offers in the form of pain reduction, emotional companionship, and spiritual counseling, because they enter hospice care a mere three or four days before death.
In the article, Mary Tinetti, a professor of medicine at Yale University, said, "The idea was that people would be getting into hospice for long enough to really benefit from the focus on comfort and spirituality and getting ready for the end of life. Although more people are going to hospice, which is a good thing, it is pegged on the last few days of life, probably not long enough to benefit."
Blue Skies Hospice welcomes patients at any point in their illness if that illness has been diagnosed as terminal. We have had patients for less than a week, and our volunteers, nurses, social workers, and clergy have served patients for over a year. Entering hospice is a personal decision best made between the patient, his or her family, and the family doctor. If you feel it is the right time for you or a loved to consider hospice care, the Blue Skies staff will dedicate itself to your care and comfort.
Even though it has doubled, many patients do not receive the full battery of benefits that hospice offers in the form of pain reduction, emotional companionship, and spiritual counseling, because they enter hospice care a mere three or four days before death.
In the article, Mary Tinetti, a professor of medicine at Yale University, said, "The idea was that people would be getting into hospice for long enough to really benefit from the focus on comfort and spirituality and getting ready for the end of life. Although more people are going to hospice, which is a good thing, it is pegged on the last few days of life, probably not long enough to benefit."
Blue Skies Hospice welcomes patients at any point in their illness if that illness has been diagnosed as terminal. We have had patients for less than a week, and our volunteers, nurses, social workers, and clergy have served patients for over a year. Entering hospice is a personal decision best made between the patient, his or her family, and the family doctor. If you feel it is the right time for you or a loved to consider hospice care, the Blue Skies staff will dedicate itself to your care and comfort.
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