City of Hope: Programs for Health Professionals

Health care professionals who have made the decision to specialize in oncology face a unique set of challenges. Issues such as quality of life and symptom management regularly impact standard of care concerns. City of Hope’s Division of Nursing Research and Education offers several specialized education programs: Ongoing Programs for Nurses, Professionals and family caregivers

About City of Hope (from website):

City of Hope is recognized worldwide for its compassionate patient care, innovative science and translational research, which rapidly turns laboratory breakthroughs into promising new therapies.

We are one of only 40 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers nationwide and a founding member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. An independent biomedical researchtreatment and education institution, we are a leader in the fight to conquer cancerdiabetes, HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening diseases.

On our park-like campus just northeast of Los Angeles, researchers advance ideas into discoveries, physicians bring emerging therapies to patients, and students learn to transform the landscape of modern medicine – all supported by the generosity of philanthropists from across the country.

Every day we pursue new and better ways to improve the lives of men, women and children here and around the world – and have for almost 100 years.

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Just another profound deathbed meditation on the meaning of life…

Thank you and cartoon credit to: CreateYourReality – a very cool fb page!

I hope that this cartoon shows up for you…if for some reason it doesn’t appear you can certainly see it at our Caregiver Revolution facebook page. Thanks for visiting!

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The Golden Room

End of Life: Nursing Solutions for Death w Dignity

This professional clinical guide presents nursing administrators and nurses in acute care agencies, nursing homes, hospice, and palliative care settings with detailed implementation strategies for accommodating dying persons and their loved ones as they make the transition from physical life. It presents the need for and the development of the Golden Room concept: a place for dying that facilitates a dignified, peaceful, and profound experience for dying persons and their loved ones.

This book presents a practical solution on multiple levels that will benefit all involved-patient, family, nurses, administrators, policy makers, and insurance companies. It presents the theoretical frameworks for end-of-life care and how the Golden Room concept fits into these frameworks.

Published in partnership with the Watson Caring Science Institute, this unique resource:

  1. Advocates the use of Golden Rooms, which provide dignified, private, and safe settings for death and dying.
  2. Presents various cases that illustrate the need for a dignified death, as well as strategies on how to provide for this dignified death.
  3. Provides questions of concern after each case scenario, suitable for class discussion or personal reflection.
  4. Offers cost-effective end-of-life solutions for families, the medical establishment, and insurance companies.

Highly recommended by all of us here at Caregiver Revolution!

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A TERRIFIC Site – Final Fling

End of life care sites are becoming more and more popular but this is a REALLY good one…home grown and non-corporate, whimsical, LIGHT and full of information. Well worth a look. This site was recommended to me by the folks at Sacred Dying. I guarantee that you will enjoy it. We at Caregiver Revolution are not affiliated with them in any way.

Home page | Final Fling.

From the site:

My Final Fling is your FREE account to sort your affairs in one secure place. It offers you:

a FREE workbook to store your wishes.
a FREE Safe Deposit Box to store essential documents like your Will securely.
a FREE Treasure Trove to store and share digital treasures with your private network.

Highly recommended by all of us here at Caregiver Revolution!

 

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Exit Laughing

Recommended Read:

Exit Laughing: How Humor Takes the Sting Out of Death – Google Books.

Highly recommended by all of us here at Caregiver Revolution!

 

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Benefits of Tai Chi and Qi Gong

I said that I was going to post about some good strategies for preventative and lifestyle medicine and here is a good place to start…a basic article but with scientific studies showing the benefits of these two ancient practices.

Benefits of Qi Gong

Highly recommended by all of us here at Caregiver Revolution!

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