Rabbi Bryan Kinzbrunner — I have been following with interest the story of Desmond Watson, an 87-year-old who has advanced dementia and has been in the hospital in Canada for 14 months. He was admitted to the hospital in January 2010 with...
Read moreHarvest (2011): Gathered one summer in a beautiful shoreline town, three generations are drawn together by their patriarch, played by Oscar (R) Nominee Robert Loggia. With endearing moments of humor and uplifting spirit, HARVEST is a portrait of...
Read moreSharon Criscione, Clinical Director of Stein Hospice talks hospice to a group of seniors at Franklin Senior Center. Behind the table is Volunteer Coordinator, Sara Culang.
Read moreHow is hospice care paid for? Patients with a terminal illness do not usually have to pay for hospice care. Currently, most hospice patients have their costs covered by Medicare, through the Medicare Hospice Benefit. Medicaid also pays for...
Read moreRabbi Bryan Kinzbrunner — In her second installment of “God Will Not Desert Us: Difficult End Of Life Conversations”, Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs discusses her advocacy for families to discuss end of life wishes and issues that...
Read moreBeets and Beans: Living and Dying with Hospice is a half-hour documentary that attempts to dispel some myths about what it means to work with a Hospice provider. The hospice video interweaves the rich journeys of patients, caregivers, and family...
Read moreAt the end of life, people with chronic diseases like cancer get more aggressive medical care in the New York area than anyplace else in the country, continuing a trend going back decades, according to a report released on Monday by researchers...
Read moreThere is a new series of blogposts at the Huffington Post Religion page about issues in end of life care written by Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs. The first post is a general outline regarding facing the notion of our mortality. Her first post...
Read moreA video produced by the New Jersey Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, featuring the son of a former Stein Hospice patient. Dealing with Dying:National Healthcare Decisions Day:
Read moreI recently had an opportunity to teach a Hebrew school class of 12 yr old children about death and Hospice. I was amazed at how much these children knew about those two subjects. Many of them had a grandparent or older relative cared for by a...
Read moreThe most common myth about dying is that if we don’t talk about it, it won’t happen to us. We are all aware that everyone dies. Nobody is immune from life. As such, while we should not spend every waking moment waiting for death to arrive, we...
Read moreJewish colleagues joined together to develop a clearer understanding of how and when to talk about services of a hospice for those in the end stages of life.Through a variety of experts in this field, they learned about Jewish Hospice services...
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