The staff at Nashville's Alive Hospice didn't just show her mom compassion in 2016; Lachs herself bonded with hospice social worker Theresa Carrington, assigned to help Lachs process grief.

Julianna Katerberg, a social worker with Hospice of Michigan’s Grand Rapids team, talks about her experience in end-of-life care and the importance of this presence in the patient's life.

(Mass Appeal) – If you’ve ever had a loved one enter hospice care then you probably came across the social worker assigned to you and your family. But what is the role of that worker as… ...

Your hospice care team may include your doctor, a hospice nurse, social worker, home health aide, volunteers, and others. Pain management . A big focus of hospice is to keep you as comfortable as ...

Providence workers are set to begin a two-day strike July 2 at Hospice of Petaluma (Calif.) and Memorial Hospice in Santa Rosa, Calif. The action marks their first-ever strike and comes amid ongoing ...

— As a hospice social worker of 42 years, Maggie Alberton knows that dignity is especially important to her patients. "Dignity is like a medicine," she says.

Michael Kachadoorian, Executive Director, and Mark Cronin, Medical Social Worker of Hospice of Western and Central Massachusetts, are here to explain.

“In hospice, you get to really work with the patient. If you need to take that extra half hour or hour, you can adjust that so you can, you really give them the care that they deserve,” ...