Palliative Care

Bereaved Parents meets third Wednesdays

2013-05-09 09:34:00

These groups meet regularly. Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Group — Third Wednesday, 5:30 p.m., at Lighthouse Senior Living at Ellicott City, 3100 N. Ridge Road, Ellicott City. 410-465-2288. Bereaved Parents, USA — Third Wednesday, 8 p.m....

Twins dedicate lives to helping the dying

2013-02-05 09:09:19

Two decades ago, a long-term patient at Greater Baltimore Medical Center was astonished at the quality of care he was getting. His principal nurse wasn't just cheerful and knowledgeable. She also seemed to be taking care of him day and night. Then he...

Share your blessings with the less fortunate

2012-11-22 04:00:00

Many people find the holiday season to be a time to share their blessings with the less fortunate. Local organizations and advocacy groups such as those below would put your gift to good use. • Lovely Ladies of Laurel is a nonprofit organization...

Living longer, but with no plan for the final act

2011-12-05 03:00:00

The voice of reason

2011-11-25 03:00:00

H.L. Mencken once observed that newspapers, by nature, are bellicose and do not speak in support of anyone or anything unless they absolutely can't help it. There are any number of public figures in Maryland and beyond who would attest to this. But on...

Senior briefs

2011-12-02 00:00:00

Workshop Lynn Carr, a registered nurse, and Mary Fridley, founder of Gero-Resources LLC, will speak on "Bridging the Gap from Hospital to Physician Office," as part of the "The Future Is Now! Are You Ready?" workshops presented by the county Department...

New Maryland plan targets cancer deaths

2011-07-26 15:22:25

State health officials released an ambitious plan Tuesday to reduce cancer deaths, using the latest strategies to prevent, detect and treat the disease — and save the lives of an additional 1,200 Marylanders a year. "Our goal in Maryland is to have...

Hospice care is available to those who need it

2011-11-02 06:00:00

No one likes to think about advanced illness but it's something most of us will have to face eventually. There's an incredible resource in our community that provides comfort, dignity and respect to all those coping with a complex illness. It's Hospice of...

Ron Smith to stop chemotherapy, remain on air 'as long as I can'

2011-11-17 16:17:00

Ron Smith went on WBAL radio Thursday, just as he has for the past 27 years. But the conservative talk-show host, who was recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, opened his show telling listeners — with characteristic bluntness — that he...

VNA honors those who go the extra mile for patients

2013-05-18 07:24:02

Each spring for the past 61 years, individuals who take special care of those dealing with extraordinary medical issues are honored. It helps put the Visiting Nurses Association Hospice & Palliative Care mission into perspective. VNA staff and other...

Tavares celebration to welcome home Vietnam veterans Saturday

2013-05-17 00:00:00

TAVARES — George Wanberg knew what to expect when he returned home from Vietnam. He and his military buddies were told to throw away their uniforms before setting foot in the U.S. to avoid being spit on, punched and taunted by Americans who...

Bridging the racial divide in how we die

2013-05-16 07:34:02

No one in Telia Stark's family had ever used hospice. They depended on God and one another to deal with death. But mostly, they were afraid. "I don't want anybody experimenting on me," Stark recalls her uncle saying 10 years ago when his doctor...

Paris Chambliss, 9, left, and volunteer Susan Meyers, right, participate in a trust building exercise during Cornerstone Hospice and Palliative Care's 19th Annual Camp Bridges May 4 at Warren Willis Camp in Fruitland Park.

2013-05-06 00:00:00

Does patients need to know they are terminally ill? The answer is not obvious, a newly published debate suggests.

2013-04-24 19:54:23

A woman holds the hand of her mother who is dying from cancer during her final hours at a palliative care hospital in Winnipeg

2013-04-01 13:24:22