What Happens as Your Senior Readies to Go Home from the Hospital?
After a hospital stay, your elderly family member needs to have a plan for coming home.
A Strong Connection
Music. It has the power to connect us with memories of long ago. Melodies can delight us, sadden us. Music provides a sense of meaning and context. It is a soundtrack for who we are, where we’ve come from, and what we’ve done. Listening to favorite songs can evoke vivid memories and can become a […]
What is home health? What does Medicare pay for?
According to the www.medicare.gov website, home health care provides skilled, short-term services in-home. These services are typically ordered by a doctor to help with recovery following an inpatient hospital stay, rehabilitation, or a stay at a facility providing skilled nursing care. In general, the goal of home health care is to help you get better, […]
How to choose a home health provider
In the state of Texas, there are 2,100 licensed home health agencies, of which 612 are in the Dallas area. That’s a lot of options! So how do you choose a well-regarded agency that offers the services you need. We wanted to share some helpful information from the medicare.gov website about how to navigate your […]
Arcy Hospice is recognized as a top workplace again!
The Dallas Morning NewsARDENT HOSPICE: NATIONAL STANDARD WINNER IN DALLAS/FORT WORTH FOR 2020 Dallas, Texas. November 15, 2020 – Arcy Hospice has been named a 2020 Top Workplace, National Standard winner by The Dallas Morning News. The list is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by employee engagement technology partner […]
asking for help: a sign of strength
We often shy away from asking for help for fear of being seen as weak or incapable. There is this ingrained belief that asking for help makes us feel like we are imposing, or needy, or a burden on others. The reality is we would not be where we are today without the help and […]
Be Prepared for the What-Ifs in Life
In life, we plan for many important events like retirement, vacations, and our children’s education. Sadly, we are not so good at planning for the type of care we want to receive at the end of life. Planning for future medical care should you become ill is called advanced care planning. Advance Directives document the […]
New: Virtual Community Grief Chat
As our current state of social distancing continues, we recognize that this is an especially difficult time for people who have lost a loved one. Some have found it helpful to engage in online meetings. Please join Chaplain Donna Sutton for a virtual meeting in a safe environment to listen, learn and share. These meetings […]
Hospice Responds to the Challenges of a Pandemic
Our world is full of unknowns, now more than ever. The coronavirus has changed every person’s life. Fear of the unknown is nothing new for anyone who has experience with dying. At Arcy Hospice, we understand that the end of life may be a very difficult time for families, even without a worldwide pandemic and […]
How Healthcare Workers Properly Wear an N95 Mask
In a recent interview with WABE in Atlanta, Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the CDC, discussed the importance of face mask use in slowing down the ongoing pandemic (Goodnough & Sheikh, 2020). New data about COVID-19 displayed increasingly high rates of transmission from individuals that showed no symptoms. Those that were infected, in some cases, […]
