Tag: hospice

Family Corner 10/25/17

Producer/Host: Sue Mackey Andrews
Engineer: John Greenman

Volunteer Hospice Services

a) There is a difference between Volunteer Hospice Services and medical Hospice, which means that individuals with life limiting illnesses as well as those preparing for the end of life are both eligible for volunteer hospice services.
b) Volunteer services are provided free of charge by highly trained volunteers.
c) There aren’t enough volunteers to meet the current need for hospice services in Hancock, Piscataquis and northern Penobscot and Somerset counties.

Guests:
Jane Stitham, Executive Director – Pine Tree Hospice
Lori Johnson, Program Director – Hospice of Hancock County

Common Health 4/15/15

Host: Jim Fisher
Engineer: John Greenman

Issue: Death and Taxes: Programs to assist elderly and dying in America

Key Discussion Points:
a) What is the current level of aging, disability and mortality in Maine?
b) What cultural barriers do we have to effectively help those who are aging, disabled or dying?
c) What additional problems will be confronting in the future? What are the impacts of technology, culture, economy, smaller households.
d) What programs do we have to assist families going through the aging and dying process?

Guests:
Jodi Wolford-Tucker, Director, Hospice of Hancock
14 McKenzie Avenue
Ellsworth, ME 04605
(888) 266-8035
jwtucker@hospiceofhancock.org

Ann Ossanna, Field Project Supervisor
Blue Hill, ME 04614 
(207) 374-5852
aossanna@whcacap.org
www.whcacap.org/friendship-cottage/

Healthy Options 3/2/11

Producer/Host: Rhonda Feiman

Topic: Hospice and End of Life Issues

What is Hospice? How does the hospice philosophy enhance and ease the experience of the family of the dying individual? How do hospice and hospice volunteers work as a team to make the end-of-life experience easier?

Guest: Jill Kulbe, Director of Homecare Services at Waldo County Homecare and Hospice, www.wcgh.org, 207-338-2268