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HIV/ AIDS 2010 Update on May 17, 2012 2:00 PM

Thu, 17 May 2012 19:00:00 GMT

HIV/ AIDS 2010 Update
Start Date: May 17, 2012 2:00 PM
End Time: May 17, 2012 3:00 PM
Location: Sandy Ridge Health and Rehabilitation, Milton, FL 32570
Speaker: Dave Hostler

Event Details:

HIV / AIDS 2012 Update

Thursday, 17 May 2012

at 2pm

Sandy Ridge Health and Rehabilitation

5360 Glover Lane

Milton, FL 32570

Sandy Ridge Health and Rehabilitation

5360 Glover Lane

Milton, FL 32570

Annual Remembrance Celebration on May 20, 2012 2:00 PM

Sun, 20 May 2012 19:00:00 GMT

Annual Remembrance Celebration
Start Date: May 20, 2012 2:00 PM
End Time: May 20, 2012 4:00 PM
Location: Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church, Niceville, FL 32578
Event Details:

Please call Chris Krebs at 850-729-1800 x 4642 for more info.

Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church

1200 Valparaiso Blvd

Niceville, FL USA 32578

New Volunteer Orientation on May 21, 2012 3:00 PM

Mon, 21 May 2012 20:00:00 GMT

New Volunteer Orientation
Start Date: May 21, 2012 3:00 PM
End Time: May 21, 2012 5:00 PM
Location: Covenant Hospice Daphne Office, Daphne, AL
Event Details:

Covenant Hospice Volunteer Orientation

This two hour training is required for all volunteers. Session topics include:

An overview of hospice, including history, philosophy, ethics, goals, services and programs.
An explanation of the Interdisciplinary Team and the concept of palliative care.
An introduction to Covenant Hospice and our “special kind of caring” for patients and families.
An explanation of the role of hospice volunteers, including requirements, guidelines and opportunities.
An opportunity to get to know one another and learn from others’ experiences and volunteer guidelines.

Covenant Hospice Daphne Office

1040 Stanton Road

Daphne, AL

New Volunteer Training on May 22, 2012 8:30 AM

Tue, 22 May 2012 13:30:00 GMT

New Volunteer Training
Start Date: May 22, 2012 8:30 AM
End Time: May 22, 2012 4:30 PM
Location: Covenant Hospice Crestview Office, Crestview, FL
Event Details:

Patient and Family Support Volunteer Training

This eight hour training is required for all volunteers that will have contact with patients and family members. The first two hours are Covenant Hospice Volunteer Orientation, required for all volunteers. Six additional hours of training are required for Patient and Family Volunteers. This training includes the following topics: Clinical Care and Comfort, Psychosocial/Spiritual Care, Grief and Bereavement, Communication Skills and Volunteer Documentation.

Covenant Hospice Crestview Office

370 West Redstone Avenue

Crestview, FL

Hospice Myths, Mysteries, and Misconceptions on May 22, 2012 2:00 PM

Tue, 22 May 2012 19:00:00 GMT

Hospice Myths, Mysteries, and Misconceptions
Start Date: May 22, 2012 2:00 PM
End Time: May 22, 2012 3:00 PM
Location: Hawthorn House, Shalimar, FL 32579
Speaker: Jeanne Easterling RN, BSN, MPA

Hawthorn House

1200 Hawthorn Drive

Shalimar, FL 32579

Preventinvg Falls: Who, What, When, Where and Why on May 22, 2012 2:00 PM

Tue, 22 May 2012 19:00:00 GMT

Preventinvg Falls: Who, What, When, Where and Why
Start Date: May 22, 2012 2:00 PM
End Time: May 22, 2012 3:00 PM
Location: Century Care Center, Century, FL 32535
Speaker: Dave Hostler, LPN, CHPLN

Event Details:

Preventing Falls: Who, What,

When, Where and Why

Tuesday, 22 May 22

2pm

Century Care Center

6020 Industrial Blvd

Century, FL 32535

Century Care Center

6020 Industrial Blvd

Century, FL 32535

The Physiology of Dying on May 22, 2012 2:00 PM

Tue, 22 May 2012 19:00:00 GMT

The Physiology of Dying
Start Date: May 22, 2012 2:00 PM
End Time: May 22, 2012 2:00 PM
Location: The Manor at Bluewater Bay, Niceville, FL 32578
Speaker: Edie Henley RN CHPN

The Manor at Bluewater Bay

1500 N Whitepoint Road

Niceville, FL USA 32578

Grief issues for Professional Caregivers on May 24, 2012 2:00 PM

Thu, 24 May 2012 19:00:00 GMT

Grief issues for Professional Caregivers
Start Date: May 24, 2012 2:00 PM
End Time: May 24, 2012 3:00 PM
Location: Crystal Bay Assisted Living, Destin, FL 32550
Speaker: Chris Krebs BSW

Crystal Bay Assisted Living

2400 Crystal Cove Lane

Destin, FL 32550

Covenant Hospice Ambassador Training on May 26, 2012 1:00 PM

Sat, 26 May 2012 17:00:00 GMT

Covenant Hospice Ambassador Training
Start Date: May 26, 2012 1:00 PM
End Time: May 26, 2012 2:30 PM
Location: Mt. Zion M.B. Church, Apalachicola, Florida 32320
Event Details:

Free Ambassador Training for persons interested in representing Covenant Hospice at community activities and veteran events. Those participating in the training will be trained to speak at faith congregations, civic and community groups about Covenant Hospice programs and services.

Mt. Zion M.B. Church

98 Avenue East

Apalachicola, Florida USA 32320

Crisis Intervention for Hospice Patients on Jun 5, 2012 2:00 PM

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 19:00:00 GMT

Crisis Intervention for Hospice Patients
Start Date: Jun 5, 2012 2:00 PM
End Time: Jun 5, 2012 3:00 PM
Location: Hawthorn House, Shalimar, FL 32579
Speaker: Jeanne Easterling RN, BSN, MPA

Hawthorn House

1200 Hawthorn Drive

Shalimar, FL 32579

6 Week Grief Support Group on May 21, 2012 10:30 AM

Mon, 21 May 2012 15:30:00 GMT

Start Date: May 21, 2012 10:30 AM
End Time: May 21, 2012 12:00 PM

Shalimar United Methodist Church

1 Old Ferry Road

Shalimar, FL 32579

Program Spotlight - Butterfly Bags

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 18:00:00 GMT

Covenant Hospice has launched a program to help children who are dealing with the loss of a loved one. The Butterfly Bag, part of the Children’s Support Services program, is a specialized grief kit to help children express and process their feelings of grief and loss. The Butterfly Bag contains age-appropriate materials that were carefully selected for use with children who have experienced a loss. Also included in the bags is a Parent Pack, which contains helpful information about how to talk to children about issues related to death and dying.

"Most children cope very well following a loss, provided they are given the opportunity to work through their emotions, ask questions, and find a way to remember their loved one. We created the Butterfly Bag to help children have that opportunity, and to be able to do so in their own homes, with the guidance and support of their families,” said Lee McDonough, life cycle specialist for Covenant Hospice. “We also included information especially for bereaved parents and caregivers, who often have the dual role of helping their children grieve, while also grieving themselves,” said McDonough.

To help support the Butterfly Bag program, make a donation online.

Apr 5, 2011 1:00 PM

Covenant Hospice awards Heart of Hospice to Eden Springs Nursing Home

Don Ruth - noemail@covenanthospice.org — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:00:00 GMT

Tallahassee, FL - Covenant Hospice recently presented the Heart of Hospice Award to Eden Springs Nursing Home upon receipt of a hospice consult at Capital Regional Medical Center on a very sick patient with specific needs. Covenant Hospice worked with the case manager in trying to obtain options for placement and care for the patient. After extensive review of the patients’ needs and multiple attempts at placement of the patient fell through, Eden Springs Nursing Home was positively receptive to evaluating the patient for placement and was willing to accept her even though her case was complex.

Covenant Hospice along with Eden Springs Administrator, Chuck Cascio, were able to coordinate and initiate nursing care, respiratory care and education to the staff with regards to the patients special needs. Inpatient care was extended to the patient by the Covenant Hospice staff in collaboration with Eden Springs staff.

The patient, for the first time in months, was actually smiling and was happy to be at the facility and out of the hospital. She had a wonderful weekend with her family and was content. The patient unfortunately did pass away just a few days later. The compassionate dedicated employees for the Eden Springs Nursing Home were instrumental in providing this patient with loving care in her last days for this we are grateful.

Thank you to Eden Springs for allowing Covenant Hospice to work with you as a team to provide our patient and her family happiness and peace in her last days, which is the intended mission for both of us.

PHOTO:

Cathy Benardella, RN, DON, Chuck Cascio, NHA, Barbara Sutherland, LPN, evening supervisor, Nancy Peters, LPN, MDS Coordinator, Laura Register, RN, unit manager, Elizabeth Schlein, DBO, Covenant Hospice, Donna Davis, RN, ADON

Jun 22, 2010 10:00 AM

Common Hospice Myths

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:30:00 GMT

Hospice is often misunderstood. Sometimes it’s even misunderstood by experts. It is obvious that if even the medical community does not fully understand some facts about hospice, then the public certainly might not know the facts.

Several points come to mind. Perhaps we could call these “hospice myths.” You know, a myth is some mythical story or belief that may not be true. Well, some hospice myths really need to be put to rest.

Myth: Hospice is a place. Most patients and families believe when they hear about hospice care they think they have to go somewhere to receive that care. In fact, not myth, some hospice organizations do have a hospice house. A place or a unit where patients with incurable disease can go to receive care. But that’s not the norm. The norm is that hospice is a service, not a place, and hospice will come to the patient, their home, their nursing home, their assisted living. We even have a patient who is homeless and lets us know where to meet him to provide the care he requires.

Myth: The hospice myth that patients will die immediately when hospice care begins. This is commonly held as a fact but indeed it is a myth, not based on truth at all. Medicare provides the guidance here. Patients who doctors believe can live up to six months have the opportunity to enroll in hospice and take advantage of hospice care for many weeks, even many months. Now it is true that some patients come to hospice very, very late in their disease and they may live only a short time. Often we hear from these patients and their families “if only we had known about hospice earlier we would have signed up”.

Myth: Hospice patients have to give up their own doctor. This is absolutely a myth. Hospice invites family doctors, personal doctors, to continue care of their patients when that patient is enrolled in hospice. Some of the better hospice organizations do have doctors that can make patient visits. But they never interfere with the private doctor and patient relationship.

Myth: Hospice is only for cancer patients. Well, this is not exactly a myth. In the very beginning of hospice most patients were cancer patients. But, over time patients with other diseases—diabetes, heart disease, stroke, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s realized that there was a great benefit from hospice care. Now days there are more non-cancer patients enrolled in hospice than there are cancer patients.

Myth: Hospice is too expensive for most families. This is a myth. Hospice is a Medicare benefit. That means that Congress has passed laws that say that people who are on Social Security or are receiving Medicare can have hospice care. It is a 100% benefit; anything related to the terminal diagnosis is paid for by Medicare. Many private insurances also have a hospice benefit and for folks younger than Medicare age they may want to check their health insurance plan to see if there is a hospice benefit.

Myth: All hospice organizations are the same. Although all hospice programs are governed by the same Medicare rules and regulations, hospices are anything but the same. Covenant Hospice is considered one the largest and most comprehensive hospices in the nation.

Jul 27, 2009 11:30 AM

IDG: A Team Approach to Care

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:15:00 GMT

A team approach. The most recognized “team” in healthcare is probably the doctor and the nurse. We have all seen them working together to diagnose, treat, and cure. They each have their own specific job. The doctor is the intellectual diagnostician and the nurse is the compassionate caregiver that provides comfort. For hundreds of years this team has worked very well to provide patient care.

For the best in end of life care, provided by Covenant Hospice, this team approach is taken to a whole new level. The Interdisciplinary Group or IDG is commonly used in the hospice environment. This team approach still includes a doctor, the medical director, and a nurse—often called the clinical manager.

However, beyond the doctor and nurse, several other individuals are involved in the IDT. Each member of this team has the focus of providing the best quality of life for the remaining days of that patient.

Those other team members include licensed social workers, chaplains, volunteers, bereavement (or grief counselors), and sometimes even family members who all work together to understand that particular patient and their needs. These needs often include medical, social and spiritual.

This team approach is so important that the entire team meets every two weeks to talk about each patient which the team is caring for and supporting, and not only the patient, but their family as well.

Each member of the team is given the opportunity for input so that the whole team can provide the care that best benefits the patient and their family. Nearing the end of life is sad and stressful, but knowing that there is an entire team there to support and add life to days when days can no longer be added to life is hopeful and comforting.

Jul 27, 2009 11:15 AM

Hospice Physician: Not a Replacement

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:00:00 GMT

Whenever there is a discussion of hospice, it can sometimes be a very difficult time. Hospice care means end of life care, and that means the realization that the patient has a life-limiting illness. “Life-limiting” — that’s very profound. Most of us, sometime in our life, have an illness or a medical condition and we don’t expect it to be life-limiting. We go to the doctor, the emergency room, or the hospital. We expect it to be diagnosed, treated, and cured. If it can’t be cured then at least we want that disease or medical condition to be controlled.

There are many medical conditions that you could name right now that can’t be cured. Conditions like Diabetes, high blood pressure, chronic lung disease, and many cancers. Medical science is looking, always doing research in hopes of curing these diseases, but at least in this day and age most of these diseases can be controlled. With proper therapies and medications, life can go on and in most cases be enjoyed. But occasionally the disease cannot be cured and cannot be treated effectively.

Eventually, as we grow very old these conditions become life-limiting. Even though knowing that you or someone you love has life limiting illness, it’s hard to swallow. Thank goodness hospice care is available. Hospice is a specialty of doctors, nurses, social workers, chaplains, volunteers, and others that as a team cares for patients who are at the end of their life. That hospice team attempts to bring comfort and quality of life to the remaining days of that patient.

The goal of hospice is comfort and symptom control. That means comfort in every area. Spiritual comfort, social comfort and the relief of pain and anxiety. The whole hospice team is there for the patient and their family evaluating the needs and reporting them back to the hospice physician so that care and medications can be in place to comfort that patient.

Most patients and families are often nervous or even afraid to start hospice care because it means accepting the fact that the end of life is near. However, after the patient and the family experience the symptom control, pain relief, the compassion, and the dedication that the hospice team gives to that patient they are grateful, relieved, and often report it is the best medical care they have ever received.

Most national surveys show great patient and family satisfaction with hospice care. The team makes a difference. However, the team does not stand alone. The patient’s primary doctor, the attending physician, the family practitioner that they have been with for years is invited by hospice to continue their involvement. Often, it is the patient’s private doctor that knows them the best, understands their response to medications and treatments and that knows their personality and their spirit.

The hospice team embraces the knowledge that the primary doctor can contribute. The hospice team wants the primary doctor to be involved, to guide therapies, and to actually become part of the hospice team. It’s important to know that taking on hospice doesn’t mean that a patient has to “give up” the family doctor.

Jul 27, 2009 11:00 AM

Hospice or Home Health

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:00:00 GMT

Home is where the heart is. Home sweet home. There’s no place like home. We do love our homes and for almost all of us, there is no place we would rather be. Our homes are an extension of ourselves. We find comfort there and hopefully we find love and peace in our homes. When we are away from our homes some of us even develop an illness. It happens to people in the military, in college students, in business people who are often away from their homes. We call this illness “homesick”. It doesn’t really matter where we are, if we aren’t home, we miss it and long to be there.

When, however, we really get sick with an accident or a serious medical condition the hospital is where we receive our medical care. In the hospital we have specialists, technicians, nurses and therapists that can help us through the surgery, illness or the serious medical condition. We all appreciate the high level of quality health care that is provided in a hospital. However, when we start to recover or even get just a little bit better most of us want to go home.

At home, to continue our recovery after a hospitalization there are three options of care. One option is friends and family. If the illness or injury wasn’t too serious, if our hospitalization wasn’t complicated, and if our health is improving our friends and family may give us the support with daily activities, errands, and simple tasks that we need to improve our health.

The second option is home health agencies. Home health agencies provide skilled nurses and aides, social workers, and support for a longer recovery period that may include rehabilitation and perhaps other special care like post surgical dressing changes or special nutrition support. Home health agencies exist in every community whether a large city or a small farm community.

In the last several years Medicare has changed home health from a nearly pure care giving situation to a combination of care giving and education. Now days to qualify as a home health patient there must be identified a healthy, able, caregiver in the home. A husband, a wife, a son, a daughter, or even a good friend who can commit themselves to the education that the home health agency gives them so that they, not just the nurses, the aides, or the other home health staff can provide care but that private individual will be responsible for the majority of the care for the patient. For those patients who are receiving Social Security Medicare usually covers the cost of the home health agency care.

The third option is hospice care. Immediately hospice care sounds like the end of life care, and it is, but it isn’t about the very end of life. It’s not about the last hours or days of life. Hospice care is a Medicare benefit and for those patients who may have a life limiting illness, not limited to days but perhaps weeks, even months, even several months at that, hospice care provides all of the benefits of friends and family care, all of the benefits of home health agency care, plus volunteers, chaplains, social workers, grief counselors and specialized doctors as well as the nurses and hospice aides that provide such wonderful, compassionate care.

It is very hard to think about hospice care because that does mean end of life care. Even if it’s the last five or six months of life, most people don’t want to think about letting go or “giving up.” However, hospice care can absolutely be the most appropriate care. If someone, a patient, needs to go to the hospital for an illness or a surgery and they can completely recover they don’t need hospice care or probably don’t even need home health care.

If there goal is after a hospitalization or a serious illness to rehabilitate and recover then home health agency care would be the best option. But sometimes, and eventually, for all of us we will have a medical condition or an illness from which we cannot recover (we are not immortal on this earth). For patients who have tried their best to recover from illness, those who have used all of the strength possible to rehabilitate back to a healthy state, who have given everything they’ve got to get well but do not and it is finally realized by the patient and their family that they have come to a place in their life where more hospitalizations, more physical therapy, more medications will not improve their life then at home (home sweet home) hospice care may be the best option of all.

Jul 27, 2009 11:00 AM

Hospice Inpatient Facilities

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:00:00 GMT

It seems that our whole life is about planning. We plan for a new baby to come into the family. We plan for high school graduations, for new jobs, for a move to a new home. We plan for our retirement and many families even plan for the burial of a loved one by buying plots far ahead of time. Those plans seem productive, even ordinary. But planning for death—it just seems like something we don’t want to think about. By giving it thought and planning we can bring comfort and some sense of peace to that person’s passing.

One of the ways to plan is to think in your own life how you would want to die. Ask your loved ones, even when they are well before the sign of any progressive medical condition or disease process, what they would want at the end of their life. Covenant Hospice has done exactly that. They’ve asked the questions—what do you want at the end of your life, how do you want to die. The answers come in two major forms. If the person being asked is very healthy, bright, alert, and capable they often respond by saying “I want to be very, very old when I die, I want to have lived a full life, and I want to die peacefully”. On the other hand, when a person who is terminally ill or realizing that their death may come within weeks or months their answer is a bit different “I want to be comfortable and pain free. I want to have my family and friends come together in joy and happiness around me. I want to be at home and not in the hospital hooked to tubes and machines.” Would your answers be similar?

A long and full life. Well, no one can guarantee that. But a pain free and comfortable life surrounded by family and friends at home are just the kind of wishes that hospice organizations help to fulfill. The doctors, nurses, and other hospice caregivers are experts in pain and symptom management. So, peace, comfort, and a pain free life is what they can help with. Covenant Hospice social workers, chaplains, and volunteers do their very best to bring family and friends together to celebrate life and joy.

Most end of life patients want to die at home and hospice provides that support by making house calls, home visits and practically the whole hospice team can bring the medications, medical supplies, evaluations, examinations, and support right to the person’s bedside in the comfort of their own home. Sometimes, however, the needs of the patient cannot be met at home. Perhaps, a hospital bed, oxygen tanks, a bedside commode just won’t fit in the house. Other times the patient’s symptoms may be so extraordinary that in order to guarantee comfort that person needs to be with nurses and caregivers around the clock. Or maybe the stresses are just too much for the patient and family and they just can’t handle all of the care that needs to be delivered at home. In those cases many hospice organizations provide a home like environment in inpatient units. These are actually facilities standing alone or attached to a hospital where hospice patients can move to receive the care and support that they and their families require.

The key word here is move not transfer. Transfer sounds so sterile and medical—like transferring from one medical unit to another. No, indeed, this is a move where the patient and the family can move the patient, their favorite pictures, the family Bible, perhaps a rocking chair to the facility to be comfortable. Because most patients want to have their last days at home these facilities provide a home like environment, they become the patient’s home where families are welcomed around the clock without limited visiting hours. Where homemade food can be brought in, enjoyed and even shared. The Covenant Hospice inpatient units are a home to the patient and their family where the medical care, medications, treatments can all be provided by the staff and the love and attention can be provided by the friends and family.

Jul 27, 2009 11:00 AM

Hospice: Not Just for Cancer

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:00:00 GMT

When you are feeling bad or have a new health problem you go to the doctor for tests and a diagnosis. While you are waiting for that diagnosis it is human nature to worry…to worry about what might be wrong with you…what is the problem, what is the disease, what is the diagnosis. One of the reasons for worry is the scariest diagnosis of all—cancer.

For any of us cancer just seems to be that terrible medical word that is associated with death. So much so that when someone has a diagnosis of cancer and they fight the good fight, take all of the treatments and survive we celebrate them. Who hasn’t seen the ladies in pink shirts who are breast cancer survivors? All of us have heard stories of friends or family members who have had colon cancer and survived, men who have had prostate cancer and survived. We celebrate survivors of cancer.

With new and modern technology hopefully we will celebrate more of those survivors because today cancer isn’t a death sentence. In fact, more people with cancer survive than succumb. Still, it is a devastating diagnosis and usually the first reaction is shock and disbelief that it could happen to us or someone we love. The second reaction is what can we do about it? What treatments are available, what are our chances for a cure? Those are absolutely the right questions and the right emotions.

What becomes apparent over days, weeks, even months is that there is hope for patients with cancer. Truly, there is no end to that hope. Initially, we hope and work for a cure, but if that is impossible then we hope and strive for control, at least, we might live longer with this disease.

Finally, if the cancer increases or spreads and starts to consume our energy patients and their families learn that there is still hope and that’s the hope of having the final days of their lives enriched and comforted by hospice care. Hospice care is end of life care that is aimed at pain control, comfort, and care at home with family if that is at all possible.

Hospice makes wishes come true. Maybe not the wise to have the cancer go away but the wish to die with dignity, with self respect, without pain, at home, with family. Hospice had its beginnings and foundation built on the respectful, comforting care of cancer patients. But times are changing. People are living longer and often living and finally dying of chronic disease. Like strokes, heart attacks, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, heart disease, lung disease, and fewer patients with a cancer diagnosis are dying because of the cancer.

Now days, hospice isn’t just for cancer patients anymore. Anyone who has a diagnosis, cancer or otherwise, who is facing the last weeks or months of their life can have hospice provide them with the comforting care that makes everyday special even when more days cannot be added to life.

So if you or someone you love has an illness or a medical condition that’s not cancer you still will want to check into the benefits of hospice. It’s not easy facing the end of life, but it is easier with hospice care.

Jul 27, 2009 11:00 AM

Hope

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:00:00 GMT

When it comes to our health “hope” is a very strong and even intense word. For minor illnesses, we hope we get over them soon. For chronic, long term medical conditions, like high blood pressure, diabetes, and arthritis we hope to control them. We hope the patient can follow the doctor’s orders and have a good quality of life. For life threatening diseases like cancer, strokes, serious heart attacks we hope the patient can fight the disease and beat it.

Generally we hope that the patient can have a cure and not die. That kind of hope, along with support and perhaps mixed with prayer, can make a world of difference in a patient’s life. They know that they are important. They know that they are being cared for and being cared about. That kind of hope often gives the patient the emotional support to be brave and courageous in the face of serious disease or difficult treatment.

Hope, when realized along with good medical treatment and lots of support may mean that the disease is cured. Or medical conditions are controlled and the patient, the person we are hoping for, can live a long life that is also filled with quality. Sometimes our hopes are not answered and disease shortens life. Even when our hopes are answered life is not endless.

Now theologians and spiritual leaders may say that life is endless and that we can experience immortality. Well I’ll leave that to your own personal faith. However, we can all agree that in our present body we will come to the end of our life. For ninety percent of us, those of us who don’t die very suddenly, we may have an opportunity actually to see before us into the future the last days, weeks, or months of our lives.

When our days, weeks or our months are numbered, and whether we are very old and a cure was effective or whether we are still young and the cure was not effective, how can we anticipate the end of our life, understand it, plan for it, and still nurture the most quality for whatever time we have left? For decades now, hospice has focused on exactly this issue.

When life is limited the quality of life does not automatically have to be limited. Covenant Hospice provides care and compassion when curing a disease is no longer possible. Covenant Hospice is not a place to give up… it’s a place to live up. Live up to our maximum potential for as long as we possibly can. With symptoms controlled, individuality respected, and family supported, hospice focuses on life. In Covenant Hospice when a cure is no longer possible, care is always possible.

Jul 27, 2009 11:00 AM

Can My Doctor Provide Hospice Care?

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:00:00 GMT

The short answer is yes, of course but now days no answer could be quite that simple. Family doctors, internists, geriatricians, even pediatricians, specialists like surgeons and cancer specialists can all provide hospice care.

Doctors who know their patients very well may know hospice care only to a limited degree. Oh, doctors, any doctors, understand that hospice care is comfort care and symptom control near the end of life. Most doctors, whether they know much about hospice or not, seem to understand that comfort and compassion are the foundation principles of hospice care. Therefore, doctors certainly can provide comfort. Most doctors understand how to relieve pain, calm anxiety, improve depression, and provide compassion to their patients.

Doctors are confident professionals and frequently I am told that doctors don’t need a hospice organization to provide hospice care. They explain to me that hospice is not only an organization of doctors and nurses but rather hospice is a philosophy of care. A philosophy that embraces acceptance of a life limiting illness or disease, a philosophy that focuses on comfort and compassion, and therefore any doctor can embrace the hospice philosophy. And, I have to agree with them.

Hospice is absolutely a philosophy of care. It’s a philosophy of embracing the patient and family. Not the test. Not the x-ray results. Not a new medication. But focuses absolutely and completely on the patient and family needs. The patient’s need to cope with their illness and disease. The family’s need to support someone they love. The patient’s need for symptoms control, pain management, and attention to depression and loss. But what the hospice organization has that the philosophy alone does not are people.

We’ve got people. We’ve got people with the philosophy, we embrace and endorse that philosophy that family doctors and cancer doctors speak of. But with that philosophy we’ve added people. We’ve added doctors and nurses and hospice aides to give a gentle bath. We’ve added chaplains, not to preach, but to listen and support the patient and their family with whatever their personal needs and their spiritual needs might be.

We’ve got social workers who want to understand the patient as a person, where are they in their life because after all it’s life that’s important not just the dying. Social workers focus on supporting and family with whatever their needs might be. Grief counselors and bereavement specialists are there because any terminal illness comes with a sense of loss—often despair, anxiety, stress, fear, and depression.

For the patient’s while they are still living who may be grieving about their disease or their terminal illness bereavement specialists are there for them and for the families long after the patient is gone. Our grief counselors are supporters. We have nurses in hospice who understand the symptoms, the common symptoms, the severe symptoms that they are specially trained to understand and doctors, hospice physicians, who are specialists in their field but compassionate and caring as well. Hospice physicians are not remote, sterile specialists. They are hands on, heart on doctors who care about the patients and families they serve.

So doctors who know the hospice philosophy but don’t understand the hospice organization fully can provide connected care, compassionate care, and comfort care but only as one physician. When they use that wonderful hospice philosophy and join it to a hospice organization now that family doctor, that internist, that geriatrician or cancer specialist can connect their own personal philosophy to the hospice people that can join with the family and loved ones to provide the care and support that any patient with life limiting illness deserves.

Jul 27, 2009 11:00 AM

Covenant Hospice achieves We Honor Veterans Partner Level Three status by making a difference in the lives of Veterans

noemail@covenanthospice.org — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:00:00 GMT

PENSACOLA, Fla.- Covenant Hospice announced today the not-for-profit organization has reached Partner Level Three Status with the We Honor Veterans campaign just over one year after becoming a program participant. As the only Level Three partner serving northwest Florida and south Alabama, Covenant Hospice has developed and integrated specialized care plans for Veterans and their families, created Veteran-specific educational material and provided outreach to staff, volunteers and the community. For Pam Edwards, VP of Clinical Services for Covenant Hospice, participation in the program is an extension of the commitment she made when she became a nurse in the Army. It was my honor to care for our service members in peacetime as well as war, said Edwards. Now, I'm proud to continue caring for Veterans and their families with Covenant Hospice and I am excited we have achieved another milestone within the We Honor Veterans program. Edwards, the daughter of Marine who...

Pensacola community leaders selected as Assistant Professorial Lecturers at The George Washington University

noemail@covenanthospice.org — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:45:00 GMT

PENSACOLA, Fla.- Quint Studer, noted author & founder of the Studer Group and Dale O. Knee, PhD, President & CEO of Covenant Hospice and Co-General Manager of the Studer Covenant Alliance, will be serving as Assistant Professorial Lecturers at The George Washington University's Schoolof Health Services, in Washington, D.C., during the week of March 26. Also joining them as a Lecturer will be Debbie Ritchie, COO of the Studer Group. Knee, who is a graduate of The George Washington University, an Associate Professor at the University of West Florida, and recent Lecturer at the University of Texas School of Medicine, will be sharing with graduate students and faculty members a view of the future in the post-acute world of healthcare, as it will be affected by the aging population and changes in the delivery systems of U.S. healthcare. Studer and Ritchie will assist and coach the students in developing a better understanding for the need for leadership development in healthcare...

Covenant Hospice and Bay Medical Center announce plans for new hospice and palliative care center

noemail@covenanthospice.org — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:00:00 GMT

PENSACOLA/PANAMA CITY, Fla. - Covenant Hospice and Bay Medical Center announced today their intention to develop a new 15-bed hospice inpatient and palliative care center and associated support space within Bay Medical Center. Covenant Hospice will lease and operate the space, utilizing private rooms and additional support services from Bay Medical Center. The Covenant Hospice Inpatient and Palliative Care Center at Bay Medical Center will provide a comprehensive range of hospice and palliative services to patients throughout the communities served by the two organizations, as well as serving as a location to support other community healthcare organizations. This innovative approach to offering hospice and palliative care will be the first of its kind in the area. The 11,000 square foot center will be on the third floor of Bay Medical Center, located at 615 N. Bonita Ave. A May 2012 opening is projected.Staff on the unit will include physicians, registered nurses,...

Covenant Hospice achieves We Honor Veterans Partner Level Two Status

noemail@covenanthospice.org — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:00:00 GMT

Pensacola, Fla.- Covenant Hospice announced today the not-for-profit organization has met the strict requirements to reach Partner Level Two Status with the We Honor Veterans campaign. This accomplishment exhibits a sound commitment to serving our nations heroes. Earlier this year, Covenant Hospice became a national partner of We Honor Veterans, a pioneering campaign developed by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) in collaboration with the department of Veterans Affairs. As a Level Two partner, Covenant Hospice will be required to further show their capacity to provide quality care for Veterans. In June, the organization obtained Partner Level One Status by creating Veteran-specific educational material and providing presentations to staff, volunteers and the community. Covenant Hospice has partnered with local organizations to collaboratively serve Veterans and has participated in community events such as the Emerald...

Covenant Hospice raises awareness during Hospice and Palliative Care Month

noemail@covenanthospice.org — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:00:00 GMT

Pensacola, Fla.- Covenant Hospice wants to share an important message with the community this November during National Hospice and Palliative Care Month: Hospice and palliative care providers take the time to make sure patients understand their illness and what care options might be available. Patient wishes are a top priority and caregivers make sure they get the quality, compassionate care they want and deserve. We work hard all year to make sure people know that support, comfort and respect are available at a time when hope seems out of reach, said Dale O. Knee, Covenant Hospice President & CEO. Yet during November, we ramp up our efforts to raise awareness of the high-quality care that's available during one of life's most challenging times. Hospice care provides expert pain management, symptom control, psycho-social support and spiritual care to patients and families when a cure is not possible. All the...

Covenant Hospice to celebrate National Nursing Assistants Week

noemail@covenanthospice.org — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:00:00 GMT

PENSACOLA– Covenant Hospice will honor the work of its Nursing Assistants who provide compassionate hospice and palliative care to individuals facing end-of-life issues during this year's National Nursing Assistants Week, celebrated June 16-23 throughout the United States.

The Hospice Aide give “hands on” or personal care which includes: bathing, dressing, hygienic care, light housekeeping, and simple meal preparation. Many of the Hospice Aides at Covenant Hospice are Certified Hospice and Palliative Care professionals and have years of experience working with hospice patients.

National Nursing Assistants Week begins on June 16, marked as Career Nursing Assistants Day, which is set aside each year to recognize longevity of service, special contributions to care practices and accomplishments of the nursing assistants who have made caring their life career.

These important workers have various titles including: Nursing Assistant, Nurse Aide, Care Assistant, Caregiver, In-Home Care Aide, Resident Assistant, Hospice Aide, Geriatric Aide, Restorative Aide, Health Care Assistant, and others.

Nursing Assistants provide predictability and stability to care, which in turn enhances the feeling of security for our aging, frail, or chronically challenged citizens. They bring wisdom, patience, humor, and a general attitude of caring to the daily lives of these people.

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Covenant Hospice earns accredited deemed status from Joint Commission

noemail@covenanthospice.org — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:00:00 GMT

Pensacola, FL – Covenant Hospice was recently granted deemed status Accreditation from the Joint Commission for all of its Florida and Alabama branch offices, and inpatient facilities. An independent, not-for-profit organization, The Joint Commission accredits and certifies more than 19,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States. Joint Commission accreditation and certification is recognized nationwide as a symbol of quality that reflects an organization’s commitment to meeting certain performance standards.

“The greatest satisfaction we received from our recent survey was the strong praise given to our staff and volunteers in their delivery of patient care,” said Liz Kuehn, VP, Organizational Excellence and Corporate Compliance for Covenant Hospice. “We work very hard to provide compassionate, quality care and that came through in the surveyors’ evaluation of our organization.”

In March of this year, Covenant Hospice successfully participated in an unannounced resurvey for the purposes of assessing compliance with the Medicare Conditions of Participation for hospice agencies, in addition to Joint Commission’s own Accreditation Standards,through the Joint Commission’s deemed status survey process. The Joint Commission also recommended Covenant Hospice for continued Medicare certification.

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Covenant Hospice President & CEO elected National Director for NHPCO

noemail@covenanthospice.org — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:00:00 GMT

PENSACOLA, FL – Covenant Hospice President & CEO, Dale O. Knee was recently elected as National Director for the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization for 2011 thru 2013. Knee has served as President & CEO of Covenant Hospice since 1993, and has over 38 years experience in healthcare, 17 of which have been in the area of end-of-life care and post-acute care.

Knee is a member of the Florida Hospices and Palliative Care Organization, the Alabama Hospice Organization, and the National Hospice Work Group. He also has over 25 years experience in teaching at the university level and currently is Adjunct Professor for Healthcare Administration and Policy at the University of West Florida.

Covenant Hospice is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing comprehensive, compassionate services to patients and loved ones during times of life-limiting illnesses. The focus of Covenant Hospice is to enable its patients to live as fully and comfortably as possible, to provide dignified palliative care, to assist patients’ loved ones in coping with end-of-life issues and the eventual death of the patient, and to improve care for all patients at the end of their lives by example and education.

Covenant Hospice Celebrates Seasons of Caring during

noemail@covenanthospice.org — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:00:00 GMT

Pensacola, FL- Hospice care helps patients and families focus on living. This is the message that Covenant Hospiceis sharing with the community during National Hospice Month. However, this important message lasts beyond the month of November and is important all year round. November is a valuable time to raise awareness throughout our community about care at the end of life, said Dale O. Knee, Covenant Hospice President & CEO. But the time a family might need us doesn't follow a calendar or occur only during this season, so our message must make an impression that stays with people all year long. Every November hospices across the country reach out to raise awareness of the compassionate care that hospice and palliative care provide patients and families coping with serious and life-limiting illness. The Seasons of Caring theme reminds people that life's final seasons can be some of the most fulfilling, especially when patients and families look to...

Covenant Hospice to celebrate Pastoral Care Week

noemail@covenanthospice.org — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 19:00:00 GMT

Pensacola, FL – Covenant Hospice will honor the contributions of its dedicated chaplains during Pastoral Care Week, October 24 - 30. Each daypastoral care givers are invited into the life experiences of women, men, children, and organizations. Faith can be tested and questions arise about the meaning of suffering and pain. Pastoral caregivers bring many gifts to the process of healing and wholeness. They are trained to help individuals draw on their own faith traditions and teachings for comfort and guidance as they walk through dark valleys.

In 2009, Covenant Hospice chaplains made over 23,000 calls and visits to patients facing life-limiting illnesses and their families, and were asked to officiate at 650 funerals.

Held first in 1984, Pastoral Care Week is sponsored by the Coalition on Ministry in Specialized Settings Network (COMISS) a national organization of pastoral care providers, pastoral care professionals, and faith group endorsers. The week-long observance promotes spiritual values as a part of the healing process and invites us to celebrate the work of caregivers in such settings as hospitals, hospices and nursing homes.

Health Information Technician - FT - In-patient Facility - Pensacola, FL

Thu, 10 May 2012 20:36:18 GMT

Title: Health Information Technician - FT - In-patient Facility - Pensacola, FL Description: POSTING END DATE: 05/17/12 Maintains medical records for patients admitted to Covenant Hospice. A. Responsible for providing all medical records services in a manner consistent with the mission statement of Covenant Hospice and according to Covenant's Policies and Procedural Manuals, especially the Medical Records/Health Information Procedure Manual. B. Responsible for providing outstanding customer services to all who use the services of medical records/health information. C. Responsible for answering inquiries regarding medical records/health information. D. Responsible for protecting the integrity and confidentiality of all medical records/health information. E. Responsible for 100% concurrent review of daily documentation to ensure completion of the paperand ElectronicMedical Record. F. Responsible for requesting & obtaining required documentation...

Performance Improvement Specialist - FT - Pensacola, FL

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Title: Performance Improvement Specialist - FT - Pensacola, FL Description: POSTING END DATE: 05/23/12 Assists the Performance Improvement Program Director, Performance Improvement Analysts, and Quality Reviewers with program goals, including the organizational efforts to meet standards to maintain Joint Commission, Medicare, and State Licensure requirements. Assist with utilization review for department and inputting data from all performance improvement surveys, reviews and current and ongoing performance improvement processes. A. Assists with the maintenance of Medicare/State Licensure requirements to ensure the organization continues to meet standards. B. Assists in facilitating the integration of Performance Improvement requirements into the organization's overall TQ/CI programs. C. Inputs data from surveys, reviews, monthly reports and current and ongoing performance improvement processes. D. Works with designated staff and students with CQI...

LPN - Continuous Care - FT- Brewton, AL

Fri, 04 May 2012 21:19:58 GMT

Title: LPN - Continuous Care - FT- Brewton, AL Description: The Interdisciplinary Group nurse specially trained in the Hospice concept to provide for the personal, physical, emotional and social needs of the patient/family unit. He/she works with the interdisciplinary group to provide continuous care in order to meet the care and needs of the patient/family unit. Provides continuous care to a designated patient up to 12 hours per shift in a 24-hour period following the established Plan of Care formula by the primary or on-call RN. Reassesses the patient/family unit at planned intervals, contributing to the ongoing updating and maintenance of a written Hospice Care Plan for each patient and updates twice monthly or more often if needed. Maintains complete, accurate and up-to-date medical records and other records pertaining to the provision of care. Documents per Plan of Care, each shift prior to completing shift. Signature and title are required on all...

Hospice Aide - FT - Marianna, FL

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Title: Hospice Aide - FT - Marianna, FL Description: Responsible for providing personal patient care and related services for terminally ill patients in home or home-like settings. A. Competently performs all basic Hospice Aide skills as listed on the New Employee and Annual Hospice Aide Skills List. This Hospice Aide Skills List must be completed annually and submitted with the annual performance evaluation. B. Assists the patient with personal care which may include bathing, oral hygiene, hair care, routine skin care, catheter care, feeding, dressing, grooming, transfers from bed to chair, bedside commode, or wheelchair and helping with ambulation. C. Assists the patient/family with incidental household tasks essential to the patient's health needs such as light housekeeping, making and changing beds, dusting and vacuuming patient's room, dish washing, tidying kitchen, bathroom and bedroom, delivering needed supplies,...

Hospice Aide - PRN (2 available positions) Dothan, AL

Tue, 01 May 2012 21:12:05 GMT

Title: Hospice Aide - PRN (2 available positions) Dothan, AL Description: Responsible for providing personal patient care and related services for terminally ill patients in home or home-like settings. A. Competently performs all basic Hospice Aide skills as listed on the New Employee and Annual Hospice Aide Skills List. This Hospice Aide Skills List must be completed annually and submitted with the annual performance evaluation. B. Assists the patient with personal care which may include bathing, oral hygiene, hair care, routine skin care, catheter care, feeding, dressing, grooming, transfers from bed to chair, bedside commode, or wheelchair and helping with ambulation. C. Assists the patient/family with incidental household tasks essential to the patient's health needs such as light housekeeping, making and changing beds, dusting and vacuuming patient's room, dish washing, tidying kitchen, bathroom and bedroom,...

RN Case Manager - FT - Milton, FL

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Title: RN Case Manager - FT - Milton, FL Description: The Interdisciplinary Group RN is a professional nurse specially trained in the Hospice concept to provide for the personal, physical, emotional and social needs of the patient/family unit. He/she works with the Interdisciplinary Group (IDG) to facilitate patient care activities; provide advice, support and assistance to the team members as needed and is responsible for ongoing patient/family evaluation and assessment. The RN is an active participant in the Hospice program including community education. A. Competently performs all basic nursing skills. (See attached New Employee Nursing Skills Lists). B. Conducts initial physical assessment of patient in the home. C. Develops and maintains a written Hospice Care Plan for each patient and updates twice monthly or more often if needed. D. Makes home visits for physical and emotional assessments of patient/family units. E. Maintains...

Community Educator - FT - Crestview/Niceville, FL

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:59:13 GMT

Title: Community Educator - FT - Crestview/Niceville, FL Description: This position is responsible for attainment of organizational growth objectives in referral development as a Covenant services educator with sales objectives and goals. A. Responsible for organizational growth objectives in brand management in messaging, performance, education and representation. B. 75% of time in field delivering integrated marketing and sales campaign objectives to referring sources; includes prospecting, cold calls, education, and representing Covenant's Promise. C. 25% of time in the office, reporting, planning, collaborating with team. D. Responsible for increasing referrals (sales) to branch teams, AFS growth, achieving weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual goals. E. Responsible for mentoring and training team members as requested or needed in marketing and sales objectives and tactics. F. Serve as an informed hospice expert and patient advocate. G. Perform...

Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner - PRN - Tallahassee, FL

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Title: Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner - PRN - Tallahassee, FL Description: The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Practitioner performs history and physicals, works closely with other members of the interdisciplinary teams, and assists physicians to initiate and modify interventions to relieve patient suffering. A. Performs history & physical exams focused on relief of suffering which include the following areas: disease history, social & spiritual history, physical & psychological symptoms, physical exam, decision making capacity & review of living will, information sharing and identification of goals of therapy. B. Works closely with the other members of the interdisciplinary teams, including Hospice Physicians, in the development, review and modification of comprehensive plans of care. C. Works closely with the collaborating physicians to initiate & modify interventions to relieve patient suffering within established...

LPN - Continuous Care - FT Nights (Fri, Sat & Sun) Pensacola, FL

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Title: LPN - Continuous Care - FT Nights (Fri, Sat & Sun) Pensacola, FL Description: This is a nights weekend position...Friday, Saturday and Sunday The Interdisciplinary Group nurse specially trained in the Hospice concept to provide for the personal, physical, emotional and social needs of the patient/family unit. He/she works with the interdisciplinary group to provide continuous care in order to meet the care and needs of the patient/family unit. Provides continuous care to a designated patient up to 12 hours per shift in a 24-hour period following the established Plan of Care formula by the primary or on-call RN. Reassesses the patient/family unit at planned intervals, contributing to the ongoing updating and maintenance of a written Hospice Care Plan for each patient and updates twice monthly or more often if needed. Maintains complete, accurate and up-to-date medical records and other records pertaining to the provision of care. Documents per...

LPN - PRN - Mobile, AL

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:25:09 GMT

Title: LPN - PRN - Mobile, AL Description: The Interdisciplinary Group Flex LPN is a nurse specially trained in the Hospice concept to provide for the personal, physical, emotional and social needs of the patient/family unit. He/she works with the Interdisciplinary Group to facilitate patient care activities; provide advice, support and assistance to the team members as needed and is responsible for ongoing patient/family evaluation and observation. The Interdisciplinary Group Flex LPN is an active participant in the Hospice program including responsibility for accepting referrals and providing general information to medical community and community at-large. Assists with the accomplishment of team goals and functions, including the team efforts to meet standards to maintain JCAHO, Medicare and State Licensure requirements. Provide advice, support and assistance with documentation review for the Teams, including the ongoing audit/review of charts. Assist in the research of complaints...

Covenant Hospice Inpatient and Palliative Care Center at Bay Medical Center - Sacred Heart Health System Dedication Opportunities

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:36:59 GMT

About Covenant Hospice Since 1983, the staff and volunteers of Covenant Hospice have been committed to our mission of providing compassionate care to our patients, their families and the communities we serve. Covenant is a not-for-profit organization and is proud to be accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) which is widely recognized as the highest level of standards for healthcare providers. Covenant Hospice also partners with all local hospitals and most assisted living facilities and nursing homes. Last year we were honored to have cared for more than 6,500 patients throughout our service area and almost 800 patients by way of our Panama City office. Yet, so much remains to be done. For that reason, we look forward to this exciting new Expanding the Care and Compassion campaign to support the Covenant Hospice Inpatient and Palliative Care Center located at Bay Medical...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the Covenant Hospice Inpatient & Palliative Care Center at Bay Medical Center - Sacred Heart Health System

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:03:01 GMT

Are patients with a very limited life expectancy the only ones admitted to the Covenant Hospice Inpatient & Palliative Care Center at Bay Medical Center - Sacred Heart Hospital System? No, we accept patients in all phases of hospice care, from those in a crisis such as pain control, respiratory distress, or acute change in status, to those who are approaching the end of life. Patients also come to the center for many reasons. Some are too ill to be cared for at home and may spend their last days with us. Many patients also come to the center with the full intent of returning to their nursing home, assisted living facility or private residence with family. They simply need help managing their medications or learning how to handle a new disease challenge that has come their way. Can a patient's condition improve while staying at the Care Center? Yes, some people actually improve when they are made comfortable and when symptoms caused by aggressive...

Butterfly Bags

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:17:08 GMT

Covenant Hospice launched a new program in 2011 to help children who are dealing with the loss of a loved one. The Butterfly Bag Program, part of the Children and Family Support Services, is a specialized grief kit to help children express and work through their feelings of grief and loss. The Butterfly Bag contains age-appropriate materials that were carefully selected for use with children who have experienced a loss. Also included in the bag is a Parent Pack, which contains helpful information about how to talk to children about issues related to death and dying.

Most children cope very well following a loss, provided they are given the opportunity to work through their emotions, ask questions, and find a way to remember their loved one. The Butterfly Bag Program was created to do just that, in the comfort of the child's own home with the guidance and support of their families.

A recent survey of active participants in the Butterfly Bag Program illustrated parents/caregivers had an improved level of confidence in talking with their children about death and dying as well as assisting their children through their grief work by utilizing the materials included the butterfly bag. As a direct result of this improved level of parental/caregiver confidence, their children’s behavior have also improved.

The Butterfly Bag Program is available to any child and their family within the Covenant Hospice service areas free of charge.

To help support the Butterfly Bag Program, make a donation online or for more information, contact Children and Family Support Services at Covenant Hospice at (850) 433-2155 or your local branch.

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Partners In Care - Together For Kids

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 18:04:06 GMT

Program Overview Partners in Care - Together for Kids (PIC-TFK) is a Florida-based program of specialized support services for children. Children will continue to receive aggressive curative treatment while in this program in addition to receiving an overlay of supportive/palliative care services. Children will be referred by their primary care physician to Children's Medical Services who will then refer to Covenant Hospice's PIC TFK program. PIC TFK is a demonstration program that is a joint effort with the Florida Department of Health, Agency for Health Care Administration (Florida Medicaid) and Florida Hospices and Palliative Care Organization. PIC TFK is a Children's Hospice International Program for All-Inclusive Care for Children and Their Families (CHI-PACC) program model. Covenant Hospice was the first site in the Nation to enroll a child into this program in April 2004. Services Available: Individual, group,...

Partners In Care Newsletters

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:34:53 GMT

PIC Home Newsletter Education Staff PIC Toolkit Summer 2008 Issue If you have any ideas, articles, or shout-outs you would like to see published in our upcoming PIC Newsletter, we want to know! Please contact us by emailing karen.cash@covenanthospice.org . Archives: 2008 Spring 2007 Fall 2007 Summer 2006 Summer 2005 Fall 2005 Spring 2004 Fall 2004 Spring 2003 Fall 2003 Spring

A Message from President & CEO, Dale O. Knee

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:55:45 GMT

On behalf of the Board of Directors, staff and volunteer of Covenant Hospice, I would like to personally thank you for visiting our website to learn more about Covenant Hospice and the services we provide. We feel so fortunate to be able to provide care to almost 1,300 patients throughout 35 counties each and every day. I hope that our website has provided you helpful information about end-of-life issues, and I hope that when the times comes, that you will entrust your loved one to our care. I am going to address some questions below that we receive frequently here at Covenant Hospice. However, if you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact us. Sincerely, Dale O. Knee President & CEO of Covenant Hospice About Dale Knee Frequently Asked Hospice Questions Who is eligible for hospice? Do patients have to give up their own doctors? Is hospice care only for cancer patients? I live in an assisted living facility or nursing home. Why would I...

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Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:47:47 GMT

Studer Group, a national healthcare leadership and management development group, and Covenant Hospice announce an exciting new partnership, which will include collaboration for multiple services for health care organizations. The new services will include training programs for leaders involved with providing end-of-life care (including palliative, home health, long term care and hospice care), specialized consultation services, and an Institute concentrating on end-of-life issues. The two organizations will also harvest and develop new tools and teaching material. Studer Covenant Alliance Mission and Vision Statements Excellence in End-of-Life Care The Alliance combines the hardwired processes of Studer Group with the expertise of Covenant Hospice in providing end-of-life care to help others in this arena make a greater difference. The Alliance will provide evidence-based tools and processes that hospice and palliative care organizations can immediately use to create and...

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