POLST, the Conversation Project, health apps and better tests:
Ten Ways Patients Get Treated Better
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Wine Tasting at Appalachian Vintner
Join us February 8th for a wine tasting to benefit our Zambia Partnership! More info: Cultivate Wines Event
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Spotlight: Having Your Own Say
Dr. Annette Beyea, Palliative Care Physician Outpatient Director for Four Seasons, shares her thoughts on Having Your Own Say:
Having Your Own Say is an inspirational book and significant contribution to the literature that embraces a model of care to promote informed, value-based decisions for persons at all stages of illness across all settings.
The authors emphasize the role of advance
care planning, care coordination, and palliative care, as integral components to facilitate preparedness and access to high quality care which aligns with individual’s values, goals, and preferences for care in the face of serious and life-threatening illness. As our communities prepare to support the growing demands of the rapidly expanding aging population and those living with complex chronic illness, it is essential that we develop innovative systems of care to facilitate communication, planning, and documentation across the continuum. Such systems must promote inter-professional collaborative practice, but also aim to engage the community at all levels to empower individuals and families to be informed and prepared for current and future healthcare states.
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| Annette Beyea, DO, MPH |
Having Your Own Say is an inspirational book and significant contribution to the literature that embraces a model of care to promote informed, value-based decisions for persons at all stages of illness across all settings.
The authors emphasize the role of advance
care planning, care coordination, and palliative care, as integral components to facilitate preparedness and access to high quality care which aligns with individual’s values, goals, and preferences for care in the face of serious and life-threatening illness. As our communities prepare to support the growing demands of the rapidly expanding aging population and those living with complex chronic illness, it is essential that we develop innovative systems of care to facilitate communication, planning, and documentation across the continuum. Such systems must promote inter-professional collaborative practice, but also aim to engage the community at all levels to empower individuals and families to be informed and prepared for current and future healthcare states.
Friday, January 18, 2013
Life In Forward Transition
LIFT, Life In Forward Transition, will be held every other Tuesday from January 15-April 9. LIFT offers an experience of shared camaraderie in a nurturing and positive environment for bereaved children, teens and families.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
6 Ways Volunteers Help Four Seasons
Our Volunteers provide a wide variety of services that are vital to our agency and mission.
As a Four Seasons Volunteer, you can:
1. Work directly with patients and families
2. Provide office support in our administrative offices
3. Help to staff our Hospice Home Store
4. Serve as a representative of Four Seasons within your faith community
5. Sew comfort items and quilts for patients
6. Help maintain our beautiful gardens at Elizabeth House
...and much more!
Learn how you can share your many gifts and talents as a Hospice Volunteer. Our New Volunteer Orientation starts Monday, January 21. Call (828) 692-6178 for more information or to register!
As a Four Seasons Volunteer, you can:
1. Work directly with patients and families
2. Provide office support in our administrative offices
3. Help to staff our Hospice Home Store
4. Serve as a representative of Four Seasons within your faith community
5. Sew comfort items and quilts for patients
6. Help maintain our beautiful gardens at Elizabeth House
...and much more!
Learn how you can share your many gifts and talents as a Hospice Volunteer. Our New Volunteer Orientation starts Monday, January 21. Call (828) 692-6178 for more information or to register!
Monday, January 14, 2013
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Healthcare Cafe: Hot Topics in Healthcare
Learn more about the authors and what inspired the book here.
Tune in today at 10:30 am for a great discussion: WZGM 1350 AM
Upcoming next week: "How to Keep Healthy Cognitive Skills with Aging" with Dr. Ginna Templeton.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
We Couldn't Do What We Do...
We couldn't do what we do at Four Seasons without our caring, compassionate Volunteers. Our New Volunteer Orientation starts Monday, January 21.
Call (828) 692-6178 for more information or to register!
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Life In Forward Transition
LIFT, Life In Forward Transition, will begin next Tuesday, January 15th, 2013. LIFT offers an experience of shared camaraderie in a nurturing and positive environment for bereaved children, teens and families.
LIFT is a 7-session program that is free of charge. Please visit HeartSongsLIFT.com or call Susan Bumgarner at 828-233-0334 for additional information or to register.
Friday, January 4, 2013
Healthcare reform should include community-based palliative care
Service integration promotes viable outpatient palliative care:
http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130103/Service-integration-promotes-viable-outpatient-palliative-care.aspx
Become a Hospice Volunteer This Year!
Is one of your New Year’s resolutions to volunteer more of your time with a local non-profit? We are always in need of more Volunteers here at Four Seasons! Our New Volunteer Orientation starts Monday, January 21.
Call (828) 692-6178 for more information or to register!
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