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Hospice Explained

Hospice Explained

De: Marie Betcher RN
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This is a podcast to Explain what is hospice. The goal of this show is to decrease fear and increase education for patients and their families during the end of life season. The show will also share some experiences and stories to help the listener understand what does Hospice mean, and how a person can help care for their loved one.@hospiceexplained
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  • 181 Feeling Supported and Prepared for Death on Hospice

    181 Feeling Supported and Prepared for Death on Hospice
    Mar 30 2026

    181 Feeling Supported and Prepared for Death on Hospice

    In episode 181 of Hospice Explained, host Marie Betcher, a registered nurse and former hospice nurse, shares a listener story about a new nurse who felt unsupported and unprepared for his mother's death on hospice and still carries a negative memory 16 years later. Marie reflects on the need for hospice staff to assess families' education and experience levels, ask leading questions, clearly explain what to expect, and ensure people know who to call and feel safe doing so. She also shares her own experience with her oldest brother's death, realizing she stayed in "nurse role" to support others and didn't emotionally prepare herself to grieve. She invites listeners to be a guest and share positive or negative hospice stories so others can learn and do better in the future.

    00:00 Welcome and Disclaimer

    00:29 Episode Intro and Purpose

    00:47 Listener Story Feeling Unsupported

    01:48 Hospice Staff Must Assess Needs

    02:24 Personal Story Brother's Death

    03:48 Check In and Teach Caregivers

    04:52 Share Your Story and Closing

    IF You want to share your story please email me: Marie@HospiceExplained.com

    If you want to help, you can donate to help support Hospice Explained at the Buy me a Coffee link https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Hospice

    Hospice Explained Affiliates & Contact Information

    Buying from these Affilite links will help support this Podcast.

    Maire introduces a partnership with Suzanne Mayer RN inventor of the cloud9caresystem.com,
    When patients remain in the same position for extended periods, they are at high risk of developing pressure injuries, commonly known as bedsores. One of the biggest challenges caregivers face is the tendency for pillows and repositioning inserts to easily dislodge during care.(Suzanne is a former guest on Episode #119)

    When you order with Cloud 9 care system, please tell them you heard about them from Hospice Explained.(Thank You)

    Marie's Contact
    Marie@HospiceExplained.com
    www.HospiceExplained.com

    Finding a Hospice Agency

    1. You can use Medicare.gov to help find a hospice agency,

    2. choose Find provider

    3. Choose Hospice

    4. then add your zip code

    This should be a list of Hospice Agencies local to you or your loved one.
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    6 m
  • 180 Hospice Buddy: Practical Symptom Support, Caregiver Logbooks, and Grounding Prompts with Jamie Haberman RN

    180 Hospice Buddy: Practical Symptom Support, Caregiver Logbooks, and Grounding Prompts with Jamie Haberman RN
    Mar 22 2026

    180 Hospice Buddy: Practical Symptom Support, Caregiver Logbooks, and Grounding Prompts with Jamie Haberman RN

    Host Marie Betcher, a registered nurse and former hospice nurse, interviews returning guest Jamie Haberman RN, a hospice nurse with nearly 20 years of end-of-life experience and founder of Hospice Buddy. Jamie describes her hospice background and explains Hospice Buddy as a caregiver support platform offering free resources, a Facebook support group, and paid one-on-one support calls. She outlines her publications: six caregiver logbooks designed for the six-month hospice timeframe to track medications, symptoms, vitals, and notes, plus simple activities like reflections, puzzles, and coloring; a five-minute caregiver grounding journal focused on gratitude, breathing, and letting go; and a Christian faith-based symptom management guide covering common hospice issues (pain, shortness of breath, anxiety, congestion, falls, DNR) with practical, nonclinical tips. They discuss why information is hard to absorb during crises, the need for overnight support, and how some patients seem to time their death when family briefly steps away.

    00:00 Welcome and Disclaimer

    00:29 Meet Host Marie

    00:55 Introducing Jamie Haberman

    01:50 Jamie Hospice Background

    02:36 Hospice Buddy and Books

    04:25 Five Minute Grounding

    06:45 Faith Based Support

    08:51 Symptom Management Guide

    10:16 Formats Pricing and Calls

    13:57 Why Extra Support Matters

    16:17 Night Shift and Passing Timing

    20:25 Caregiver Logbooks Activities

    24:17 Where to Find Jamie

    25:25 Final Encouragement and Wrap

    https://hospicebuddy.com/

    If you want to help, you can donate to help support Hospice Explained at the Buy me a Coffee link https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Hospice

    Hospice Explained Affiliates & Contact Information

    Buying from these Affilite links will help support this Podcast.

    Maire introduces a partnership with Suzanne Mayer RN inventor of the cloud9caresystem.com,
    When patients remain in the same position for extended periods, they are at high risk of developing pressure injuries, commonly known as bedsores. One of the biggest challenges caregivers face is the tendency for pillows and repositioning inserts to easily dislodge during care.(Suzanne is a former guest on Episode #119)

    When you order with Cloud 9 care system, please tell them you heard about them from Hospice Explained.(Thank You)

    Marie's Contact
    Marie@HospiceExplained.com
    www.HospiceExplained.com

    Finding a Hospice Agency

    1. You can use Medicare.gov to help find a hospice agency,

    2. choose Find provider

    3. Choose Hospice

    4. then add your zip code

    This should be a list of Hospice Agencies local to you or your loved one.
    Más Menos
    27 m
  • 179 Hospice Is About Living: Honest Conversations, Palliative vs. Hospice, and Supporting Nurses with Gina Harris MSN, MSQT

    179 Hospice Is About Living: Honest Conversations, Palliative vs. Hospice, and Supporting Nurses with Gina Harris MSN, MSQT
    Mar 15 2026

    179 Hospice Is About Living: Honest Conversations, Palliative vs. Hospice, and Supporting Nurses with Gina Harris MSN, MSQT

    Host Marie Betcher, a registered nurse and former hospice nurse, interviews Gina Harris MSN, MSQT, Chief Clinical Officer at Marisol Health in South Carolina, about hospice education and reducing fear around end-of-life care. Gina shares her career path from mortgage banking to 25 years in nursing, including critical care leadership and work as a CMS-certified surveyor, and explains how hospice nursing is emotionally demanding and often undervalued. The conversation centers on the need for honest communication about dying, including a story of a woman with recurring cancer who pursued a third major surgery before choosing hospice and dying days later, highlighting "chasing normal" and the limits of prognostic estimates. Gina describes hospice as support for living with comfort and dignity, outlines palliative care versus hospice, and explains how Marisol trains staff through in-services, role playing, interdisciplinary visits, and certification.

    00:00 Welcome and Disclaimer

    00:29 Meet Host Marie

    00:45 Introducing Gina Harris MSN, MSQT

    02:11 Gina's Nursing Journey

    04:09 Why Hospice Matters

    06:05 Coaching Nurses to Talk

    08:29 Chasing Normal Story

    13:42 Hard Truths and Hospice

    18:21 Hospice Is About Living

    20:23 Palliative vs Hospice Care

    23:32 Training Staff for Truth

    26:44 Hospice as a Choice

    28:15 Signing Up and Opting Out

    29:42 Closing Thanks and Location

    30:21 Final Wrap Up

    https://mirasolhealth.org/

    If you want to help, you can donate to help support Hospice Explained at the Buy me a Coffee link https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Hospice

    Hospice Explained Affiliates & Contact Information

    Buying from these Affilite links will help support this Podcast.

    Maire introduces a partnership with Suzanne Mayer RN inventor of the cloud9caresystem.com,
    When patients remain in the same position for extended periods, they are at high risk of developing pressure injuries, commonly known as bedsores. One of the biggest challenges caregivers face is the tendency for pillows and repositioning inserts to easily dislodge during care.(Suzanne is a former guest on Episode #119)

    When you order with Cloud 9 care system, please tell them you heard about them from Hospice Explained.(Thank You)

    Marie's Contact
    Marie@HospiceExplained.com
    www.HospiceExplained.com

    Finding a Hospice Agency

    1. You can use Medicare.gov to help find a hospice agency,

    2. choose Find provider

    3. Choose Hospice

    4. then add your zip code

    This should be a list of Hospice Agencies local to you or your loved one.
    Más Menos
    31 m
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I've been the SOLE 100% disabled daughter caring for 2 elderly parents who BOTH have different dementias for 6 yrs now. My mother was just put on hospice, & I have done the FAST scale on both of them. Both are literally only able 2 do 2 things in the 7th, & last item! So now I wonder if my dad should be on hospice also, & as he's been the worst, just sleeping & eating (mom has been sleeping more & stopping eating & drinking & I knew she was giving up, but I thought since dad was eating great - with HELP - he didn't need hospice yet. This made me realize he's being kept alive & just existing w/no quality of life for 2 YEARS too long! It breaks my heart & as both are in private pay assisted living I can't help but wonder if this was done for the almost $5,500 each that they pay every month. It's always about money it seems & has cost me so much grief to see dad not having ANY quality of life. No talking, no watching TV, no playing games, no toilet ingredients himself, just sleeping & eating! Granted the care has been very good for almost $12,000/month & thank God they had the money for it, but I've kept saying I wish they'd just go to sleep! They aren't really living! No dignity, no joy, nothing! Mom is JUST starting her hospice & I am so tempted to get dad on it, but there's only 1 of me (I have no siblings & no children) so I don't know if physically & emotionally I could handle both going through it at the same time. Why "family" doesn't pitch in & help is something I'll NEVER, EVER understand! It's broken my heart, as these years have ruined my already compromised health & been like living in Hell alone! SHAME on family members who only cry AFTER they're dead! I've taken fresh flowers wkly for 6 years & mailed "I love you" cards 3x's/wk til just recently, altho' I visited as much-the cards & flowers were my "reminder they're loved when I'm not there." No dead people get flowers from me! They get them while they're still alive! I downloaded this to keep the info. to help others not go on & on & on & on so darn long when it really didn't need to last that long! Dementia & Alzheimer’s is HORRIFIC to watch & care for. They shouldn't be kept alive longer just because - &/or for money! Enough is enough of suffering! I wish I'd heard this 2 years ago before I really lost my health from the constant non-stop stress, grief, & having no life of my own, no joy, nothing. Why don't drs & asst'd living homes tell us about these questionnaires? THEY SHOULD! SHAME ON THEM!

VERY HELPFUL FOR DEMENTIA!

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I was a fan of Hospice Explained before I was blessed to be a guest. Marie has an authentic desire to make the world a better place, while providing valuable insight about the end of life season. I listen to a lot of podcasts and this is one of the few that touches everyone, and often times I will listen to an episode more than once. It's that good.

Genuine love plus a lot of helpful information...

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