Caring for a Loved One
  on Hospice

     Caring for a loved one can be stressful.  Caring for a loved one
     who is on hospice can be overwhelming.  Their needs can be so
     great.  Your resources - such as time, energy and information -
     can be in short supply.

     Hospice of North Penn VNA would like to help.

     Below are links to short, downloadable, information sheets and
     videos that are designed to help you in your role as a caregiver. 
     The articles can give you a better understanding of symptoms
     that your loved one is experiencing and what you can do to
     aleviate their discomfort.  The videos can teach you how to
     provide hands-on care, and perform some of the activities of
     caregiving safely for you and the person for whom you are caring.

     Please feel free to browse the content of the site.  If you cannot
     find the information you need, or would like to see more
     information added, please tell us by e-mailing info@npvna.org .

     Information/Education Sheets

• Managing Fatigue

• Dementia

• Final Days

• Food & Fluid Issues

• Grief & Mourning

• Hospice & Palliative Care

• Hospice Care in a Nursing Home

• How to Prepare for Potential for Bleeding

• Managing Anxiety & Uneasy Feelings

• Managing Bladder Incontinence

• Managing Bowel Incontinence

• Managing Constipation

• Managing Delirium

• Managing Depression

• Managing Fatigue

• Managing Nausea & Vomiting

• Managing Opioid Induced Constipation

• Managing Pain

• Managing Restlessness

• Managing Shortness of Breath

• Myths about Pain

• Oxygen Safety Newsletter

• Oxygen Therapy and Safety

• Psychological Distress

• Self-Care for Caregivers

• Skin Care

• Social Distress

• Spiritual Distress

     Video Learning

     Clicking on the link or logo below will take you to the Pennsylvania
     Home Care Association's Caregiver Learning Center website
     where you can view over 25 videos on topics such as the changes
     that come with aging, depression, dementia, preventing infections,
     preventing pressure ulcers, detecting and understanding pain,
     bathing and transferring.  These videos are free, but you will be
     required to register at the site to view them.  Registration is safe
     and free.

 www.learningcenter.pahomecare.org

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