In today’s Episode, Janice Brown interviews two guests on the topic of Hospice care. D.J. Ryan is a hospice nurse and John Reinhart is a hospice volunteer.

D.J. and John talk about the importance of hospice care, how their lives have been touched personally by hospice care, and the difference between hospice and palliative care.

 

Conversation Highlights:

{00:41} Introduction of the topic.

{01:44} Introduction of the guests.

{02:29} What is a virtual dementia tour?

{05:15} Hospice is about quality of life, not the end of life.

{09:11} What a hospice volunteer does.

{10:30} What hospice offers your loved one.

{13:30} The hospice team members.

{23:16} How hospice has changed and how it has stayed the same over the years.

{30:00} The difference between hospice and palliative care.

{40:00} The financial part of hospice care.

{42:36} The three Ps (Product, Practice, and Pearls of wisdom)  

 

Resources:

John P. Renyhart | Facebook

 Home - Hospice of Marion County

 betterhealthandrehab.com