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Finding the Support You Need––Home Hospice of Grayson

Nearly everyone knows someone who’s struggled to cope with advanced, complex or complicated illness. Medical science has increased the likelihood that we will experience a long-term complicated or chronic illness during our later years, and this presents significant challenges to individuals, their families and the health care professionals who care for them. […]

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Getting Real About Death––Home Hospice of Grayson

Let’s face it, I mean really face it—we are all going to die. Pushing that reality aside will not make it go away. It is better to plan now than leave it to others to do for you later. Ask anyone who has been faced with making decisions and choices under stress, when in pain, or when in fear. That is not the right time. The right time is right now. […]

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Families talk about Home Hospice of Grayson – LIVING WELL Magazine

Families Talk about Home Hospice
By Sherry Little, Home Hospice of Grayson, Texoma LIVING WELL Magazine
We are honored family members of our patients tell our story with such gratitude. Their actual experiences demonstrate the difference Home Hospice makes in the lives of patients and those who love them. The statement we hear most often is, “We wish we had put Dad on service with you earlier.” While some of the focus of hospice is dying well, the primary focus is living each and every day. […]

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Mercy Hospice on how hospice social workers can help – LIVING WELL Magazine

Caregiver Needs and Resources: How Hospice Social Workers Can Help
By George Devejian, LMSW, Mercy Hospice, Collin LIVING WELL Magazine
Often people wonder what the social worker does in the hospice setting. The hospice social worker role can be summarized with the words, support and resources. […]

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Home Hospice of Grayson on that moment when everything changes – LIVING WELL Magazine

That Moment When Everything Changes

By Sherry Little, Home Hospice of Grayson, Texoma & Denton LIVING WELL Magazines
Instantly, everything changes. Your doctor says, “There is nothing else we can do.” It is that moment when you recognize that cure is no longer possible. The final phase of life has begun. […]

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Home Hospice of Grayson on patients and pets – LIVING WELL Magazine

Patients and Pets
Sherry Little, Executive Director, Home Hospice of Grayson, Cooke & Fannin Counties
As we age, become ill, and ultimately walk through our final journey, we tend to lose the life we have built over the years; not all at once, but in bits and pieces, giving up one thing today and something else tomorrow. […]