Care at Home During the End of Life: Choosing Hospice and Appreciating Death

Help Choose Home

In today’s episode of Help Choose Home, we’re joined by Beth Cavenaugh , a certified hospice and palliative care nurse and author of Some Light at the End , An End-of-Life Guidebook for Patients and Their Caregivers. Her book is an invitation to walk towards the powerful end of life instead of running away from it.

Beth has been a hospice nurse for 15 years and a nurse for 25 in home settings, in-patient units, and hospitals. She specializes in helping demystify death for patients and their families while cultivating an appreciation for the end of life. She also has a private reiki practice which helps support physical, emotional, and spiritual healing for adults and teens.

In this episode we discuss:

• How to work with hospice teams even when you’re not emotionally ready to accept the end.
• The care at home support options available for those who wish to die at home.
• Ways to be radically present with your loved one as they approach death, and some small rituals you can use to mark the event.

Be sure to check out Help Choose Home Season 3, Episode 19 show notes and our full library of podcasts dedicated to helping families learn more about professional home care options.