African hospice workers venture to Ohio for an educational exchange

No matter where you are in the world the goal of palliative care workers is to provide comfort and a meaningful end of life experience. To help facilitate this, Hospice Northwest Ohio and St Luke’s Hospital Palliative Care center have…

New York planning the states first veterans cemetery

New York is one of four states in America without its own state owned veterans cemetery. While there are a few private operations that focus on serving local vets in their community, it doesn’t serve the vets at large in…

Louisiana makes steps to have statewide electronic advance planning

Care professionals continue to remind families and patrons about the importance of making end of life wishes known. However, it still remains a difficult conversation to have. One step towards making these wants known and recorded is creating an electronic…

Funeral director takes on a classic ’62 Cadillac hearse reno to wow families

Entrepreneurs are always looking for a unique offering, which can sometimes be quite a challenge for funeral homes. But Smith-Kelleher Funeral Home’s Director Tim Kelleher found his in a 1962 Cadillac hearse. The almost 60 years old Cadillac had been…

Will the new app Ikaria help the bereaved? 

Still in Beta, Ikaria is a new app that is hoping to improve society’s mental health by connecting people through technology in a meaningful way. Utilizing not only current relationships, but allowing for connection with people going through similar issues,…

Are Kansas residents’ final resting places under threat? 

Kansas Senate Bill 389 is looking to amend K.S.A. 2019 Supp. 17-1301c, an act concerning cemetery corporations. Repealing the existing definition for the verbiage sepulture. The word sepulture dates back to the 14th century, and is typically defined as a…

Ireland expecting 84% increase of people needing palliative care

Trinity’s Centre for Health Policy and Management and The Irish Longitudinal study on Ageing (TILDA) recently conducted a study that estimates a 84% increase of people passing from a serious illness by 2046. TILDA collects information on all aspects of…

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