Palliative Blog
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Finding Your People Again: How Hospice Helps Fill the Quiet Friends Leave Behind
Here’s something that often happens long before hospice ever enters the picture. Somewhere in the middle of a long illness, after the initial wave of phone calls and well wishes, things start to go quiet. Visits become shorter and less frequent. Texts slow down. Not because anyone stopped caring, but because illness can be uncomfortable…
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Navigating Mental Well-Being in Palliative Care
“The Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, 4th edition” are organized into 8 domains, with the focus of the third domain laying on the importance of addressing the psychological and psychiatric needs of those in care. At Mosaic Healthcare, our aim is to address not only the visible symptoms of chronic disease, but also…
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Fact or Myth? Everything They Don’t Tell You About Chronic Illness.
When we think about the word “Chronic illness,” what do most of us picture? Many would presume that somebody in a wheelchair, or in a hospital bed; unable to go about their daily lives without external help. While that may be the case for some, there is so much more to someone suffering from chronic…
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Supportive Palliative Care (SPC) vs Hospice
Supportive Palliative Care vs. Hospice: What’s the Difference? When facing a serious illness, patients and families are often introduced to new terms and unfamiliar care options. Two services that are commonly misunderstood are Supportive Palliative Care (SPC) and Hospice Care. While both focus on comfort and quality of life, they are designed for different stages of illness and different patient needs. At Mosaic Healthcare, our goal is…
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When Memories Change: Walking With Loved Ones Through Dementia
It often starts with something small. A missed appointment. A story repeated again, and again. A moment where someone you love looks at you, searching for a word that won’t come. At first, it’s easy to brush off. Everyone forgets things sometimes. But when those moments begin to feel familiar in a way that doesn’t feel right, families start asking quiet questions, they never imagined they’d have to ask….
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Understanding Caregiver Grief: What It Is and Why It Happens
Grief is often associated with loss, but for caregivers, it begins much sooner; sometimes months or years before a loved one passes away. This is known as caregiver grief or anticipatory grief, a quiet emotional burden that grows as caregivers witness physical, cognitive, or emotional changes in the person they love. This grief is deeply personal. It comes from…
