Demystifying Hospice: Inside the Stories of Patients and Caregivers

Karen J. Clayton

$23.00

Publication Date: December 11th, 2020

Publisher:

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN:

9781538147245

Pages:

184

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Description

Hospice care helps make the end of life the best it can be, yet the experience can be both rewarding and stressful to those involved. Karen Clayton's stories address end-of-life choices, palliative care, mixed feelings about hospice, care for the caregivers, managing dramatic incidents and fear, social isolation, saying goodbye, and remembering.

About the Author

Karen J. Clayton is a social worker and sociologist. Her writing interests focus currently on demystifying hospice to encourage patients, caregivers and other family members, educators, and administrators to better understand the practical workings of hospice and to use it in a timelier manner. Clayton is an active member of the Oak Harbor Writers Group, and the American Association of University Woman, Island County, Washington. She taught sociology and cross-cultural communication at the University of Texas, Tarrant County Junior College, Southwestern Adventist University, and La Sierra University, where she was also the Education Curator for the Stahl Center Museum of Culture (Riverside, CA).

Praise for Demystifying Hospice: Inside the Stories of Patients and Caregivers

Whidbey author, social worker and sociologist, Karen Clayton's book is listed as one of the "20 Best Hospice Care Books" by Book Authority which creates lists of the most recommended books on business, technology and science. The book is in 719 libraries, several outside the US, according to WorldCat operated by OCLC (Online Community Library Center). Locally you can find it in the Anacortes, Burlington, Mt. Vernon libraries and the Sno-Isle Library System. Village Books and several other independent bookstores in the NW carry the book and it's available online.

"My purpose is to help folk--patients, family members, and medical personnel--understand the services provided by hospice and the value of seeking hospice care when the decision is made to do no more treatment for cure. About 50% of Medicare patients do use hospice; however, about 40% wait until the last 2-3 weeks when they could have this unique comfort care for 6 months!"
--Karen Clayton, social worker and sociologist