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Bruns House Lifts Family’s Burden
Paul Valle-Riestra entered the Bruns House on May 20, 2011 and embarked on his final destination in his nineteen-month battle with brain cancer. Born and ...
Thrift Shoppes
Thrift Shoppes Partner with Local Groups
Hospice East Bay is fortunate to partner with six organizations that assist adults with disabilities to gain life and work skills. Every week participants from ...
Hospice Care
Putting Patients First
Recently Hospice East Bay admitted a patient in her early 60s who had been diagnosed with glioblastoma. Glioblastoma is an aggressive type of cancer that ...
Hospice Care
Mutual Impact
Hospice work is unlike any other area in healthcare because we see most patients and families in their own home settings. We become guests in ...
Hospice Care
It’s the Little Things
Recently one of our spiritual care counselors visited a patient who lives in his own home and prides himself on his flower garden. On good ...
Hospice Care
When Patients “Graduate”
People are often surprised to learn that, for some patients, conditions actually improve while under hospice care. At Hospice East Bay, we say that these ...
Hospice Care
Teaching Each Other
At Hospice East Bay, we teach staff members to think of themselves first as educators. Most patients and families find themselves in new territory, faced ...
Hospice Care
Hospice Never Sleeps
As a Medicare-certified hospice, Hospice East Bay is required to have nurses available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to answer questions or ...
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Preparation Protected Our Patients & Staff
by Brianna Halstied, Media Coordinator With the nation dealing with a global pandemic, access to personal protective equipment (PPE) has become scarce in many parts ...
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- @Hospice East Bay
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- Community
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- Palliative Care
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- Uncategorized
- Volunteer
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National Nurses Week at Hospice East Bay
This video was produced by Brianna Halstied, Media Coordinator for Hospice East Bay.
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National Volunteer Week During Covid-19
This video was produced by Brianna Halstied, Media Coordinator for Hospice East Bay.
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You Are A Bridge
This video was produced by Get Palliative Care, a non-profit organization that supports education and awareness about Palliative Care.
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A Day in the Life of a Music Therapist
Please join me as we travel through a day in the life of a hospice music therapist. Our first visit of the day is with ...
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A Wedding at Bruns House
I first met Tonya on a Monday evening as I was preparing to go home for the day. Her mother had been admitted to Bruns ...
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Veteran Volunteers – Interview with Bob Ellis
On February 18, 2019, Hospice East Bay Volunteer Bob Ellis was interviewed by Stephen Burchik for the CCC-TV program “Veterans’ Voices.” This is an edited ...
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An Expression of Gratitude
In February of 2019, the wife of one of our patients addressed the staff at Hospice East Bay to express her gratitude for the care ...
Palliative Care
The Truth About Palliative Care
By Russ Granich, MD,Chief Medical Officer of Palliative Care of the East Bay Many people get upset if their doctor says she wants to refer ...
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Giving Tree Delivers Cheer at the Holidays
It was another successful year for Hospice East Bay’s Giving Tree project! At the holidays, the Giving Tree project amplifies the kindness that Hospice East ...
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Hospice Moments – Last Week
Spiritual Care Counselor Bette Birnbaum is often moved to poetry by her experiences with families in hospice. Here is one of her recent poems: Even ...
Hospice Care
Hospice Moments – Inspired by JW
Spiritual Care Counselor Bette Birnbaum is often moved to poetry by her experiences with families in hospice. Here is one of her recent poems: She ...
Hospice Care
Hospice Poet Wins National Contest
Our own Spiritual Care Counselor, Bette Birnbaum, submitted the following poem to the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization creative arts contest and won! We ...
