Caring for the terminally ill Hospice volunteers don't try to cure patients Hospice is not a place. It is a working concept of patient care to make the last days of life high in quality, as pain free as possible, in an environment of care and support. That caring environment is mostly the home. However, sometimes this care is given in a hospital, or a nursing home. Thoughts on Father's Day "You are the worst father there is," shouts Nick, my 12 year old son. My son is ranting and raving about the injustices he suffers at my rules. Rules that I ranted and raved about when I was his age. I smile as I acknowledge that he is like me. Did my father have the same thoughts? When I was a teenage at the family dinner table I looked up at my father and I was shocked. Shocked with the revelation that I was like him. Seven ways to come back to life after suffering the death of a loved one After suffering the death of a beloved, most of us see no possible way we can recover or ever again find any joy in living. Mental and emotional darkness engulfs us. The moment consciousness returns each morning, the overwhelming reality of our loss takes us to our knees. Is it any wonder that the ultimate stress one can suffer is the death of a loved one? Eight ways to get through the holidays after a loved one dies The holidays are not necessarily a happy, merry time – especially for people whose loved one has died during the past year, or even the past several years. In fact, if you’re one of multi-millions of people who suffer such a loss each year, the holidays tend to increase the feelings of grief and despair. Recycling polystyrene plastics Polystyrene plastic, those school lunch trays and the ubiquitous clamshell hamburger containers, are the feedstock for Plastics Again, the nation's first largescale recycler of post-consumer polystyrene products. © Copyright 2006 All Rights Reserved - Site Design and Programming by: Exploritech, Inc.