Powell Tribune has published an article describing the Chrysalis Room and its benefits.
In the article, Jennifer Tippetts, executive director of the Powell Medical Foundation, is quoted saying, “We have found that, toward the end of their lives, people don’t have very many needs, but the people who love them do have needs.”
Powell Tribune has published an article about the new Chrysalis Room at the Powell Valley Care Center.
Loretta Downs is quoted saying, “This is creating a sacred space. We do it for births; we need to do it for dying.”
Hospital Newspaper, July 2012
Presented at the International Society for Advance Care Planning and End-of-Life Care Conference.
June 2, 2012, Chicago
Chicago Tribune, November 2011
Illinois Hospital Association, November 17, 2011
In a recent issue of the Archives, Casarett et al1 have conducted a survey of bereaved family members of patients who died in 77 Department of Veterans Affairs Hospitals.1 The authors observed increased satisfaction with care among relatives of patients who died in the palliative care unit compared with those seen by palliative care consultation teams, who were in turn perceived to have better end-of-life care compared with patients who died without palliative care involvement. This gradient effect of palliative care involvement is an important contribution to our body of knowledge.
Hospital Newspaper, August-September 2011
Hecktoen International Journal of Medical Humanities, May 2011
Hecktoen International Journal of Medical Humanities, May 2011