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Welcome Family and Friends of Hospice of Central PA

As you cope with the serious illness of your family member, we invite you to take time out to tune into your needs. Find what speaks to you in this moment. Bookmark this page and come back another time, with a different need.
Do you live long distance? See our "Across the Miles" section to learn what you might need and can do from afar.

24/7. What you need. When you need it. Where you are.
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The information in these videos is educational and supportive in nature. Caregivers and family, refer to conversations and personalized instructions with your family member's Care Team. We're here for you. If you see big changes or unmet needs, call us.

Use these controls to adjust volume and size of the screen. (Bottom right corner of each video.) Please report any technical problems to support@composinglife.com. 

<span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The information in these videos is educational and supportive in nature. Caregivers and family, refer to conversations and personalized instructions with your family member's Care Team. We're here for you. If you see big changes or unmet needs, call us.</span><br><br>Use these controls to adjust volume and size of the screen. (Bottom right corner of each video.) Please report any technical problems to <a href="mailto:support@composinglife.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">support@composinglife.com</a>.&nbsp;</span>
1. Timely Moments

Explore: "How long until?" "What, now?" "What matters most?"

*Name your questions about time, like "how long?"
*Tune into the present, into what is happening right now.
*Ask, "What matters most?" and take action to make it happen.


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2. Small Words - Big Meanings

Redefine several small words that have big meanings during serious illness: "Eat," "Accept," and "Hope."

*Is it "eating you" that your loved one is eating less? What can you do?
*Explore "acceptance" as an ongoing process.
*Explore what "hope" can mean, in the midst of serious illness.


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3. Family and Friends

Your circles of support are crucial. A serious illness can stir conflict. It can create meaningful support. Here's more.

*Understand your most important relationships in new ways.
*Everything in your family feels thrown out of balance?
*Are different opinions and styles of care creating conflict?


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4. Coping

How do you cope when your loved one is seriously ill? When you feel empty and depleted, here's help to refill, refuel, and recharge: physically, emotionally, mentally, socially, and spiritually.

*Refill: You feel empty. Depleted. It's time to refill, refuel, and recharge.
*Physically: How is your health being affected by your family member's illness?
*Emotionally: Do your emotions feel like a roller coaster? Here's what you can do.
*Mentally: Are you overloaded with information? Too many decisions?
*Socially: Your friends, workplace, and others don't "get" it? Some do?
*Spiritually: Where do you find purpose, comfort, and meaning?


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5. Hear Me!

Tend the needs of children, teens, and seniors who are impacted by the serious illness of your loved one.

* What is your child's relationship with the ill person? What is the child's age? What can you do?
*Teens may be losing a parent, grandparent, sibling, or friend. Hear them. Help them cope.
*Seniors can be discounted. See what may be happening from their eyes and ears.


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6. Portraits of Grief

Grief is less like stages and more like a personal portrait. What is yours? What can you do to tend your grief, and others?

*Different kinds of loss and grief affect us in different ways.
*Anticipate. Expect. Participate. Relate. Learn what you can be doing, now.
*A sudden crisis of loss is especially hard. See it. Respond. Tend with care.
*Are you experiencing a loss that others discount? Or a loss they don't know?
*Are you experiencing a no-end kind of grief? Filled with conflicted emotions and thoughts?
*Are you--or another--terribly stuck in grief? Frozen? Unable to cope?


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7. Your Family Member Is ...

Explore special needs of these family members, if they are seriously ill.

*Learn how your family member's dementia can affect you.
*Understand his or her unique needs as a veteran.
*Your child or teen is seriously ill? Are your stressors, decisions and responsibilities overwhelming?


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8. Across the Miles

Do you or other family live long distance from the one who is ill? Here is help for you!

*One family member is the caregiver, another lives far away. Give mutual support.
*You live long distance, or your loved one is in a nursing facility. How do you discern, "Do I stay or do I go?"
*Your family is scattered across the miles. Explore creative ways to connect!


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