Hospice Specialists of Louisiana

06/16/2025

Happy CNA week! Rebecca Jeffries, our patient care coordinator, thanks the CNA team at Audubon Retirement Village this week with a healthy breakfast. Thank you to all of our CNAs out there in healthcare for your hard work and dedication to all of your patients!

06/16/2025

White Oak Post Acute in Baton Rouge has an afternoon with The amazing Brad St. Romain and Our Baton Rouge PCC Megan Dahl!

06/16/2025

Our wonderful Patient care coordinator Megan Dahl hosted a "Painting with friends" event with the residents of Azalea Estates Assisted Living of Gonzales recently. The attendees also created a favorite memories scrapbooking project with their activity coordinator. Thank you
Megan for bringing so many smiles to the special residents at Azalea Estates!

06/16/2025

Our amazing Karissa and Brad had a fun karaoke afternoon at Anderson at Summerfield Senior Living Slidell memory care with their residents!

06/16/2025

We hope that you all had a wonderful Father's Day!!

05/20/2025

We often hear the concern: “Does choosing hospice mean we’re speeding up the process?” The answer is no.Hospice is not about hastening death — it’s about enhancing life.Our team is here to provide comfort, dignity, and support during one of life’s most tender seasons. We focus on relieving pain, managing symptoms, and offering emotional and spiritual care for both the patient and their loved ones.Choosing hospice means choosing compassionate, expert care that helps families make the most of every moment — surrounded by peace, respect, and love.If you have questions, we’re always here to talk. Let us walk beside you with the care and support you deserve.Hospice Specialists of Louisiana – Compassionate Care When It Matters Most.

05/08/2025

Always a pleasure working with The Peristyle at Beau West Assisted Living & Memory Care and their residents!!! Thank-you Karissa Kelley for your compassion and caring spirit!!!!❤️

05/08/2025

We love working with the Poydras home nurses!!! Happy Nurses week!!!

Poydras Home's phenomenal nurses are being celebrated during National Nurses Week with many treats through the generosity of our vendors at Hospice Specialists of Louisiana, UNI- United Nursing International Metairie, Advantage Medical Professionals, Gifted Healthcare, Executone Systems Company of Louisiana, Inc., Triton Healthcare, Inc., and TBC Healthcare Solutions.

05/07/2025

Happy nurses week to all of the people who work in one of the most challenging roles in healthcare. We appreciate your hard work and dedication to helping people. ❤️❤️

03/14/2025

Sometimes families just need someone to listen and hold space for them. This post is a great example of a day in the life of a hospice worker. We are here to educate and listen to our patients and family members, to lighten their load a little in whatever way we can. Our jobs don’t end at clinical care, we also provide emotional, spiritual and support with daily activities. By doing these things we support not only our patients but their family and caregivers . Call us today if you or someone you know needs support while struggling with a terminal illness.
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Awhile back, I was talking to the 70-something-year-old daughter of my 90-something-year-old hospice patient.

She was sharing how her mother, with multiple illnesses, was now eating very, very little. The daughter was telling me all of the things she had tried in an attempt to get her mom to eat.

She was feeling guilty that nothing she had tried worked.

The daughter also shared the lengthy routine that is now in place related to toileting, as her mother is now fixated on this routine being completed many times a day.

She became tearful when sharing how exhausted she is and how she feels like she’s failing her mother.

While I did provide some resources during the visit (contacted our volunteer coordinator to add more volunteer respite visits, gave booklet “Always Offer, Never Force: Food at the End of Life” and online caregiver support group), the majority of what I did was provide space for the daughter to share her fears, worries and struggles related to caring for her mom.

After a couple of hours of talking, the daughter shared with me, “Wow. I really needed to get that all out. I feel a little lighter.”

To support caregivers, we need to provide a compassionate, judgment-free space (and time) for caregivers to release some of the nagging questions and fears that keep spinning around in their heads.

Listen, validate, hold space. 🩷

11/01/2024

So much joy doing art therapy with this group! Can’t wait to do it again!

10/08/2024

Painting, sipping and doing a little art therapy at Summerhouse Vista Shores today! Special thanks to my assistant Ian from Brother Martin! The ladies really appreciated the time spent with them today! ❤️