Funeral director Andre Roupp of Roupp Funeral Home believes each person and every family has a story, and he’s sharing all the ways funeral planning makes services personal and meaningful. When advance care planning doesn’t include funeral planning, there can be fallout that makes the family’s grief journey more difficult. Here are some highlights from Andre’s interview:

• Pre-planning a funeral can ease the immediate overwhelm of tasks that happen right after a death occurs.
• Including funeral plans in an advance care plan eases the emotional, financial, and decision-making burden for the surviving family.
• Military ceremonies can provide a personalized, respectful recognition of service.
• A lack of pre-planning can cause a lot of anxiety for a family, deepening their grief or causing discord among the family members.

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We’re getting back to the basics of hospice care with Social Worker Lisa Pahl to talk about respite care and how it works. Respite care is part of the care that hospice agencies provide but the details about it can be confusing. Here are a few things you should know about respite care:

• Respite care offers 5 days of care for a hospice patient to allow the caregiver time away.
• There is no regulation that states how often respite care has to be provided; many agencies offer it once a certification period (may be a 90 day period or a 60 day period).
• Respite care has to be provided in a Medicare-certified facility with whom the hospice agency has a contract. It can’t be done in the patient’s home.
• Cost of the respite care (including transportation) is the responsibility of the hospice agency, but there may be a small copy that is charged to the patient/caregiver.
• The caregiver doesn’t have to use all 5 days, but that might make it difficult to find a facility willing to accept the patient.
• There are many reasons why caregivers might utilize respite - health needs, a family event, travel, or just feeling overwhelmed.
• It isn’t easy for a caregiver to choose to use respite. They may feel guilt or fear, have a sense of losing control, or want to be with their person every minute of whatever time they have left. They might even worry their person would die while in respite care. Connect with Lisa Pahl, owner/creator (thedeathdeck.com) The Death Deck and End of Life Deck

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