What is Hospice Care?
Hospice of the Bluegrass has developed a list of the “10 Things You Need to Know About Hospice of the Bluegrass.”
Family Health
Advice and wisdom from health professionals
Grief Groups for Families – Hospice Offers 2 Events This Fall
For more than 35 years, Hospice of the Bluegrass has worked to meet the needs of those coping with loss.
Corneal Molding Can Correct Vision
While wearing contact lenses for a night or two while sleeping, presto, an extremely nearsighted person can regain nearly 20-20 vision.
Kids Need Plenty of Exercise
One of the culprits responsible for the alarming obesity rise among both children and adults in the U.S. is too little physical activity.
Referrals Can Come From Anyone
Considered the model for quality, compassionate care for people facing a life-limiting illness or injury, hospice care involves a team-oriented approach with expert medical care, nursing services, pain and symptom management, and emotional and spiritual support expressly tailored to the patient’s and family’s needs and wishes.
Treating the Myopia Epidemic in Kids
Myopia, commonly called nearsightedness, is often genetic, which explains why some children need glasses at an early age. But genetics alone cannot explain the virtual epidemic of nearsightedness that has struck U.S. children in the past generation. The spike in myopia is as much as 30% in the past three decades, and Dr. Rick Graebe, […]
Stranger Anxiety Is Normal Behavior
Parents of older infants and toddlers are usually familiar with stranger anxiety – it is the discomfort or fear felt (and usually displayed) by their children when they are approached by someone who they do not regularly see.
11-Year-Old Improves With VT
Already frustrated by her son’s struggles in school, Kristie McIntyre of Frankfort was heartbroken when she learned that her hard-working son suffered from undiagnosed vision problems. Not that she hadn’t taken him to an optometrist. It’s just that glasses did nothing for her son, now 11 and entering sixth grade. It wasn’t until Kristie and […]
Testimonial From Ed Mader Family
One of the things we at Hospice of the Bluegrass hear most often from families is, “I wish we had called sooner.”
Drowning Claims Far Too Many Kids
According to the CDC, two children under age 15 in the U.S. die from drowning every day.