Providing Comfort During the Last Days of Life with Barbara Karnes RN | EOLU Podcast

This week I welcome back my recurring guest Barbara Karnes RN, hospice nurse, author, speaker, thought leader and expert on end-of-life care. She is the author of 'the little blue hospice book," Gone from My Sight and the recently published By Your Side: A Guide for Caring for the Dying at Home. We discuss tips for caregivers to provide comfort to patients during the last days and hours of life when they may not be able to communicate their needs. There are dozens of "little things" that can make a big difference in the comfort level of our loved ones and patients and you'll learn about them in this conversation. Learn more about Barbara's work and books at her website: https://www.bkbooks.com/ This episode includes: 🍃 Why grooming and hygiene matter for patients all the way through the end of life 🍂 Tips for good mouth and lip care 🍃 Preserving patient dignity by honoring their routines 🍂 Preventing skin breakdown 🍃 Importance of positioning and turning patients for maximum comfort 🍂 Dealing with breathing issues and "death rattle" 🍃 An alternative to adult diapers 🍂 Options for administering medications sublingually, rectally or as a skin cream ________________________________________________________________________ 🍃 Subscribe to my email list: http://eepurl.com/ExfLL 🍂 Support your local bookstore by buying my books on Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/lists/books-by-k... and Indiebound: 7 Lessons for Living from the Dying : https://www.indiebound.org/book/97817... The Journey from Ego to Soul: https://www.indiebound.org/book/97809... 🍃 Subscribe to this podcast on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7bdr4od... iHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-en... Stitcher Radio: https://www.stitcher.com/show/endofli... 🍂 Check out the Series I’ve recorded in the past: https://eolupodcast.com/series/ 🍃 Join the team at my Patreon page   / eolu   and get access to the EOLU mug: “Mind if we talk about death?” (only Patrons can purchase it). PLUS get our new bonuses: the monthly EOL News Update, movie reviews from 2 Doctors and a Movie, and automatic access to A Year of Reading Dangerously! 🍂 Intro Music Credit: "Bright Wish" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...