End-of-life-care Archives - Centrica Care Navigators

Celebrating Duane Hagen Music

At 72 years old, Duane is living with Parkinson’s Disease. Even though his body is failing, his mind and spirit are strong. And despite his physical limitations, he feels surrounded by support—thanks to the compassionate care provided by Centrica Care...

October 16, 2025

Caregivers End-of-life-care

When is the right time for end-of-life care?

Getting started with end-of-life care requires nothing more than a single phone call. You can learn about many of our services here on our website. But the Centrica Care Navigators team will have the most impact on you and your...

September 10, 2025

Caregivers End-of-life-care Grief Support How your care team helps Journeys - Children's Grief Support Palliative Care

The Steps of the Hospice Journey

Getting someone you love the end-of-life care they need can be complicated and confusing — not to mention extremely stressful in an already difficult time.

July 16, 2025

Caregivers End-of-life-care

Hospice Words: A Dictionary of Terms

Like any area of knowledge, the terms used in end-of-life care can be a little mysterious if you’re not familiar with them. This “dictionary” will help.

June 12, 2025

Caregivers End-of-life-care

How Time at Home Helped Support a Caregiving Family

Every family that receives support from Centrica Care Navigators can turn to a comprehensive team of specialists to help with day-to-day care of their loved one.

May 23, 2025

Caregivers End-of-life-care Grief Support

What to Say when Someone is Dying

What do you say when someone is dying? How do you talk to the person who is dying? How do you discuss the topic with their family and friends? How do you know the “right” thing to say that will...

April 7, 2025

End-of-life-care News

Remembering Jimmy Carter and Highlighting the Need or End-of-Life Care

The world is remembering Jimmy Carter as a U.S. president, a Nobel Peace Prize and 5-time Grammy Award winner, and perhaps the best-known builder of Habitat for Humanity houses. He is also a great example of the value of hospice...

March 24, 2025

Caregivers End-of-life-care How your care team helps

Caregiving for Yourself and the Ones You Love

A lot of what the Centrica Care Navigators team does is to support not just the patient directly, but the patient’s family too.

January 28, 2025

Caregivers End-of-life-care Palliative Care

Living a quality life with COPD

Many adults have been diagnosed with COPD — more than 600,000 people in Michigan (about 7.5% of the adult population). We see a lot of COPD patients in our end-of-life care service at Centrica Care Navigators; it’s one of the...

January 23, 2025

End-of-life-care Grief Support How your care team helps

How your care team helps: Chaplain

A chaplain is one member of the IDG, or interdisciplinary group, that each patient is assigned when they first begin end-of-life care at Centrica Care Navigators.

November 7, 2024