Allina News

[TPT, Aug, 26, 2011] Allina Hospitals & Clinics is a partner in a three year program called Honoring Choices. Its goal is to get Minnesotans talking and planning so families are prepared when dealing with end-of-life issues. Allina’s Sandy Schellinger talked about that with TPT Almanac’s Eric Eskola.

[Minnesota Public Radio, June 23, 2011] An effort that was pioneered in Wisconsin in the 1980s to get more people to prepare for the end of their lives has moved into the Twin Cities, serving as a model to create Minnesota’s first large-scale program for end-of-life planning. The Twin Cities program, called Honoring Choices Minnesota, [...]

[Minnesota Public Radio, May 16, 2011] Later this week, the Minnesota Twins will travel to Phoenix for a series against the Diamondbacks. While they are in Arizona, some members of the team are hoping to visit former Twin Harmon Killebrew. Killebrew announced last week that his cancer of the esophagus has reached the point that [...]

[Fox 9 News, May 14, 2011] After 74-year-old Hall of Fame slugger Harmon Killebrew announced he is entering hospice care, many are wondering what that entails and how it helps those who are struggling with terminal disease. FOX 9 News spoke with the Dr. Don Grossbach, medical director for Allina Hospitals & Clinics’ Hospice, to [...]

[Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, April 11, 2011] Allina Hospitals & Clinics will break ground in Brooklyn Park on Wednesday for the J.A. Wedum Residential Hospice, a 12-bed facility that the medical clinic says will help alleviate a shortage of hospice beds in the Twin Cities. The $5 million hospice will be located next to the [...]

[Star Tribune, December 9, 2010] Music therapists combine music and psychology to help patients and families in settings from nursery to hospice. They may work in hospitals, long-term care facilities, schools, treatment centers or in patients’ homes. Sarah Newberry received her master’s degree in Massachusetts before returning to her native Minnesota to practice. She works [...]

[Oncology Nurse Advisor, Sept. 1, 2010] Advance care planning (ACP) discussions are not sufficiently incorporated into the care of oncology patients. Studies have consistently found that patients with late-stage cancer have a low rate of completing advance directives (ADs). Yet even the completion of ADs or appointment of proxies may be insufficient to address end-of-life [...]

[KSTP-TV, March 31, 2010] It’s never too early to start thinking about your healthcare game plan for your later years, according Sandy Schellinger, the palliative care director at Allina Home and Community Services. She says, advanced care planning, should be something people of all ages should consider. Learn more about Advanced Care Planning at allina.com/acp. [...]

[Star Tribune, Mar. 10, 2010] Doug State entered hospice care two years ago knowing exactly how he wanted to die: at home in Cambridge, Minn., with his wife, Carol, and his dog, Teddy. He got his wish a year ago at age 83, when his failing heart finally stopped just as he was sitting down [...]

[Star Tribune, Dec. 16, 2009] Kathie Shemon, RNC, is a Care Navigator Nurse with Allina Home & Community Services. She talks about her job and how she helps patients find the help they need in the Allina system in an interview on the StarTribune.com Jobs: Healthcare web site. Read the whole Q & A on [...]