Dennis Kane comes to compassionate hospice care through a path of personal experience. A two-time cancer patient as a child, he was the grateful recipient of the comfort provided by caring professionals. Not expected to survive after one particularly intense surgery, he vowed to himself that if he did live, he wanted his life to have meaning. This ultimately led him to a career in nursing. When hospice gained favorable stature in Europe and then began to appear in this country, the health care provider he worked for tapped him to develop their home hospice program. They chose Dennis because of his exceptional technical skill and ability to communicate with patients and their families.

Personal experience did not end there for Dennis. When his mother’s cancer reached its end end-stage, he was able to participate during her hospice care. Only a few years later, his favorite aunt also succumbed to cancer and insisted that Dennis work with her hospice provider and manage her pain treatment.

Dennis has been involved with hospice since the late 1980’s. He, consults with hospice patients and their families on hospice issues, and is a frequent speaker on developments in hospice to professional health organizations. He is also a Certified Grief Counselor who works with hospice patients and families, and the families of hospice patients who have passed on.

Hospice at Home was created to assist people in dealing with or planning for end of life situations. Our primary purpose is to provide the best and most current information on hospice care, much of it free and some at modest cost, so that people facing difficult choices at difficult times can do so with less stress and greater confidence.

We are pleased to also provide links to resources we believe are useful to hospice patients, their care givers and families.

Please click here for information on our consulting services and speaking availability.

Dennis Kane is a practicing hospice nurse and Certified Grief Counselor. He offers a variety of consulting services either via telephone or in person in the Southern California area. Among the services he can assist you with are:

• Answering your questions about the appropriateness of hospice for your specific situation
• Assistance in setting up your home for hospice care (Southern California only)
• Assess your specific needs both in terms of services to request and equipment you may need
• Crisis intervention/peace of mind when you are challenged (for care givers and hospice patients)
• Grief counseling

Consulting services are $200 per hour and are billed in 15 minute increments. We are pleased to accept Visa and Master Card for your convenience.