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Hospice Therapy Rabbits
More cuddly creatures joining animal therapy forces Ninety-year-old Jean Doan beamed as little Ruby settled into her lap, and she smiled.It was exactly the reaction patient care nurse Sandy Dowling had hoped to see."So many of our patients are elderly, and they can be...
Improving End of Life Care
Hospice care is playing a primary role in allowing people to get the type of end of life care that they desire. Here, we have an article from Statesman.com, that uses information from the Austin, TX area to demonstrate this fact:Sometime ago, early in my practice in...
Hospital and Hospice
Care trends shift as patients and hospitals learn Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare-St. Joseph started a palliative care program in 2004 with the goal of improving care for patients near the end of their lives.The result: More patients are receiving hospice care in their...
Conversations
Talking about hospice care Caring Connections has always pushed for the best in end-of-life care, and their latest project is no difference. Titled, "Private Conversations and Public Discource: The Importance of Consumer Engagement in End-of-Life care," the report...
Cutting Hospice Costs Money
Hospitals cost more, have less benefits for many patients When it comes time to tighten our collective belts, government officials are quick to slash the budgets of services like hospice care, but, as the state of Florida recently found out, there is no way around the...
Palliative Care Saves
Cost-effective and pain-killing? Yes please. Palliative care, a service very much like hospice care but for those who are not terminally ill, is a growing field but still quite misunderstood. The average patient does not know the difference, and as a result are often...
A Special Loss
Grief is inevitable in the death of a parent A parent's death is a difficult time, and often brings a particular type of grief. In an article for Caring.com, Senior Editor Paula Spencer created a list of reasons why this "a Special Kind of Loss":1. Our parents are our...
Hospice Facts
More education means better decisionsMillions choose hospice care every year, but there are still many who could benefit from its services that do not because of a lack of information. The list below, from a Cumberland Times-News article, is a collection of important...
Myths About Hospice
There are many misunderstandings about hospice care, from who is eligible to what happens after you enroll. Although primary physicians should be supplying this information, the reality is that many wait until it is to late to even mention the possibility of enrolling...
Choosing End-of-Life Care
Make your care choices in advanceA new type of program is making it easier for people to make their own end-of-life health care decisions, removing the stress and pressure from families and loved ones. A recent Wall Street Journal article described these programs,...
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