Do you have questions about hospice?
Linn County LIVING WELL Magazine
Hospice care addresses needs and opportunities during the last phase of life by bringing together the individual and family, trained caregivers and clinical professionals into the care giving team. This interdisciplinary approach to care focuses on physical symptoms and emotional and spiritual concerns of the patient and family. […]
Hospice: A Benefit Covered by Medicare and Medicaid
By Robert Smith, VNA, Collin LIVING WELL Magazine
Often patients and their families are reluctant to discuss the option of hospice care with the physician when confronted with the diagnosis of a terminal illness. Don’t be hesitant to do so. Sometimes physicians and clinicians fail to suggest hospice until the patient is near death and the benefits are lost to the patient and loved ones. Your discussion with your physician about hospice should include your right to choose the agency you prefer. Remember, hospice is a service covered by Medicare, Medicaid, and some private insurance companies. […]
Hospice: Excellence in Bereavement Care
Avis LaGrange MSW, LCSW, CHA, Community Educator, River Region Hospice, New Orleans LIVING WELL Magazine
River Region Hospice understands that losing someone you love is a life altering experience. Each of us journey through this process we commonly call grief in our own way and at our own pace. […]
Patients and Pets
Sherry Little, Executive Director, Home Hospice of Grayson, Cooke & Fannin Counties
As we age, become ill, and ultimately walk through our final journey, we tend to lose the life we have built over the years; not all at once, but in bits and pieces, giving up one thing today and something else tomorrow. […]
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