‘No One Is Coming’: Hospice Patients Abandoned At Death’s Door
(By JoNel Aleccia and Melissa Bailey for Kaiser Health News) WASILLA, Alaska — As her husband lay moaning in pain
Read More(By JoNel Aleccia and Melissa Bailey for Kaiser Health News) WASILLA, Alaska — As her husband lay moaning in pain
Read More(By Melissa Bailey for Kaiser Health News) Angela Cooper arrived home from work to discover her daughter’s temperature had spiked
Read More(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) A few weeks ago, Kathy Brand’s 86-year-old mother was hospitalized in Florida after
Read More(By Melissa Bailey for Kaiser Health News) Nothing seemed to help the patient — and hospice staff didn’t know why.
Read More(Source -blog.medicare.gov/2017/08/16/hospice-compare/) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is working diligently to make healthcare quality information more transparent
Read More(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS issued its proposed home health payment rule for 2018 and 2019. Here are nine things to
Read MoreWith on-demand services designed primarily for the young and overworked, the “uberization” of senior services holds a real promise for
Read MoreThere is a new type of caregiver for dying patients and their families: death doulas or end-of-life doula. Read article
Read MoreImprovements in data collection and reporting, stepped up audits, and improved monitoring of services were cited as areas needing attention
Read More(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) Acute shortages of home health aides and nursing assistants are cropping up across
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