Choosing hospice care for loved ones
According to Time magazine, there are 4,000 plus hospice agencies that severed about 1.4 million Medicare patients in the United
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Hospice/Home Health Services
A new role for first responders: providing in-home health care
(By Leah Samuel for STAT) BOSTON — Dedalo Sousa, an 85-year-old with type 2 diabetes, has seen the inside of
Read MoreHospice Workers Who Care For The Dying Don’t Plan Ahead Themselves
(By JoNel Aleccia for Kaiser Health News) Hospice workers may witness terminal illness and death almost daily, but that doesn’t
Read More‘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 MoreAs Care Shifts From Hospital To Home, Guarding Against Infection Falls To Families
(By Melissa Bailey for Kaiser Health News) Angela Cooper arrived home from work to discover her daughter’s temperature had spiked
Read MoreShedding New Light On Hospice Care: No Need To Wait For The ‘Brink Of Death’
(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) A few weeks ago, Kathy Brand’s 86-year-old mother was hospitalized in Florida after
Read MoreDying At Home In An Opioid Crisis: Hospices Grapple With Stolen Meds
(By Melissa Bailey for Kaiser Health News) Nothing seemed to help the patient — and hospice staff didn’t know why.
Read MoreFINDING A HOSPICE PROVIDER JUST GOT EASIER
(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 MoreCMS releases proposed home health payment rule: 9 things to know
(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 MoreUberization of Senior Services
With on-demand services designed primarily for the young and overworked, the “uberization” of senior services holds a real promise for
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