Hospice Care: End-of-Life Care at Home or in a Hospice Facility

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Hospice Care: End-of-Life Care at Home or in a Hospice Facility

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New Form Aims to Clarify End-of-Life Wishes | Iowa Hospital Association Blog

blog.iowahospital.org — “IPOST facilitates a consistent process in which treatment choices are based on patient and family discussions and are documented, communicated and honored across different health care settings – for example, as a patient moves from home, to a hospital, to a nursing home and then to hospice services. The standardized form acknowledges a patient’s advance directives and creates a portable and actionable set of medical treatment orders.View full resource at blog.iowahospital.org

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Physicians hope books change Americans' views on dying - Related Stories - Hospice and Palliative Medicine SmartBrief

smartbrief.com — “Two physicians have written books they hope will change how Americans view death and show that people get the best end-of-life care at home surrounded by loved ones and assisted by hospice professionals who ensure they are comfortable. "The Best Care Possible: A Physician's Quest to Transform Care …View full resource at smartbrief.com

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ltlmagazine.com — “Long-Term Living Magazine,Assisted-living and nursing home senior care environment news and information for nurses, continuing-care providers & directors. Learn about design and management of independent living communities for the elderly, environments for aging and accountable care organizations as well as hospice services and healthcare information technology for retirement facilities. Read about Alzheimer’s and dementia care. Information on Medicare and Medicaid Services. Free Webinars, indusView full resource at ltlmagazine.com

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Why LTC providers need electronic health records | Blog | Long-Term Living Magazine

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Obama administration to inject $1 billion into healthcare workforce development | News | ArtIcles/News | Long-Term Living Magazine

ltlmagazine.com — “Nursing Homes & Assisted Senior Care Facilities | Long-Term Living Magazine Assisted-living and nursing home senior care environment news and information for nurses, continuing-care providers & directors. Learn about design and management of independent living communities for the elderly, environments for aging and accountable care organizations as well as hospice services and healthcare information technology for retirement facilities. Read about Alzheimer’s and dementia care. Information on MeView full resource at ltlmagazine.com

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Invoking the right to die presents a no-win situation for providers #longtermcare #eldercare http://ow.ly/6jWgk #hcsm

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Medicare Hospice Costs Rise | ThirdAge

thirdage.com — “Medicare hospice costs have increased dramatically in recent years due to the number of people choosing to use the service and the increase in facilities able to provide end-of-life care, a government report says.View full resource at thirdage.com

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Tips for Having a Conversation About End-of-Life Care, Palliative Care, UW Health, University of Wisconsin Hospital, Madison

uwhealth.org — “Palliative care extends beyond the hospital setting to include care provided in the home or in other settings. This may include home visits by clinicians from home health agencies.View full resource at uwhealth.org

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Tips for having a conversation about end-of-life care from @jfclearywisc. http://bit.ly/p7QZxF

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FairHoPe opens opportunity to talk about hospice care | Lancaster Eagle Gazette | lancastereaglegazette.com

lancastereaglegazette.com — “FairHoPe Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc welcomes the opportunity to speak to groups of any size about the goodness of hospice care. Presentations may be made at your organization's meeting location, or at FairHoPe's home-like patient care facility, the Pickering House in Lancaster. As an extra feature while at The Pickering House. Tours are available.View full resource at lancastereaglegazette.com

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National conversation needed about end-of-life care - San Antonio Express-News

mysanantonio.com — “Hospice care allows the terminally ill and aged to die at home with a measure of comfort and dignity traditional medicine doesn't provide. Vera Richter, 96, my mother, died June 16 in my home with her four adult children at her bedside. While Democrats and Republicans argue about which party's legislation is more likely to “kill Grandma,” Americans have avoided having an adult conversation about end-of-life care, which, it is estimated, costs all of us more than $50 billion a year. Another X-rayView full resource at mysanantonio.com

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The Jewish Chronicle - The Last Chapter looks at hospice care

thejewishchronicle.net — ““The Last Chapter,” a one-hour documentary exploring many of the medical, legal, cultural, spiritual and ethical issues concerning end-of-life care, will be presented by the Jewish Healthcare Foundation and WQED-TV on Thursday, June 30, at 7:30 p.m. The documentary is JHF's latest effort to advance its “Closure” initiative, aiming to help educate people in planning and changing expectations for end-of-life. The documentary takes the viewer inside the hospitals, homes and lives of palliative...View full resource at thejewishchronicle.net

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nurse-navigators.org — “Guidence for all of your healthcare needs, including Nursing Home & assisted living placement, Hospice & Home Care. Support, guidence and education for senior needs. Helping you navigate the ever changing healthcare landscape.View full resource at nurse-navigators.org

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@Seniors4Living I agree! A great story was told in that article. http://t.co/WBXLTI1

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