When Doctors Recommend Hospice but Family Is Not Ready
When a person has a disease in an advanced state, the life expectancy is less than six months, and all…
Does Medical School Make Doctors Less Likely to Understand Hospice Patients?
The American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine recently published a study suggesting that the longer a student is in…
Does Hospice Provide 24-Hour Care?
In hospice, the question of 24-hour care is a complex one. The answer is “yes,” hospice provides continuous care in…
Are Hope and Reality at Odds in End-of-Life Care?
This question refers to a long-standing conflict in medical care. On one hand, doctors want to give their patients accurate…
Does Medicare Pay for Hospice? Does Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, or Insurance?
Yes, for qualified patients, Medicare pays 100% of charges from Medicare-certified hospice agencies and pays most of the other hospice-related…
Nine Strongest Factors for Improving Quality of Death
When people have diseases in an advanced state, it’s common to reach a point where doctors say “All the best…
More Support Means Less Caregiver Depression
Most husbands and wives prefer to be directly involved in the care of terminally ill spouses.1 Those who have never…
How Good Is Hospice at Managing Pain and Distressing Symptoms?
In the absence of hospice, patients in the last year of life experience a marked, unrelenting increase in pain and…
Why Black Americans Receive Less Hospice
A large body of research connects timely use of hospice with a long list of benefits. Benefits include improved symptom…
Medicare Requires Hospice to Use Volunteers
Many people are surprised to learn that Medicare, as a condition of participation, requires certified hospice agencies to recruit, train,…
