Twelve Questions Anyone Should Ask When Diagnosed with Serious Illness
For most of us, there will come a time in our lives when we are sitting in an exam room…
For most of us, there will come a time in our lives when we are sitting in an exam room…
The “surprise question” is a technique doctors sometimes use to help with care planning for terminally ill patients. Its appropriateness…
When patients have a terminal disease, candid but compassionate conversations about life expectancy prove vitally important. These conversations help patients…
If you were diagnosed with a terminal disease, would you want the doctor to tell you how long you are…
At first glance, Medicare’s hospice and home health programs are very similar. Some families even use home health as a…
A full-code hospice patient is a hospice patient who chooses to be resuscitated if he or she stops breathing or…
Reaching out to someone who is grieving can be scary. What if I say or do the wrong thing? What…
In the last months of life, the hospice program offers important benefits. These include improved emotional status for the family,…
A growing number of home care agencies are claiming to provide hospice care without being credentialed hospice agencies. Hospice is…
With a start date of October 15, open enrollment is right around the corner. It’s the two months out of…