After a patient is diagnosed with a terminal illness, family conversations often shift to considerations about all that comes next. There are questions about finances, options for treatments, hospice care, end of life planning. Many families also discuss where the individual will spend their final months and days, given the level of care and support Read More
The choice you make in a hospice provider will have a significant impact on quality of life when you’re faced with a life-limiting illness. There are Medicare guidelines for hospice care that help to protect you as you’re making this decision. However, when it comes to the care you or a family member will receive, Read More
Figuring out how to communicate with a loved one in hospice can sometimes leave you feeling uncertain and scared. Especially in the last weeks or days of life, your loved one may not have the stamina to hold a conversation. They might drift in and out of sleep. They might not verbally respond because of Read More
Living and dying are not two separate things, rather, they are connected and part of everyone’s reality. When dying, how and where a person dies shapes their experience and can profoundly impact the quality of their last days, weeks and months, as well as the way their loved ones perceive death. Studying the Impacts of Read More
Hospice care provides valuable services when the end of life is near, but recent reports indicate many individuals are receiving hospice care too late. Of the 1.5 million hospice patients in the United States, about one-third die within a week of signing up for services. Hospice Explained Hospice provides many benefits to individuals who are Read More
