Hospice care is care that is provided to someone who is approaching death. There are a lot of misconceptions about hospice care, and hopefully this blog post can clear some of those. Ultimately, hospice care is about making someone … [Read more...]
How Hospice Can Enhance Quality of Life
Hospice care is commonly known as professional end of life care. It is designed to help make someone comfortable during a very difficult period. With end of life care comes a lot of preconceived notions. Many people have a bias … [Read more...]
Getting the Most Out of Hospice Care
Hospice care has been covered as a part of Medicare for many years, but when it comes down to it, not many people view hospice as something that actually improves the quality of life that a dying loved one experiences during their final … [Read more...]
Hospice and End of Life Care
According to a study conducted by Duke University, the United States ranked #43 out of 81 countries when it comes to the quality of the end of life care that is provided through the hospice system. Why is this? One … [Read more...]
Aging Well and Passing Away Well
One of the hardest conversations you can have with a loved one is about the aging process. Many people are resistant to this conversation because it’s scary. Getting older and the potential for health issues that can come along with this is … [Read more...]
Senior Care and Cancer
Fighting cancer is never easy. The older someone becomes, the more difficult fighting cancer gets. Not only does age tend to compromise someone’s immune system and overall health, it also makes people more likely to suffer from other … [Read more...]
A Deeper Look at Hospice Care
Hospice care is designed primarily to help make end of life needs easier to meet. Generally speaking, this care is reserved for the final six weeks of someone’s life, but there are always exceptions. Each individual is unique and has … [Read more...]
Barbara Bush and Hospice Care
Former First Lady Barbara Bush recently decided with her family that further treatment would be avoided, and instead she would be receiving end of life care. Shortly after this decision was made, she passed away. Regardless of your … [Read more...]
The Other Side of the Opioid Crisis
It’s true that opioids can can cause health issues far more severe than what they were originally meant to treat. This has received a lot of attention in the news lately, and for good reason. Opioid misuse can cause premature death and can … [Read more...]
Hospice and Other Treatments Attempt to Fill Gaps in Care
Alternative and complementary medical treatments have gained a lot of media time over the last few years. This type of help isn’t always looked nicely upon, but the fact is that these have become very popular because they fulfill a need … [Read more...]
Transitioning to Hospice Care
When you first set up care for an elderly loved one, the care service that you chose probably asked you a lot of questions. One of these questions probably had to do with goals of some sort. Even if you were not asked this directly, a care … [Read more...]
End of Life Care More Intensive than Thought
Yesterday, we talked a bit about statistics, and how they rarely provide any sort of personalized guidance when it comes to deciding what is the best course of action for a loved one’s senior care. Today, we’re going to look at a more … [Read more...]
