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...]
Alzheimer’s Severity Similar Both In and Out of Nursing Homes
A recent study found that the number of people with Alzheimer’s and dementia symptoms in nursing homes is roughly the same as the number of those outside of a formalized care facility setting. Additionally, the severity of those symptoms … [Read more...]
Is Palliative Care Right for Me?
Often, we think of palliative care as being directly equal to hospice care. And while hospice care does utilize palliative care, it is a specific type, aimed at relieving pain associated with the end of life. Palliative care, plainly put, … [Read more...]
Palliative Care and Pain Relief
Palliative care is designed to provide relief from chronic pain. It is closely related to hospice care, except that it doesn't apply only to terminally ill patients. Palliative care is not focused on curing the patient, but rather helping … [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...]
Palliative Care is More than Just Hospice
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine published a study not too long ago that stresses the importance of palliative care. In this study, the authors claimed that palliative care does a good deal toward helping to improve the … [Read more...]
The Case for Palliative Care
Palliative care serves a very specific purpose: it is meant to provide comfort. Usually, palliative care is provided in a hospice setting, where the comfort is given as a type of end of life care. Because of this association, many people … [Read more...]
Hospice or Hospital?
End-of-life issues loom large as Baby Boomers reach the break-over point with their own parents and other elderly family members in their care. The decisions that must be made in this age of advanced medical care weigh heavy because our … [Read more...]
