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How Hospice Gave Us Comfort & A Way Forward
How Hospice Gave Us Comfort & A Way Forward It was difficult to understand our options when my mother neared the end of her life. But working with hospice care gave us peace of mind.
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How Much Does Hospice Care Cost?
Hospice care is a valuable resource for those with a life-limiting diagnosis, but is it affordable? Learn about coverage options here.
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Podcast: Educating Patients, Families and Clinicians about Hospice Care
On this episode, two palliative care experts discuss barriers to care and debunk the most common myths about hospice.
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We Have Hospice Care All Wrong
While it’s true that someone enters hospice to help make the dying process more comfortable, what’s important to look at here is how long a patient is typically in hospice care. That’s because, despite what this figure may lead you to ...
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Sandra Lindsay: Overcoming cultural hesitancy to hospice
Sandra Lindsay, DHSc, MA, MBA, RN, speaks with Tara Liberman, DO, executive director for Northwell Health’s Hospice Care Network, about the role that culture plays in end-of-life care.
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I’ve always had close relationships with my parents. My mom and dad got divorced when I was 6, and my mom remarried when I was young, so I really had three parents, not just two. I went to college near my dad in Philadelphia, and I stayed ...
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Here’s What You Need To Know About Hospice Care
Many times, people don’t fully know what hospice is, or they think that it’s something that’s just available to patients with advanced diseases who only have days left to live. In reality, hospice is for anyone with any number of life-limiting ...
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Sitting With My Father In Hospice
My aunt told me that when I write the obituary for my father, I need to dig deep and talk only about good stuff. Through the phone at least six states away, I stiffened. My father was not yet dead. I hadn’t even thought about an obituary, ...
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Palliative care vs hospice: Is there a difference?
Palliative care and hospice are two options that can help patients and their families navigate a diagnosis like cancer, certain types of heart disease, dementia or other complex conditions. Both services are dedicated to enhancing quality ...
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Whatever reason people may have for opting out of hospice, it's important to offer a clear idea about what it is and the services it includes— when possible, it’s important to have information about these resources before they’re needed. ...
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Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard learns about Hospice Care, from Dr. Tara Liberman, the Executive Director of the Hospice Care Network at Northwell Health, and an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell.
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Hospice Care Isn’t Only For The Final Days
When it comes to hospice care, many of us may think of it as a service reserved for the final days of a person’s life. But while it is true that hospice can be immensely helpful during the waning hours of a person’s life, what we often ...