The Institute of Medicine just released a comprehensive report on Dying in America: Improving Quality and Honoring Individual Preferences Near the End of Life.
For patients and their loved ones, no care decisions are more profound than those made
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Admin Note: Our original announcement of the subject book on 9/8/14 turned out to be premature. iTunes needed to finish approving the new book before its release. It is now approved and available as described below.
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Read more…More Inspections of Medicare Hospice Programs Demanded by New House Bill
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization backs bi-partisan bill
Aug. 5, 2014 – Just before the House of Representatives slammed the door shut to go on their August rece
Fascinating article in our Cultural Diversity Group:
Greg Schneider
Founder & President, HVA
HCF Creator
This excellent blog post from the Care Givers website reflects upon support caregivers need up to and including a vigil with their loved one. In this context the discussion describes limitations of hospice in certain caregiving settings.
Some pertine
Read more…While familiar with Advance Directives and choices, had no idea what a major study found about what the physician's perspective is on these choices. This audio clip has interviews with some physicians and is useful information to consider when makin
Read more…The Oscar nominated prison hospice documentary to air on HBO Documentary Channel, next Monday, 3/31/14.
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall is a moving cinema verité documentary that breaks through the walls of one of Americas oldest
Read more…March 19 --Medicare hospice patients will have access to palliative care, as well as care aimed
Recent news post illustrates measures being taken to monitor hospice providers. The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois on Jan. 27 accused Seth Gillman, an attorney and part owner of Passages Hospice LLC, of federal health care fraud,
Read more…Grace Before Dying is a photographic exhibition by Lori Waselchuk about hospice in prisons.
"Lori Waselchuk's vision finds the humane in the broadest landscape or interior view while her passion provides us all with the chance to experience it in clo
Read more…The 2nd Annual Compassion and Wisdom Conference will be held in San Diego Thursday, February 27th through Sunday, March 1st. Should be an interesting conference. Here is the schedule:
Unfortunate result -- hard to believe that such a prominent hospice could fall like this...choice was likely for the benefit of the patients they served.
The biggest referral source for the hospice was Scripps and they decided to provide care to thei
Read more…This documentary, Consider the Conversation, has physicians asking "what the hell are we doing here?" as they contemplate the end of life care they are giving to patients. "The system is broken." This documentary airs next week on Wisconsin Public Te
Sadly, one of the most prominent non-profit hospices in the country declared bankruptcy yesterday. The San Diego Hospice continues to provide services under Chapter 11 of the bankruptcy laws but has had to dramatically cut back on the number of patie
I'm sure that all hospice workers have stories about the connections to the patients and families that they serve. Greg Schneider has been a hospice volunteer for over 15 years and shares a story about a Serendipitous Connection that was made when h
Read more…"Volunteers are an integral and valued part of the team," says Taren Sterry, manager of volunteer services for the Visiting Nurse Service of New York Hospice Care. "They provide that extra level of care and comfort that neighbors used to provide for
Read more…A HIPAA discussion has been initiated in the HIPAA discussion group. To view the discussion, click here.
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