Cancer patient in hospice

    • [DOC File]Hospice: Not a place, but a face

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      Hospice goes to the patient and family at home—whether that’s a private home, a nursing home or assisted living facility, or a hospice residence. Hospice is only for cancer or AIDS patients. Fifty percent of hospice patients are diagnosed with conditions other than cancer or AIDS.


    • [DOC File]AOA Document on Hospice

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      The following case study shows how one patient decided that hospice care was what she wanted and why it was right for her: Case Study Lynda was 57 years old when she was diagnosed with liver cancer. In spite of the best medical treatment her doctors could provide, her cancer proved incurable. Although the prospect of dying frightened her, Lynda ...


    • [DOC File]UBC DIVISION OF PALLIATIVE CARE

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      The doctor-patient relationship is central to the role of the family physician. ... Vancouver Island Cancer Centre 8 weeks. Community Hospice/Royal Jubilee Hospital 8 weeks. Vancouver General Hospital Palliative Care -Advanced 8 weeks. Geriatrics 4 weeks. Electives 12 weeks.


    • [DOC File]AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION

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      Sep 1 Hospice Residential Unit Cancer Oct 1 Freestanding All Other Nov 1 Inpatient Hospice Facility TOTALS Dec 1 Nursing Home Hospital 4. Total patient days of care July 1st through December 31st: 5. Hospice with a SINGLE . designated service area: 6.


    • [DOC File]Howard County Home Health and Hospice

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      Mrs. S - Hospice patient is 78 y/o with cancer of colon with metastasis to bone. Has had recent pain control issues and Duragesic was increased to 100 mcg q 72 hrs 3 days ago. Pt had refill called in today to local pharmacy. Is a resident of CCH and has a daughter who lives in the area.


    • CENTER FOR HOSPICE, PALLIATIVE CARE

      Ronald Schonwetter et al., Lifepath Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc., Determining Predictors of Falls Among Hospice Patients, ($10,000) - 2003 - Martin Nwosu, College of Medicine, USF,“Chemotherapy Use Among Hospice Cancer Patients at the End of Life” ($5,000) - 2002 -


    • [DOC File]“A STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PSYCO EDUCATION ...

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      Hospice care for the cancer patient. The family meeting . Psychoeducation. Modern hospice care has led to increase in home based palliative care services, with informal caregivers assuming responsibility for the majority of care. In response, health policy emphasizes the provision of palliative care services in which both patient and care ...


    • [DOC File]LCD for Hospice - Determining Terminal Status (L25678)

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      Patient declines further disease directed therapy. Note: Certain cancers with poor prognoses (e.g., small cell lung cancer, brain cancer and pancreatic cancer) may be hospice eligible without fulfilling the other criteria in this section. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis General Considerations: ALS tends to progress in a linear fashion over time.


    • [DOC File]The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders

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      4. End of life care is considered when the patient is admitted to hospice for oncological needs. It is the expectation that we receive follow-up status at regular intervals including, but not limited to, notice of death or discharge. Tumor Registry – XXXXX utilizes our local CoC Cancer program hospitals as our tumor registry.



    • [DOC File]Hospice Benefits and Phase I Cancer Trials

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      Approximately 180 000 Medicare hospice benefit recipients die of cancer each year, including 75% of persons with liver or brain cancer and one third of persons with colon cancer (16). This is nearly half of all Medicare cancer deaths (17). One cancer center found median survival of 349 patients in phase I trials to be 6.5 months (18).


    • [DOC File]A GRIEF AND BEREAEMENT EXERCISE FOR SMALL GROUPS

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      By: Monica K. Ebberts, Hospice Specialists of Salt Lake City. Based on “A Grief and Bereavement Exercise for Small Groups” by Reverend Ronald R. Peak and Reverend James C. Wooldridge, the Hospice of Marin model and a revision by Hospice, Inc. of Larimer County and Utah Heritage Hospice


    • [DOCX File]Alexandria VA Health Care System

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      Patient perception of hospice, palliative care may adversely affect the benefit of early enrollment. Graphs Days of care in Palliative Care Services Stage IIIB & IV Lung Cancer - 2010 & 2011 0-7 days


    • [DOC File]Imagine that all terminally ill patients spend their final ...

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      The hospice’s governing body is responsible for ensuring the following: (1) That an ongoing program for quality improvement and patient safety is defined, implemented and maintained; (2) That the hospice-wide quality assessment and performance improvement efforts address priorities for improved quality of care and patient safety, and that all ...


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