Hospice care for terminal cancer

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

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      A recent report by the National Cancer Policy Board, an advisory body to the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council, delineates barriers and challenges to integrating palliative care within oncology and calls on cancer researchers to "take a leadership role in modeling the best quality care from diagnosis to death for all Americans ...

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

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      Hospice is a philosophy of care providing medical, emotional, and spiritual care focusing on comfort and quality of life. Good care at the end of life is very expensive. Medicare beneficiaries pay little or nothing for hospice, and most insurance plans, HMOs and managed care plans include hospice coverage.

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    • [DOCX File]Hospice Curriculum / Didactic Guide

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      Physiology of pain – cancer and other terminal diseases. Receptors and neurotransmitters. Assessment tools. Visual Analog Scale (VAS 0-100) ... The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Hospice and Palliative Care Program. Geisinger Health Hospice and Palliative Care Program.

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    • [DOCX File]Staff Nurse Hospice Paramedic Job Description

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      including Dementia, Cancer, Organ Failure (end stages) and Neurological conditions who are referred/refer themselves to Hospice in the Weald. This list is not extensive. Act as a practical and advisory resource to other professions on Hospice palliative care issues, including physical, psychological, social, spiritual support and bereavement care.

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    • [DOCX File]Care and support through terminal illness | Marie Curie

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      The Marie Curie Hospice, Cardiff and the Vale provides specialist palliative care for adults living with any terminal illness. Our purpose is to promote and maintain the best quality of life and offer high quality end-of-life care.

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    • [DOCX File]HOSPICE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

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      The Medicare hospice benefit was created in 1982 primarily to serve terminally-ill cancer patients. Based on this success, hospices have now greatly expanded their end-of-life care expertise to include caring for terminally ill Americans with other diagnoses such as congestive heart failure, dementia, and lung disease. ... If a patient is on ...

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    • [DOC File]ST GEORGE’S

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      The Hospice provides specialist palliative care for both cancer and non malignant conditions (such as end stage organ failure, MND, etc.) Admissions are considered broadly within three categories, symptom control (both physical and non-physical), respite and terminal care.

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

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      1 Demo *Program 1-Hospice 2-Palliative 2 Demo *Primary Level of care 1-Routine Home Care 2-General inpatient 3-Respite 4-Continuous Home Care 3 Demo *Primary Payer 1-Medicare 2-Medicaid 3-Private Insurance 4-Private Pay 5-Other 4 Demo Primary Physical Location 1-Home 2-SNF 3-Hospice Facil 4-Asst. Living 5-Hospital 5 Demo *If physical location ...

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

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      On the other hand, patients in the terminal stage of their illness who originally qualify for the Medicare hospice benefit but stabilize or improve while receiving hospice care, yet have a reasonable expectation of continued decline for a life expectancy of less than six months, remain eligible for hospice care.

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