Author: Frank Davis

After working in the healthcare field for over ten years, Frank Davis has developed considerable expertise and offers you valuable insights into the industry through blogs. He has published blogs for Hospice Valley, Senior Home Care, and 24 Hour Care, and in his leisure time, Frank enjoys reading and writing.

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What Are the Four Levels of Hospice Care

As of 2018, there were 1.55 million Medicare recipients receiving hospice care within the United States. This is a figure that has been increasing by around 4% annually. However, not all hospice care recipients are getting the same kind of care. There are four levels of hospice care, namely routine home care, continuous home...

Who Qualifies for Hospice Care

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Hospice care has a vital role to play at the late stage of a patient's life who is suffering from a terminal illness. The patient and their family will get to benefit from the services and support hospice care provides. By identifying when a patient is eligible for hospice early on, there is a...

Who Pays For Hospice Care at Home?

If you or a loved one is ever in need of hospice care, you should not skip out on it due to concerns about affording it. That is because Medicare hospice coverage is available to almost everyone. This coverage plan, which is under Part A of Medicare, includes all of the services you will...

What Are the Most Common Hospice Diagnosis?

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Hospice care has only been around since 1948. Only since 1982 has hospice care been covered under Medicare. In the early days of hospice care, patients with terminal cancer were the bulk of those who received it. However, things have changed, and patients with a wide range of other terminal illnesses meet the criteria...

Can Medicare Take Your Assets to Pay For Hospice?

Some people believe that in California Medicare has the power to seize their assets to pay for hospice. You may be relieved to learn that this is simply untrue. Medicare is a federal health insurance program aimed at helping people who are either 65 years old or older, as well as certain younger folks who...

Coping With Grief and Loss When a Loved One Is in Hospice

Entry into hospice is a family event. If you're helping a loved one to make the transition, you may be experiencing a host of overwhelming emotions that range from sadness to anger. This is very typical and expected. If your family is among the more than 1.4 million families that help a loved one...

How Long Do Hospice Patients Live

How long do hospice patients live? This is a question that friends and family of loved ones in hospice care want to know the answer to. What you learn may surprise you, especially since there is a significant difference between a doctor's prediction and what the reality is. What Studies Have Found Several studies have come...

Medicare and Hospice Care

Hospice care is for those who have a terminal illness, and their life expectancy is 6 months or less. When someone goes into hospice care, we attend to both the patient and their family’s physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. The goal of hospice care is to provide symptom and pain management care outside of...

Hospice Nutrition – End of Life Nutrition

Hospice Nutrition - Elderly woman and caregiver at a table eating

Once a patient enters hospice care, they no longer need to eat or drink as many foods or liquids as they used to. The body is slowing down its metabolism, which makes actions like forcing food and liquids to somebody in hospice care become detrimental in easing their suffering. While some believe that eating...

Hospice vs Palliative Care: What’s the Difference

Two roads in forest, hospice vs palliative care

If either you or someone you know has faced a severe illness, you have probably heard the terms palliative care and hospice care used. While both of these terms refer to a level of comfort and relief provided to a patient, there are some critical differences in hospice vs palliative care. To receive the...

How To Recognize When A Loved One Is Dying

Adult siblings crying after their dead father

We all have one thing in common. Death! It is an undeniable truth of our life. However, seeing your loved one on death bed can feel like a blast straight in your heart. What’s even more painful is waiting for their peaceful departure to the heavens without knowing how much time they have left...

7 Effective Ways Hospice Family Can Cope With Stress

Lady sitting down stressed out about Hospice Care

Seeing your mom, dad, spouse, or other loved ones go through hospice care can be painful. The emotional suffering of knowing that eventually it will be time to depart can be overwhelming. The physical challenges of constant caregiving to your loved one can also add more water to the bucket. While trying to provide...

Hospice Care: Essentials of communication while approaching the patient

Daughter communicating with hospice care parent

Communication with a person undergoing hospice care is an essential component of the overall quality of care being delivered in a hospice care facility. The quality of support provided depends on the choice of words taken to communicate with a person.1 As hospice care aims to provide maximal comfort and support to the person...

Families Are Waiting Too Long to Use Hospice Care

In the United States today, there are over 1.5 million patients receiving hospice care. Shockingly, 34.5% of those patients die within a week of receiving it. When a study was conducted in 2000 to find out how many Medicare beneficiaries were receiving hospice care upon the time of death, the number was at just...

A Hospice Care Guide for Patients and Their Loved Ones

Hospice is a special kind of healthcare for patients with certified prognosis of 6 months or less — typically in the final stages of an incurable disease. Since a cure is not feasible, the aim of hospice care is to manage the patient’s symptoms to keep them as comfortable as possible without making any hopeless...

11 Signs It May Be Time For Hospice

Home Health Aide Assisting Hospice Patient and Family

When someone suffers from a terminal illness, they experience significant pain and symptoms. Knowing what to expect and how to recognize certain signs can help them receive effective treatment or assistance. According to a study, hospice patients report high satisfaction levels with hospice care services. Families who were less satisfied believed that they received hospice...

What Is Hospice Care – Everything You Need to Know

Patient with family receiving hospice care

Hospice care is becoming increasingly important as the Baby Boomer generation ages and enters its sunset years. There is around a 5% increase annually in the number of Medicare beneficiaries receiving hospice care. When there is a terminal illness being faced, hospice care becomes a welcoming option for many. Here is what you should...

Hospicio en Español Para Hispanos y Latinos Los Angeles, CA

Enfrentar una enfermedad terminal es un viaje desafiante tanto para los pacientes como para sus familias. Para las comunidades hispanas y latinas, los valores culturales, las barreras lingüísticas y los posibles malentendidos pueden agregar complejidades adicionales a una situación ya difícil. El cuidado de hospicio, con su enfoque en brindar comodidad, dignidad y apoyo...


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Author: Frank Davis

Entries by Frank Davis

What Are the Four Levels of Hospice Care

Who Qualifies for Hospice Care

Who Pays For Hospice Care at Home?

What Are the Most Common Hospice Diagnosis?

Can Medicare Take Your Assets to Pay For Hospice?

Coping With Grief and Loss When a Loved One Is in Hospice

How Long Do Hospice Patients Live

Medicare and Hospice Care

Hospice Nutrition – End of Life Nutrition

Hospice vs Palliative Care: What’s the Difference

How To Recognize When A Loved One Is Dying

7 Effective Ways Hospice Family Can Cope With Stress

Hospice Care: Essentials of communication while approaching the patient

Families Are Waiting Too Long to Use Hospice Care

A Hospice Care Guide for Patients and Their Loved Ones

11 Signs It May Be Time For Hospice

What Is Hospice Care – Everything You Need to Know

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