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The Value of Hospice Care in a Nursing Home.

Posted on January 30, 2014 Aaron Bodie

By: Tracey Mayleben-Shoop, Transitional Care Program Director for Assisted Home Care and Hospice Hospice is comprehensive care for patients with terminal illnesses. The focus of Hospice is to provide compassionate end of life care through a team of hospice professionals, when the patient has 6 months or less to live. Hospice Care is covered thru…

The Medicare Hospice Benefit

Posted on September 5, 2013 Aaron Bodie

By: Sherry Netherland, Director of Special Projects for Assisted Healthcare Services Hospice care is more than the care of the terminally ill. At Assisted, Hospice care is not about dying, but in fact, it is about helping the patient live a quality life for as long as possible. Our main focus is quality care so…

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Hospice – A Service and a Philosophy

Posted on September 6, 2012 Aaron Bodie

By: Sherry Netherland, Director of Special Projects for Assisted Healthcare Services Hospice is both a service and a philosophy. Hospice embraces that quality of life is much more important than quantity and emphasizes caring rather than curing. The primary goal of hospice care is to provide comprehensive care to the terminally ill and their families,…

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Advance Directives – The Time to Discuss is BEFORE You Need Them

Posted on March 15, 2012 Aaron Bodie

By: Sherry Netherland, Director of Special Projects for Assisted Healthcare Services Before you prepare your advance directives: Decide what types of treatment you would want or would not want. If you are now ill, Get information on the types of life-sustaining treatments that are available. Share your end-of-life wishes and preferences with your loved ones (See The Five…

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