Most discussions about hospice center around the holistic treatments and therapies that allow a loved one to face their last days with some assemblance of dignity. It is also important to note that a patients continuing medical care is also a large part of hospice services. Hospice and Medical Care Hospice caregivers work hand in [...]

Recent studies show that more than 25 percent of all Americans will die in a nursing home. Nursing home residents die from the same causes as the general population, including heart disease, diabetes, cancer and other illnesses. However, nursing home patients often have other, more specialized diseases that caused them to require nursing home care, [...]

Patients residing in long term care facilities, often called sanatorium, institutions, or sanitarium, should not be overlooked by the advantages that a hospice program can provide with facing the end of life. Working together with the staff at the long term care facility, hospice teams can provide important added services including expert pain management and [...]