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Hospice Doctor Helps Families Navigate The End Of Life : NPR
Each week, Weekend Edition Sunday host Rachel Martin brings listeners an unexpected side of the news by talking with someone personally affected by the stories making headlines. Dr. David Casarett is...
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The Space Between
The Space Between.Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Africa, culture, hospice, movie
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A Hospice Nurse’s Experience of Assisted Suicide | GeriPal – Geriatrics and...
Things just seem “different” when someone “prematurely” dies. Regardless of my own feelings about what is right or wrong, moral or ethical, with what many people refer to as “physician assisted death”;...
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Federal Register | Medicare Program; FY 2014 Hospice Wage Index and Payment...
This final rule updates the hospice payment rates and the wage index for fiscal year (FY) 2014, and continues the phase out of the wage index budget neutrality adjustment factor (BNAF). via Federal...
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Requirements for Hospices Contracting with Long Term Care Facilities —...
Question: What was August 26, 2013? Answer: The deadline for compliance with new CMS regulations pertaining to the provision of hospice care in contracted Long Term Care (LTC) facilities. via...
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Why hospice is special to me
My friends envy the extended visits I have with patients where I learn about their family and friends and, by doing so, also learn about their goals and fears. The time I am permitted to invest in my...
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Sleep Disturbance, Chronic Stress, and Depression in Hospice Nurses: Testing...
Additional longitudinal study is needed to investigate the effectiveness of CBT-I interventions to improve self-care among hospice nurses who are at high risk for compassion fatigue and, subsequently,...
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Thoughts at 39,000 feet | hairforhospices
I am writing this as I return from a UN-based meeting in the USA following up on the meeting at which I was invited to talk about the first Hair for Hospices in 2012. Many remembered my presentation...
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OIG Recommends More Hospice Surveys — blog.weatherbee.net
The OIG continues to recommend that CMS increase the frequency of hospice recertification surveys. On August 29, 2013 the OIG published a new hospice report (OEI-06-13-00130) entitled the Frequency...
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NHPCO Updater: Royalties from New Book by Judith Fox to Benefit Hospice
On September 3, a new book was released by the award-winning photographer and author, Judith Fox. One Foot Forward: Stories and Faces of Widows and Widowers explores the poignant stories and portraits...
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