By 2020, it’s been projected that 40% of Americans will die in nursing homes. More than 70% of people say that they would want to die at home. More people are going to need Hospice. There could be a time in your life when Hospice might cross your path. Hospice has to be one of […]
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Hospice care is care for people who are no longer seeking a cure or treatment for their disease. The goal of hospice care is to provide the highest quality of life for a person for whatever time remains in their life. Generally a person who receives hospice care has been diagnosed with six months or […]
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This year thousands of people will suffer from a life threatening or terminal illness and not receive the help available to them through a hospice program. There are many reasons for this. One primary reason is that families do not want to bring up the word “hospice” to their loved ones because they feel it […]
She died at 9:43 PM in a hospital bed in 1962. Visiting hours had ended, and the family had been shooed from her room more than an hour earlier. The grandchildren never got to say goodbye. The telephone, bearer of bad news, was ringing when they got home. These days, the availability of hospice care […]