Hospice Management Advisor articles from April 2002

Hospice Management Advisor archives from April 2002

Consumers want EOL consultations at diagnosis of life-limiting disease: NHPCO calls upon providers, policy-makers to meet patients' demands.(end of life; National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization)
April 1, 2002... More than two decades ago, hospices were on the fringe of the health care consumer's consciousness, a feel-good movement rooted in caring for those whom traditional health care providers could no longer help. While hospices have a long way to...

`Build on what is working,' hospice leaders maintain: report calls for early consultations.
April 1, 2002... In a recent survey conducted by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) of Alexandria, VA, and Harris Interactive of Rochester, NY, nearly nine out of 10 Americans said they endorsed a consultation with end-of-life experts...

Journey's End continues to promote EOL care: project educates public, providers.(end of life care)
April 1, 2002... Selling the notion of palliative care to the public, including health care providers, may result in increased awareness about end-of-life care. That's the hope, at least. Certainly, it's been no easy task given how little end-of-life training...

Hypnotherapy is no longer just a party trick: hospices can use it to relieve pain and grief.
April 1, 2002... When sane people -- those who believe with certainty that Elvis isn't working as a short-order cook in a Memphis diner -- hear the word "hypnosis," it is likely to conjure up a spooky-looking man sporting a goatee and dangling his pocket watch...

Study: minorities lack access to palliative care: those most in need are being left behind.
April 1, 2002... Although numerous initiatives have been launched nationwide to improve the care of terminally ill and chronically ill patients, disturbing evidence is emerging that the patients most in need of good palliative care are not getting it. "We...

Early Alzheimer's care could reduce costs. (News From the End of Life).
April 1, 2002... In one of the largest national studies of its kind, University of California-Los Angeles researchers found that both caregiver and patient health care costs dramatically rise as symptoms worsen in patients with Alzheimer's disease. The...