Hospice Management Advisor articles from April 2003

Hospice Management Advisor archives from April 2003

Combined palliative care and medical care in hospice's future? `Hospices are as close or as far as they want to be'.
April 1, 2003... For the past 20 years, hospices have operated under the Hospice Medicare Benefit model--people get sick and exhaust their curative options, and a hospice is there waiting to take care of them. Hospices, like other health care providers, are...

Concurrent care makes good business sense: facilitating provision of full hospice care.
April 1, 2003... Twenty years ago, hospices broke into the Medicare market with the Hospice Medicare benefit, a bold move by many hospices to elect a per diem payment for care of a patient whose cost of care could exceed the total of per diem payments. ...

`Simultaneous care' may be in hospice's future: don't force patients to make the terrible choice. (Hospice Trends).
April 1, 2003... A report issued late last year by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Promoting Excellence national program office in Missoula, MT, highlights some provocative new directions for end-of-life care policy and financing. Drawn from the experience...

Be aware of family limitations: culture, depth of loss must be understood. (Guest Column).
April 1, 2003... (Editor's note: This the final installment of a series on understanding the family dynamic and addressing its challenges. Last month, columnist Robin McMahon focused on defining a family at end of life.) The term "cultural diversity" is...

Seminar takes sensitivity into homes of clients: home staff must respect customs, religious beliefs.
April 1, 2003... A culturally insensitive remark to the grandchild of a patient not only resulted in the home care nurse being thrown out of the home, but also resulted in a major change in the way the home care and hospice program of Catholic Health Service...

Cultural diversity resources.
April 1, 2003... * The Henry Ford Health System Multicultural Resource Guide contains background, family, social, food, spiritual, and health practice information on more than 20 cultural, racial, and religious groups. Copies of the book can be purchased for...

Hospice Management Advisor reader survey.
April 1, 2003... In an effort to learn more about the professionals who read Hospice Management Advisor, we are conducting this reader survey. The results will be used to enhance the content and format of the newsletter. Instructions: Mark the appropriate...