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The hospice concept: dying as a part of living.
Care of the dying patient is a social problem that hospice attempts to deal with. The concept of death includes a variety of emotions: a sense that death is natural-yet a sense of fear brought about by needs that are unmet.' Hospice attempts to recognize and satisfy the individual's unique needs by training caregivers, family, and volunteers to care for the dying individual spiritually, physically, and socially .(2)
Care of the dying has been traced as far back in history as 475 A.D. to a Roman matron, Fabiola, who opened a place of refuge in Syria for the healthy traveler, for the sick, and for the dying returning from Africa. In the Middle Ages, hospices ...
- HOSPICE HELPS DYING THROUGH THEIR FINAL DAYS
- Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN) April 10, 1988 700+ words
...have benefited from hospice care. In 1988...could benefit from a hospice. She added there are 1,600 hospices throughout the United...organization, Rients said hospice referrals must be...to work with the hospice concept as well as reside...
- HOSPICE ISSUE NOT ONE-SIDED.(Local)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) January 19, 1987 700+ words
...It is simply a fact that hospice and out- patienting terminally...that individual into the hospice track? The letter goes on to say: "Hospices are a response to the need...the patient wants. "The Hospice concept neither requires nor requests...
- As I lay dying: more patients turning to increasingly competitive hospices....
- Magazine article from: San Diego Business Journal Crabtree, Penni May 17, 1993 700+ words
...she died, the hospice health aide...choosing the hospice concept of health care...terminally-ill. Hospice, as much a...The number of hospices in the United...process." The hospice concept began in England...reimbursement for home hospice care took effect...United ...
- Hospice, not hemlock: the medical and moral rebuke to doctor-assisted suicide.
- Magazine article from: Policy Review Loconte, Joe March 1, 1998 700+ words
...physician and medical director at the hospice division of the Palliative CareCenter...Shore, in Evanston, Illinois. "Hospice care helps liberate patients from...truly live until they die." The hospice concept rejects decisions to hasten death...
- Hospice of Integrated Health Services Selects Hospice Foundation of America as...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire December 9, 1998 700+ words
...and utilizing both will enable Hospice of Integrated Health Services to...to use donations to promote the hospice concept of care for terminally ill people...Gallegos, Area Administrator for Hospice of IHS. For Hospice Foundation...
- Dying with dignity: the role hospices play in today's society. (Focus Health...
- Magazine article from: Mississippi Business Journal Kirkland, Elizabeth June 17, 2002 700+ words
...In some cases, hospices provide bereavement...patients' families. Hospices are designated...the focus of the hospice is different from...health agency. The hospice concept came from England...of a patient. Hospices help the patient...
- Terminally ill turn more to hospice care. (Healthcare Watch)
- Magazine article from: Crain's Cleveland Business Santiago, Racquel June 6, 1994 700+ words
...hospice coordinator for Hospice of the Western Reserve...patients don't seek hospice care until they are close to death. But because hospices take into account the...also are troubled by the hospice concept. "Physicians are educated...
- Grief relief: Being part of a hospice care team helps kids deal with death.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) Novit, Mel June 2, 2005 700+ words
...a patient's home. Hospices also have come to realize...for sick kids too. "Hospice is there to help you...Bomberger works with Hospice of the Calumet Area...with grief through the hospice concept. Through the book and...very, very ill." Hospice allows kids to become...
