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This is an X year old man/woman with the hospice diagnosis of Y, and comorbidities of Z. … …
The Hospice Medicare Benefit covers services from doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, nurses’ aides, therapists, social workers, chaplains, and volunteers. Medical equipment, supplies, and medications that are related to the terminal illness are also covered. Respite care is available in an inpatient facility for up to 5 days each month.
Resource: Fast Facts for the Hospice (2017)
This is an X year old man/woman with the hospice diagnosis of Y, and comorbidities of Z. … …
Hospice care is a specialized care specifically tailored to terminally ill patients, who no longer receive curative treatments but aim at providing symptom management for patients with terminal illnesses and support for their families. Hospice patients can receive the Medicare hospice benefit. End-of-life concerns are addressed in a holistic manner, in which patients receive skilled palliative care intervention, and as in hospice settings, the patient and family are considered to be the unit of care. Hospice care can be delivered in the patient’s home, an inpatient hospice unit, a long-term care facility, or other settings. Bereavement services are provided for up to 1 year after the death of the patient.
Resource: Fast Facts for the Hospice (2017)
Happiness is something
we create in our mind,
It’s not something you search for
and so seldom find–
It’s just waking up
and beginning the day
By counting our blessings
and kneeling to pray–
It’s giving up thoughts
that breed discontent
And accepting what comes
as a “gift heaven-sent”–
It’s giving up wishing
for things we have not
And making the best of
whatever we’ve got–
It’s knowing that life
is determined for us,
And pursuing out tasks
without fret, fume, or fuss–
For it’s by completing
what God gives us to do
That we find real contentment
and happiness, too.
Great is the power
of might and mind,
But Only Love
Can Make Us Kind …
And all we are
or hope to be
is empty pride
and vanity …
if love is not
a part of all,
The Greatest Man
Is Very Small!
Trouble is something no one can escape,
Everyone has it in some form or shape–
