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How Health Literacy, Education Influences a Patients’ Hospice Experience

Hospice News

Providing education and fostering health literacy among the seriously ill, their families and surrogate decision makers is crucial to ensuring a positive patient experience in hospice care. When it comes to the patient experience in hospice care, what do you see are the biggest problems or barriers that need to be addressed?

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Bereaved Families Face ‘Devastating’ Impacts of Hospice Fraud

Hospice News

The impacts of fraudulent activity in hospice on patients and their families can be devastating,” Kraus told Hospice News. Family caregivers are among those with some of the greatest unmet bereavement needs, according to a study published in the Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care.

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Hastening Death by Stopping Eating and Drinking: Hope Wechkin, Thaddeus Pope, & Josh Briscoe

GeriPal

To delve into these questions, we spoke with Hope Wechkin, medical director of EvergreenHealth home hospice, who authored an article describing a process of Minimal Comfort Feeding (MCF) for patients who have expressed an interest in not wanting to live with advanced dementia. Who do you give informed consent to?

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