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Palliative Care vs. Hospice Care: Understanding the Key Differences

Seasons Hospice

Hospice Care is most commonly provided in the home, but can also be accessed in dedicated hospice facilities or nursing homes. Type of Treatments Involved Palliative Care may include curative or life-prolonging treatments, depending on the patient’s goals.

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Palace of Care – Confusion

Palliverse

If further deterioration occurred we would keep the patient for end of life care. We agreed that CPR would be inappropriate as well as other life-prolonging treatments. Or maybe it was the continued progression of the disease. Everything had worsened the next day despite the medication changes we had made.

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How Long Can You Be in Palliative Care?

Seasons Hospice

Similarly, individuals with multiple chronic conditions that require ongoing management may need to remain in palliative care for longer periods than those who do not have any other health issues. Advanced directives can also provide direction on how long someone should remain in palliative care.

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Understanding the Variability in Care of Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia

GeriPal

Ruth: Then in their values … interesting thing was that we found that all nursing homes, regardless of intensity, wanted to keep people with advanced dementia in the facility, and provide end of life care in the facility. It’s Forced to Choose: When Medicare Policy Disrupts End of Life Care.