End-of-life care Life-prolonging treatment Medicare 
Seasons Hospice
APRIL 22, 2025
Type of Treatments Involved Palliative Care may include curative or life-prolonging treatments, depending on the patient’s goals. Hospice Care excludes curative treatments and instead focuses entirely on symptom relief and emotional/spiritual support.
GeriPal
MARCH 10, 2022
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.
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