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Hospice care
Hospice care services are designed to provide care and support for those who are near death but not seeking any other life-promoting medical intervention.
Dr. Jeff Livingston reviewed this
24 year experience in Obstetrics and Gynecology
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What is hospice care?
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Is hospice care passionate?
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Hello doctors, what does hospice care really mean?
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A 43-year old female asked:
How does hospice work? Who decides when to put a patient in hospice care?
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Who provides hospice care? Cnas?
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What are different types of hospice care?
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At what point does a person do hospice care?
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A 34-year old asked:
Please tell me what does "hospice care" mean?
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A 29-year old asked:
What are some of the benefits for hospice care?
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A 42-year old asked:
I need your expertise, is hospice care only for nurses?
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A 41-year old asked:
Could hospice care mean that it's the final care for someone before they die?
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A 60-year old male asked:
What factors are used to determine hospice care? When can hospice care be removed (but not death). Person under hospice for almost a year now.
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Where can I find a good hospice care provider?
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Does hospice care offer full-time nursing care?
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How is hospice care tailored to a dying person's needs?
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A 44-year old asked:
Will I stop getting all medical treatment when i'm under hospice care?
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A 43-year old asked:
What could hospice care do for cancer patients?
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A 39-year old asked:
Could stage four hep c qualify me for hospice care?
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A 37-year old asked:
Is long term hospital care the same thiing as hospice care?
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Please explain what does hospice care do for cancer patients?
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Would you preferentially select a hospital based if they offered hospice care services?
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A 40-year old asked:
My mother is in hospice care; how to know when death is near?
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A 40-year old asked:
What are the differences between subacute care, outpatient care, hospice care, home health care?
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A member asked:
Hi my dad is in hospice care becasue of infected tissue infection that will not heal, What signs do I look out for that will indicate his passing?
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A 60-year old male asked:
Dementia pt had aspiration, back on o2, to be bed bound, very robust appetite now plummeted, has hospice care of some kind. What does this portend?
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A 60-year old male asked:
Pt d/c'd to facility, hospice care, to be bed bound. Why? Appears to have made come back and is walking tho may be unsteady. Reasons for not walking?
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A 40-year old asked:
Can I keep my family doctor if I am under hospice care?
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A 60-year old male asked:
Pt w/asp pneumonia, ave stay is 6 days, but hospital only 3 days, o2 and antibiotics 2 days, back to facility w/some hospice care. Was pt written off?
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A 63-year old male asked:
In general, what can be some treatment options, besides palliative hospice care, for stage 4 pancreas cancer and extensive liver mets?
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A 38-year old female asked:
My mom has small cell lung cancer and hospice care has been called in its spread to both lungs already. She is in severe pain. How long does she have?
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