Word Finder - hospice

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A lodging for pilgrims or the destitute, normally provided by a monastic order.

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The provision of palliative care for terminally ill patients, either at a specialized facility or at a residence, and support for the family, typically refraining from taking extraordinary measures to prolong life.

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A specialized facility or organization offering palliative care for the terminally ill.

In 1870 a hospice for poorer pilgrims was erected.

At last the hospice was finished and the cave opened for inspection.

How much money do you need to build the new hospice?

The healthcare facilities also provide hospice care when needed.

A childrenâs hospice is not a sad place; it is a place for living.

A SECOND children's hospice for Scotland WILL be built with the money raised by Sunday Post readers.

Opened in 1992 the hospice is now acknowledged as providing the highest quality specialist palliative and support care in North Hampshire.

He shares his insights, as a hospice chaplain into the fundamental needs of human connection and how he connects with dying people.

A hospice which opposes euthanasia advertises for a medical director.

The Volunteer Team We aim to hold regular volunteer team get-togethers where you can find out about any new developments at the Hospice.

A member of the Chaplaincy Team visits the hospice each day.

The charity also helps the voluntary hospices to provide training for colleagues outside the movement working in the hospice's local area.

Tea at Three is a new nation-wide event to raise money for hospice care, co-ordinated by national hospice charity Help the Hospices.

It was the second NHS palliative care hospice in the country.

Bobby Jones is one of several social workers employed by the Hospice.

While visiting her at home and in the hospice she radiated a great warmth and kindness.

A SINGING detective from Glasgow is hoping to strum up a major boost for our hospice appeal.

Morfa Bychan on the coast has a hospice with a well timbered roof, which is now the lounge bar of a caravan site.

He supports medical research for autism and terminally ill children, most notably the charity Demelza House Children's Hospice.

All of the proceeds benefited Children's Hospice and Palliative Care Coalition and its goal to improve care for critically ill children.

Founded in 1976 in New Jersey, the organization puts dogs in the places that people need them most -- hospice care, hospitals for both adults and children, and assisted living facilities.

Types of searchable caregivers include transportation, companionships, medical or hospice care.

There are also some continuing care retirement communities that have various healthcare services as well as hospice services.

Part A - Known as hospital insurance, Part A covers care in a hospital, hospice, skilled nursing facility and home health care.

It also covers critical care access and hospice care.

Critical care and hospice care are also covered.

Now, however, these families can turn to a perinatal hospice for support during a heartbreaking time.

A perinatal hospice is like its adult counterpart in that it seeks to give every dying individual a comfortable and dignified death without deliberately prolonging or shortening the his or her natural life.

Pregnant women and their families are ideally referred to hospice care soon after they receive the news that their baby will not survive.

Hospice personnel can help parents begin to understand the implications of their baby's diagnosis and their own feelings of fear, loss, and anger.

The hospice workers can also begin assisting the parents with more practical concerns, including pregnancy and birth planning, funeral arrangements, and making hospital staff aware of the family's wishes for their medical care.

In addition to the emotional and practical support already mentioned, a perinatal hospice can provide home care if the baby does survive for a while after birth.

The hospice's social workernhelps the family work through emotional issues, but can also refer the family to other social service organizations as needs arise.

For some families, a complicated pregnancy and birth may be a financial burden, and the hospice social worker can refer to local or national organizations that provide financial or other practical assistance.

Parents generally prepare a birth plan with the help of perinatal hospice workers that identifies how they'd like the birth and aftercare handled.

The hospice staff will likely urge the parents to spend as much time as possible with their baby while he or she is alive, forgoing routine procedures that would usually separate mother and baby after birth.

Not every hospital has a separate hospice service for expectant families, although some may offer additional services for families who have lost babies or children.

Some families choose a hospital for delivery based on the presence of a perinatal hospice program.

For example, a family whose mother, father or grandparent is in hospice or a nursing home?

If you are a patient or family member of someone who has been diagnosed with an incurable disease, you may be considering the possibility of hospice care and wondering how hospice regulations affect you.

In the United States, the federal government first started regulating hospice care under the Social Security Act.

Over time as the concept of agency-based hospice, rather than volunteer-based hospice care grew, the government began to establish more regulations about the day to day management of hospice agencies.

Most importantly to the consumer, the government began defining what an agency must offer in order to use the term "hospice care."

The current federal regulations, as provided in the Federal Register, list hundreds of requirements that an agency must fulfill in order to be reimbursed for hospice care under the Medicare Act.

Allowing local hospice providers to determine how they work with families to secure a definition of "family care" for each household.

Requiring each hospice to complete a written plan of care for each patient.

Although the Federal Government creates the regulations that are used to govern the reimbursement of hospice organizations for care they give patients on Medicare, it is up to the state to certify individual hospice agencies.

Each state's Department of Health and Human Services conducts inspections of each hospice agency.

Your hospice agency should be willing to provide you a copy of their latest inspection report; however, they are not required by law to do so.

You might be concerned that the hospice agency providing care for you or your family member is not providing the assistance you need, or you might have a complaint about the manner in which the care is provided.