Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Many people living with serious medical illnesses also suffer from comorbid behavioral health issues,” the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) indicated in a 2020 report. I know how helpless physicians and nurse practitioners can feel when confronted with patients struggling with dementia.

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Hospice News

APRIL 17, 2023

This is up from 1,700 patients in three states in 2020. Smith said Prospero’s global measure of success is providing more days for patients at home, rather than keeping them in hospitals, nursing homes or rehab facilities. That will lead to better hospice care, which will lead to lower end-of-life costs.”

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.”

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