Housing Insecurity a Threat to Seniors, Poses a Risk for Hospice Providers
Hospice News
JULY 7, 2022
Dying in America is expensive, putting some patients at risk of losing their homes. The issue of unstable housing has a direct impact on patients’ health care choices and outcomes, including ??a higher incidence of aggressive treatments in their final days. The depletion of a family’s financial resources is a greater predictor of aggressive treatment at the end of life than patient preferences or demographic factors, a 2016 study concluded.
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