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Cat: Hospice

Answers to some of the questions most often asked by consumers about hospice. Hospice industry news on legislative affairs, regulatory affairs, research, legal, and public relations. Statistical fact sheets. Field tested, immediately applicable ideas contributing to the success of hospices in the US. Medicare hospice agencey wage indexes. Quality of life index.

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Advance Directives for Psychiatric Care [5452] ?

Discussion and sample form to create psychiatric advance directives

Approaching Death: Improving Care at the End of Life [3923] ?

1997 study from the National Academy of Science on what constitutes good care at the end of life

End of Life Wishes [565] ?

Consumer brochure on communicating end of life wishes

Updated End-of-Life Educational Materials [7842] ?

Guides that answer questions, offer guidance to medical professionals

Facing Death [38605] ?

PBS documentary with educational guides about end-of-life issues

Great Ideas [9050] ?

Field tested, immediately applicable ideas contributing to the success of hospices in the US

GriefNet Library [8562] ?

Articles, poetry, thoughts, ideas, etc. on grieving

Home Care Guide for Advanced Cancer [22559] ?

Online textbook for family and hospice workers caring for persons with advanced cancer at home

Hospice & Palliative Care [5442] ?

A series of consumer guidance brochures on the subject

Hospice & Palliative Care Information [8025] ?

Series of recent articles on end of life care

Hospice Articles [5671] ?

Series of articles on the basics of hospice, coping with death & dying, brereavement

Hospice Association of America [9052] ?

Consumer guides, fact sheets, historical perspectives and other background information

Hospice Foundation of America Articles [5441] ?

Series of articles for consumers related to hospice

Hospice Stats [9048] ?

A collection of pertinent data on hospice care in the United States

How to Select a Hospice Program [9047] ?

Hospice Care: A Consumer's Guide to Selecting a Hospice Program

Medicare Hospice Benefits [pdf] [9049] ?

Basics about hospice care and the medicare benefit

Medicare Hospice Manual [11461] ?

Full text of the manual

Missoula-Vitas Quality of Life Index [5456] ?

Assesssing quality of life in the terminally ill

Model Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act [16201] ?

Recommends state legislation relating to advance health-care directives, powers of attorney, etc.

National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization [5130] ?

Represents hospice and palliative programs and professionals in USA

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization [5451] ?

Provides state-specific advance directive packages that can be downloaded

On Our Own Terms [8160] ?

Moyers on Dying - information from the PBS series

PBS: Moyers on Dying [15720] ?

PBS series on death and dying

The Living Will [12810] ?

A sample living will and information about them

Tool Kit for Health Care Advance Planning [5453] ?

Advice on health care advance directives such as a living will or durable power of attorney for health care

Toolkit of Instruments to Measure End of Life [7794] ?

Contains both validated and draft versions of the Toolkit instruments as resource

With Eyes Open [11571] ?

PBS series on the end of life


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