The word "hospice" is not typically capitalized unless it is part of a proper noun or at the beginning of a sentence.

Bedridden patients should be turned or repositioned every 2 hours to prevent pressure ulcers and promote circulation. However, the frequency of changing bedding will depend on the patient's individual needs and level of incontinence. It is important to consult with healthcare professionals for specific recommendations for each patient.

This is directly from the Medicare and You 2009 book concerning Hospice Care: For people with a terminal illness who are expected to live 6 months or less (as certified by a doctor). Coverage may include drugs (for pain relief and symptom management), medical, nursing, social services, and other covered services as well as services not usually covered by Medicare (like grief counseling). Hospice care is usually given in your home (or other facility like a nursing home) by a Medicare-approved hospice. Medicare covers some short-term inpatient stays (for pain and symptom management that requires an inpatient stay) in a Medicare-approved facility, such as a hospice facility, hospital, or skilled nursing facility. Medicare also covers inpatient respite care (care given to a hospice patient so that the usual caregiver can rest). You can stay in a Medicare-approved facility up to 5 days each time you get respite care. Medicare may pay for covered services for health problems that aren't related to your terminal illness. You can continue to get hospice care as long as the hospice medical director or hospice doctor recertifies that you are terminally ill. You can view the entire book here: http://www.medicare.gov/Publications/Pubs/pdf/10050.pdf

The average time is probably about 3 months in hospice.

when you or your family feels that it is the proper time for your love one to need the help. hospice will evaluate and talk to the doctor to see if it is the right time for them to come in and help. if youre not sure it doesnt hurt to give them a simple phone call to see. hospice people are great people and they have aot to offer to your loved one whos ill. the sooner they can come in to help, usually the better the outcome. its not only about them helping your loved one either...its helping you all as a family understand the transition of what you as a whole and your loved one are going through. hope this is helpful.

Yes, it is possible. It also can cause shallow breathing. I doses above the recommended levels it can cause breathing to stop and possible death.

In the United States, a certified registered nurse anesthetist can earn $200,000 or more. The average yearly salary is $160,000.

Not necessarily. Hospice and Palliative care are somewhat entwined. Someone with a possibly terminal illness, can benefit from Palliative care, in the sense that the symptoms and care options can be addressed to a specific patient. Rather than a general prognosis/treatment of the disease.

No, in the hospice I worked at we also took people who needed a lot of care after treatment.

I have heard ranges from 90,000 to 180,000 for recruiting new pallaitive care MD's

The basic qualification for hospice care is that the patient must be diagnosed with a terminal illness, i.e., a illness for which the patient is not expected to last more than six months. The patient must also be in acceptance of his terminal disorder and to accept such care with a focus on comfort and quality of life, rather than treatment and cure.

Yes, a person can be removed from hospice based on the DPOA request.

Hospice of Cincinnati provides care for those that are considered to be not long for this world. They provide comfort care, talking with the patients, providing basic medical care, and doing whatever they can to allow comfort in the patient's hour of need.

The first Hospice was set up by Christian nuns in 1900 in Ireland

It refers to the law or regulation that allows an individual to set up, in legal form, the particular circumstances under which they would not wish to have their life prolonged. It is usually (but not always) associated with a Medical Power of Attorney ,and is (supposedly) binding on any caregiver.

A "hospital" is a place where people go to get some medical treatment when they are sick or injured. Most major cities have several hospitals. When you go to a hospital, you generally hope to come back alive. When you go to a 'hospice', on the other hand, you go with no such hope. One generally goes to a hospice knowing he/she is going to die. A hospice is a special hospital where people who are terminally ill get admitted. These people have no hope of being cured. So, unlike a hospital, a hospice not only takes care of the medical needs of a patient, but also looks after his emotional needs. The focus here is on keeping people as comfortable as possible - both physically and emotionally. By the way, the final "pice" in 'hospice' rhymes with the words "miss" and "kiss". The final 'e' is silent and the main stress is on the first syllable. Here are a few examples.

Your physician will refer you to hospice if he feels he cannot do much about your condition and doesn't expect you to live for more than six months.

Traditional hospital medicine is medicine related to hospital care. Hospital care means any aspect of caring for someone in the hospital setting, whether the person is expected to recover and be released, sent to another facility, or is expected not to live. Hospital care is geared toward the treatment and possible cure of an illness or ailment, with the hope that the person will recover.

On the other hand, hospice care is the care of a person who has been diagnosed with terminal illness, and expects there not to be a cure for it. Therefore the hospice patient is receiving care that is geared toward ultimate comfort and improvement of quality of life during those final days or months of his life. This type of care is known as palliative care, or comfort care.

It should be noted that not all palliative care is geared towards hospice patients: to care could also be geared toward patients who have a chronic condition that is also not curable, such as someone with cerebral palsy.

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That is correct but not most of the time is a hospice nurse treating dying patients. The hospice nurse is actually a home health aid that comes and does everthing in a hospital but in your home cooking, cleaning, grocery shopping, bathing, brushing teeth etc.. Not only is there a unique bond with the patient to nurse but there is also an optinal chance for you to have a therapist come and talk to you about the nurse and everything. Hospic is a really nice place and people are very friendly that work there. I respect them a lot! A hospice nurse does everything a regular nurse does in terms of administering medications, charting the patients progress and generally caring for the patient. The difference is that hospice patients are terminally ill, so there's an added dimension of being able to care for someone who is clearly dying. That requires a good deal of character, compassion and understanding.

Hospice nurses, unlike others nurses, have to show decline or patients in order for them to remain on hospice care. In most nursing specialties, nurses must show improvement. Hospice nurses also work with interdisciplinary teams and treat the family as well as the patient.

A social worker has to be patient, loving and deeply compassionate. They also have to be able to keep going under extremely stressful situations.