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2. Hospice Care - Your Questions Answered - WebMD

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   On the Internet, you can go to the website of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. You can call the NHPCO at 800-658-8898. For languages other than English, call 877-658-8896 ...

3. What Is Hospice Care? - Healthline

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   Hospice is medical care designed for the end of someone’s life. The purpose of hospice is to improve the quality of life that’s left. Hospice provides pain and other symptom relief, as well as ...

4. Hospice care in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Hospices can be small community-based operations, part of regional and national corporations, or part of a hospital or other health system. Data from the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization indicated that in 2008 58.3% of hospice agencies were independent, with 20.8% based in hospitals, 19.7% geared for home health care and 1.3% ...

5. Palliative Care: What It Is, Examples, Benefits, More

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   Bottom line. Palliative care is a growing field of medicine. It aims to improve the quality of life of people with serious or life-altering illnesses. Each person’s care varies but can involve ...

6. National Association for Home Care & Hospice - Wikipedia

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   The National Association for Home Care & Hospice is an association for providers of hospice care in the United States. It represents 33,000 home care and hospice organizations and is based in Washington DC. Bill Dombi is the president. The organization claims that most Medicare Advantage insurers do not appreciate the value of home-based care.

7. Home health nursing - Wikipedia

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   Home health nursing. Home health is a nursing specialty in which nurses provide multidimensional [1] home care to patients of all ages. Home health care is a cost efficient way to deliver quality care in the convenience of the client's home. [2] Home health nurses create care plans to achieve goals based on the client's diagnosis.