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2. What to Expect When Your Loved One Is Dying - WebMD

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   Hospice Care. When your loved one's health care team recognizes that they are likely within 6 months of dying, they may recommend switching to hospice.Hospice can offer specialized care for people ...

3. Palliative Care vs. Hospice: How Do They Differ? - Healthline

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   Palliative care is an option as soon as you receive a diagnosis of a serious, life-altering condition. Hospice care, on the other hand, isn’t available until a doctor evaluates a timeline for ...

4. That Good Night: Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour

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   ISBN. 9780735223325. That Good Night: Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour is a 2019 memoir written by Sunita Puri, a palliative care physician who chronicles her experiences with helping terminally-ill patients and their family members make end-of-life decisions. [1] She further explores the dichotomy between modern medicine and palliative ...

5. Hospice and Palliative Care: What’s the Difference? - WebMD

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   It’s about easing pain and helping families prepare for the end of life. Palliative care is part of that, but it’s just one part. People in hospice care generally are expected to have less ...

6. Alzheimer’s Care at the End of Life - WebMD

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   There are also special hospice homes and care centers. Families who choose hospice or palliative care at the end of life are usually more satisfied with the quality of their loved one’s medical ...

7. Christine Longaker - Wikipedia

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   Christine Longaker. Christine Longaker is the former director of the Hospice of Santa Cruz County (California) and is considered a pioneer in the hospice movement. She has provided trainings in caring for the dying around the world since 1978. She co-designed Naropa University ’s accredited training in ‘Contemplative End-of-Life Care’, [1 ...

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

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   Like palliative care, hospice is focused on a person’s overall comfort, including their emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being. In fact, hospice is considered a form of palliative care.

9. American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

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   Official Web site [1] The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) is a professional organization for physicians specializing in Hospice and Palliative Medicine, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Membership is open to all health care providers committed to improving the care of patients with serious or life-threatening ...