Hospice & Palliative Care
Hospice vs Palliative Care
Choosing Between Hospice Care & Palliative Care: An In-depth Look at Your Options
Recently I wrote an article for family members of patients who could benefit from hospice care and/or palliative care, in which I discussed the factors that physicians must consider in referring hospice or pal... Read entire article »
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Hospice & Palliative Care: Where's the Common Ground?
Receiving “The News”
A person faced with a new diagnosis that is life-limiting is generally overwhelmed. Everything has changed, and nothing will ever be the same. All of the grief stages can come i... Read entire article »
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What’s the Difference Between Hospice & Palliative Care?
American hospice service started with the Connecticut Hospice in March 1974. Today, there are over 2,884 Medicare-certified hospices, and an additional 200 volunteer hospices in the U.S., with as many as 1.5 mi... Read entire article »
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Palliative & Hospice Care Explained: What It Is, What to Expect, How to Pay For it & How to Find It
What It Is
To palliate means to ease discomfort by treating symptoms of an illness. Palliative care promotes the patient's comfort by addressing any and all issues causing physical or emotional pain or sufferin... Read entire article »
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What to Expect from Hospice
The Importance of Partnering with Physicians in End of Life Care
The Physician’s Role
The decision to enroll in hospice services can be difficult for patients and families, and may reflect a reluctance to accept a terminal diagnosis. The physician pays a central role i... Read entire article »
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Hospice: Frequently Asked Questions
Editor’s Note: This information appears courtesy of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). It has been adapted for GilbertGuide.com.
When should a decision about entering a hospic... Read entire article »
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Hospice: The 4 Levels of Care
There are four levels of care provided by hospices in the United States. Every patient receiving hospice services will be on one of these four levels. A hospice patient can move from one level to another and ba... Read entire article »
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Hospice Care: Living with Terminal Illness
Patients and their families are usually overwhelmed when faced with the diagnosis of terminal illness. Many patients are symptom-free until an illness or hospitalization reveals they have a life-limiting condit... Read entire article »
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Palliative & Hospice Care Explained: What It Is, What to Expect, How to Pay For it & How to Find It
What It Is
To palliate means to ease discomfort by treating symptoms of an illness. Palliative care promotes the patient's comfort by addressing any and all issues causing physical or emotional pain or sufferin... Read entire article »
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Hospice: How Chaplains Help
Hospice patients and their family members have many wonderful services available to them under the auspices of hospice care. One of these services is spiritual counseling, provided by a chaplain from the hospic... Read entire article »
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How to Choose Hospice Care
How to Choose a Hospice
Not all hospices are the same—and it’s important to know the patient and family have a choice when it comes to selecting one. While all hospices are required to provide specific services, the qualit... Read entire article »
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Palliative & Hospice Care Explained: What It Is, What to Expect, How to Pay For it & How to Find It
What It Is
To palliate means to ease discomfort by treating symptoms of an illness. Palliative care promotes the patient's comfort by addressing any and all issues causing physical or emotional pain or sufferin... Read entire article »
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Hospice: How to Find & Assess
Gilbert Guide provides listings of hospices in your area, along with advice for finding the hospice that will best suit your individual needs. Hospice care can be provided at home or in a facility setting. Once... Read entire article »
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Pain Medication at Home—Controlling Pain
Get useful techniques for managing your pain along with easy-to-use techniques for taking pills, liquid medications or inserting suppositories. Telling your doctor that the pain medication "doesn't work" is ... Read entire article »
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How to Choose Hospice Care
Determining the appropriate hospice care you or a loved one requires at end-of-life may seem like a daunting task to take on during an already difficult time. In a recent blog describing hospice and palliative ... Read entire article »
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Hospice & Dementia
Determining Hospice Eligibility for Dementia
How do you know if your loved one is eligible to receive hospice services? How does a physician make a prognosis of six months or less for a patient? Let’s take a look at the criteria that hospice and med... Read entire article »
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Palliative & Hospice Care Explained: What It Is, What to Expect, How to Pay For it & How to Find It
What It Is
To palliate means to ease discomfort by treating symptoms of an illness. Palliative care promotes the patient's comfort by addressing any and all issues causing physical or emotional pain or sufferin... Read entire article »
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How-to's for Hospice at Home
The Importance of Partnering with Physicians in End of Life Care
The Physician’s Role
The decision to enroll in hospice services can be difficult for patients and families, and may reflect a reluctance to accept a terminal diagnosis. The physician pays a central role i... Read entire article »
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Medication Tracker
Make sure all caregivers, physicians and pharmacists have the same patient information by keeping track of the medications you or a loved one takes. Download our easy-to-use Medication Tracker. ... Read entire article »
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Pain Medication at Home—Top Do’s and Don’ts
Here is a brief list of Do's and Don'ts, which apply to you no matter which medicines you are taking for pain. DO'S Know the name, dosage and side effects, if any, of your medications. Have a responsible membe... Read entire article »
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Pain Medication at Home—The Steps of Giving an Injection
Many medications come prepackaged, like Tubexes®. All you need to do is insert the cartridge into the holder and you are ready to inject. Other medications will need to be drawn from a vial. Here's how: 1. C... Read entire article »
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Pain Medication at Home—Side Effects from Pain Medication
Constipation Pain medications containing narcotics usually affect the digestive system. But there are ways of dealing with the side effects, and they shouldn't prevent you from using a drug which successfully r... Read entire article »
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Pain Medication at Home—Intramuscular and Subcutaneous Injections
Intramuscular Sites There are three common places for intramuscular injections. Here is how to locate them: 1. Upper outer portion of the buttocks. Divide one cheek of the buttocks with two imaginary lines into... Read entire article »
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