As you gather with loved ones this holiday season, seize the opportunity to ensure you are in the driver’s seat when it comes to your care. We at NHPCO are here to help you make informed decisions and take the steps to make sure your wishes are followed at end of life. Start the Conversation Discussing and determining your preferences for health care is called Advance Care…
As the beltway is entrenched in a busy time of the year, focusing on a big infrastructure and reconciliation package, funding the government and raising the debt-ceiling, the Hospice Action Network is working closely with the hospice and palliative care champions on the Hill, and within the Department of Health and Human Services, to advance…
Palliative care is patient and family-centered care that optimizes quality of life by anticipating, preventing, and treating suffering. Palliative care throughout the continuum of illness involves addressing physical, intellectual, emotional, social, and spiritual needs and to facilitate patient autonomy, access to information and choice. Right now, Medicare beneficiaries are in need, because they cannot access…