Resources

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Differences Between Inpatient and Home Hospice

Hospice patient with dementia

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Signs that Death is Near for Hospice Patients with Dementia

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How Long Can You Be on Hospice Care?

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How Hospice Care Supports Advance Care Planning

Caregiver providing home health care to congestive heart failure patient

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What Are the Four Stages of Congestive Heart Failure?

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How Jimmy Carter is Dispelling Myths About Hospice

Dementia patient looking through photo album

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How Hospice Helps End-Stage Dementia Patients

Hospice clinician caring for heart failure patient

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Stages of Dying in End-Stage Congestive Heart Failure

Caregiver supporting a hospice patient in respite care.

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How Respite Care Can Help Relieve Hospice Caregivers

Family member hugging her loved one while having the hospice conversation.

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How to Manage Pushback When Discussing Hospice Care With Family Members

Elderly person receiving support to stave off warning signs of suicide.

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Preventing Suicide in the Elderly Population

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How Amedisys Helps With Pain Management During Hospice

A spiritual counselor is talking with a hospice patient and their family.

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Coping Tips for When Your Family Member Is in Hospice

A bereavement counselor helping a hospice patient.

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What Are the Different Stages of Dying?

Nurse helping home health patient walk down the stairs.

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How to Help Choose the Best Hospice Care for Your Family Member

Hospice nurse discussing hospice misconceptions with their patient.

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Eight Things You May Not Know About Hospice

Hospice nurse discussing signs it's time for hospice

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Seven Signs That It’s Time for Hospice

Caregiver dressed in green scrubs assessing the mobility of an elderly female patient’s right leg

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Making the Most of Hospice

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What Are the Four Levels of Hospice Care?

Hospice Bereavement Services

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The Importance of Hospice Bereavement Services

End of Life Pain Management

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End-of-Life Pain Management for Hospice Patients

Medicare Covers Hospice Benefits

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Does Medicare Cover Hospice Benefits?

Music Interventions Depression Dementia

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Music Interventions Reduce Depression and Agitation in Dementia Patients

A chaplain with a hospice patient

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The Spiritual Needs of Dying Patients

Holding terminal hospice patient's hand

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What is Terminal Agitation? How Hospice Treats Terminal Restlessness

Preparing for Death

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Preparing for Death

A hospice specialist discussing the service

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Where Can My Loved One Get Hospice Care?

A hospice clinician and caregiver looking at memories

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What Are the Hospice Eligibility Criteria?

How to Find High Quality Hospice

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How to Find a High-Quality Hospice Agency

Veteran in hospice

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Veteran Volunteers Bring Closure to Veterans Hospice

Hospice clinician and patient

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What Is Hospice Care and How Does It Enhance Quality of Life?

Explaining home health versus hospice care

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Home Health vs. Hospice

palliative-care-vs-hospice

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Palliative Care vs Hospice

Coping with the loss of a loved one

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How to Deal With the Loss of a Loved One | Amedisys

Preventing elderly loneliness

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Expert Tips for Preventing Elderly Loneliness

Hospice patient and caregiver holding hands

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How to Plan for a Good Death

Choosing a home health agency

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How to Choose a Home Health Agency

Chaplain with a patient

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Daily Wellness Strategies to Be Okay When Life Is Not Okay

Hospice patient with spouse

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Who Pays for Hospice Care?

Hospice clinician and patient

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9 Benefits of Hospice Care for Patients and Families

Choosing a hospice agency

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How to Choose a Home Hospice Agency

Hospice and Home Health Holidays

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Hospice and Home Health Care Help Patients Stay Home for the Holidays

Maximizing Hospice Benefit

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Maximizing Hospice Care Benefit

Signs Parents Need Hospice

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9 Signs Aging Parents Need Hospice Care

Choosing Veterans Hospice

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What to Look for When Choosing a Veterans' Hospice

Amedisys hospice honoring Veteran patients.

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Unique Hospice & Palliative Care Needs for Veterans

How to Cope with Grief During the Holidays

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12 Ways to Cope with Grief During the Holidays

hospice-myths

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Four Common Hospice Care Myths

How to Have the Hospice Conversation

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Eight Steps to Initiate the Hospice Conversation

Signs Patients Need Hospice

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Eight Signs Your Patients Could Benefit from Hospice