One of the hardest things to take during this outbreak is the fact that some of our Nursing Home and Assisted-Living patients are inaccessible to the Hospice staff. In most cases, the hospice nurse is the only one allowed into the nursing facilities. Stress levels are high at these facilities and Legacy staff try to …
With the recent Pandemic caused by the novel virus COVID-19, hospice care delivery has been impacted by the restrictions associated with isolation procedures and social distancing to avoid the spread of the virus. Our staff has to go into elderly communities such as assisted living facilities and nursing homes to deliver care, but some of …
The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization has identified 10 key components of quality in Hospice Care. This is a very good checklist for hospice providers to evaluate the quality of their services and reflects our main goals in providing patient and family-centered care which is our top priority in Legacy Hospice. The section in …
In 2017, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization published a report on Hospice care in America. This report contains facts and figures on Hospice census and costs and gives a snapshot of what Hospice expenditure is like and the type of growth we may see in the future. Utilization of Hospice services and the …
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