Category: Hospice

How to Cope with the Death of a Patient Living with Dying In an article published in The Guardian, Australian oncologist and author, Dr. Ranjana Srivastava stated frankly, “some patients die. As a doctor, I have to live with this inevitable fact,” (Srivastava, R., 2015).  Although healthcare professionals working in an array of specialties have…

Managing Stress When Dealing with Death and Dying Staying as Healthy as Possible Having the opportunity to help patients and their loved ones through the extremely difficult process of death and dying is incredibly rewarding, but it also can be incredibly stressful.  It is essential that teams of healthcare providers remain as healthy as possible,…

Who Pays for Hospice? When the time arises for a loved one to be enrolled in hospice care, determining a payment method is understandably the furthest thing from the minds of the family members.  Precious Healthcare can assist families in navigating the payment aspect of enrollment in hospice care. Hospice services are covered by Medicare,…

Overcoming Compassion Fatigue for Hospice Care Workers Being in an industry where compassion is woven into the framework presents its own set of challenges.  Health care providers who care for patients with serious illness need to have a well-developed sense of empathy, however continuously providing compassion for others without also providing adequate care for oneself…

The Four Levels of Hospice Care For patients that are eligible for hospice, the Medicare Hospice benefit covers the identified four levels of care.  The payments from Medicare include all services, medications, equipment and supplies related to the terminal illness for each level of care.  Precious is able to transition patients who are eligible to…

Coronavirus (Covid-19) | Hospice FAQs The coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has caused a difficult and unprecedented period for health care providers, patients and their families globally.    Precious Healthcare understands the magnitude and impact of the current landscape and is dedicated to providing updated, clear information about Covid-19 and its impact, as well as how we will…

Hospice Is Not About Quitting Hospice is focused on doing the very best that you can with the circumstances present.  After it is established that no cure exists for the illness of a loved one, the idea of “hope” takes on a different meaning.  There is a shift in the paradigm of hope, as it…