MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'hospices'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:00:55 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5077624&cid=t_184461_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F07%2Fexecutives-get-rich-despite-ethical-and.html We recently posted about some shocking allegations suggesting that the for-profit corporations that now dominate hospice care may prey on vulnerable patients to increase their revenues, and may specifically recruit patients who are not terminally ill for hospice, and then neglect to attend to their treatable medical problems.  The post was based on a Bloomberg investigative report.The Bloomberg report focused on two large for-profit hospice providers, Vitas, a subsidiary of Chemed, and VistaCare, a subsidiary of Gentiva. We have repeatedly seen a pattern in numerous other health care organizations, non-profit as well as for-profit: despite questionable corporate behavior that appears to violate the values of health care professionals, executives receive rich compen... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5077624 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:51:00 +0100 5077624 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5069405&cid=t_184461_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F07%2Fprepare-them-to-die-for-profit-hospices.html A Bloomberg news investigative report illustrated the adverse effects of having for-profit corporations taking care of patients.Hospice as a Social MovementThe corporations in question this time are for-profit hospices. Hospices in general gained a good reputation for improving the quality of life for patients near life's end:Hospice got its start in the 1960s as a social movement. Volunteers, often meeting in schools and church basements, organized care so patients could die at home with loved ones, instead of at the hospital laced with tubes. Dame Cicely Saunders, the pioneering English physician who opened St. Christopher’s Hospice in London in 1967, fought traditional methods of unconditional resistance to death, and brought the concept to U.S. shores. Hospices Become CommercialSubse... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5069405 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:21:00 +0100 5069405 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3231422&cid=t_184461_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F02%2F02%2Fjournal-of-the-american-medical-association-2010-vol-303-no-4%2F  Contents Fade Fave: An 86-year-old women with cardiac cachexia contemplating the end of her life: Review of hospice care Fade Skinny: An 86-year-old women with progressive congestive heart failure and multiple chronic conditions who is experiencing worsening function and quality if life despite maximum medical therapies, seeks advice regarding control over the circumstances of the end of her life by suicide or under hospice care. An NHS Athens password is required to access this article online Filed under: Athens Password, Current Awareness, Journals Tagged: Burden of Care, Chronic Conditions, End of Life Care, Hospices, Suicide (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3231422 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:16:47 +0100 3231422 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3212267&cid=t_184461_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F01%2F27%2Fdelivering-better-care-at-end-of-life-the-next-steps%2F Title: Delivering better care at end of life: the next steps The Skinny: King’s Fund report addressing the challenges in implementing the government’s End of Life Care Strategy.  The report covers commissioning, hospice and hospital care, quality markers, challenges for providers and identifies 10 critical actions: Demonstrate the case for change with evidence Commission for outcomes Define the local model of care Identify care pathways and triggers for care Ensure timely access to care 24 hours a day Develop flexible solutions to meet a whole range of needs which include, but are not exclusively, health care solutions Improve care in all settings Improve workforce skills and confidence Ensure manageable and meaningful local measurement Completing the loop: has the national strat... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3212267 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:30:55 +0100 3212267 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2110589&cid=t_184461_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F01%2Fsoutherncare-settles.html 'Tis the season for settlements, it appears. The Birmingham (Alabama, USA) News reported,SouthernCare is paying the federal government $24.7 million to settle claims that the Birmingham-based hospice company fraudulently enrolled elderly people in hospice and charged Medicare for services when the patients were not dying, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.The lawsuits alleged that SouthernCare purposefully enrolled ineligible patients for hospice care, which is restricted to patients who have six months or less to live.One of the whistle-blowers said a patient who had successful heart bypass surgery and yet stayed on hospice through SouthernCare for four years ultimately apologized for not dying.[Whistle-blowers Tonja] Rice and [Nancy] Romeo said many of SouthernCare's patients d... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2110589 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:07:00 +0100 2110589 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1990664&cid=t_184461_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F11%2Fdying-at-home.html The government is once again being two-faced about the care of the dying. Was it not only yesterday that they were saying that it is everyone’s “right” to die in a hospice? Now they have done yet another volte-face and are saying it’s everyone’s "right" (sic) to die at home. I have got news for this top-down, micro-managing government. It has always been a patient’s "right" to do as he chooses and to die where he chooses. What the government needs to do is fund sufficient community facilities to enable patients to die at home with dignity and with good nursing care. I can tell them how to make that possible and at the same time save some money.As regular readers know, I feel very strongly about the care of the dying. If at all possible – and it usually is – people should di... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1990664 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:45:00 +0100 1990664 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1551247&cid=t_184461_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F06%2F27%2Fa-practical-guide-to-commissioning-childrens-palliative-care-education-and-training%2F A Practical Guide to Commissioning Children’s Palliative Care Education and Training aims to support commissioners in their work with local service providers and education providers as they develop workforce plans to ensure the development of children’s palliative care services. In commissioning for quality and choice, there are likely to be a diverse range of potential services and a mix of approaches to provide palliative care services for children and their families. It also aims to provide a framework in accordance with the Children’s Workforce Development Strategy to ensure a workforce to provide children’s palliative care that: Is competent and confident; People aspire to be part of and want to remain working for Develop skills and builds satisfying and rewarding... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1551247 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:17:42 +0100 1551247 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1467797&cid=t_184461_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F05%2F26%2Fimproving-environments-for-care-at-end-of-life-lessons-from-eight-uk-pilot-programmes%2F This report shares the lessons learnt from this project. (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1467797 Mon, 26 May 2008 11:44:43 +0100 1467797 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1467798&cid=t_184461_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F05%2F25%2Fimproving-choice-at-end-of-life-a-descriptive-analysis-of-the-impact-and-costs-of-the-marie-curie-delivering-choice-programme-in-lincolnshire%2F from the King’s Fund is a descriptive analysis of the impact and costs of new services as part of the Marie Curie Delivering Choice Programme, which was launched in 2004. Palliative care is an increasing policy concern. Although the majority of people report that they would choose to die in their home, only a minority of patients achieve this wish. The Delivering Choice Programme aims to develop and help provide the best possible service for patients at the end of their lives. 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