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A Team-Based Approach to providing healthcare

The use of team-based models of care is widely regarded as a mechanism for enhancing the delivery of high-quality care, especially at the end of life. Active collaboration to promote effective coordination and delivery of person-centered care is an integral part of...

Caring for the Caregiver

As you may have experienced, caring for a loved one or friend is not easy, nor is it something most of us are prepared to do. Like most people, you have probably had questions about your loved one or friend’s illness or condition, and have spent time finding answers...

4 things you can do to alleviate caregiver stress

More than 65 million Americans—two-thirds of whom are women—are taking care of a disabled or ailing family member. If you're among them, you're well aware that caring for a loved one can be one of the most rewarding experiences in life, but it can also be one of the...

What type of healthcare would you want?

Advance Care Planning What type of health care would you want if you became too sick to tell the doctor yourself? Plan ahead to make sure you get the medical care you want.

Medicare Part A Costs

Medicare Part A coverage—hospice If you qualify for hospice care, you and your family will work with the hospice team. Together, you'll set up a plan of care that meets your needs.

Medicare Original Costs

If you have Medicare Part A (Hospital Insurance) and meet all of these conditions, you can get hospice care: Your hospice doctor and your regular doctor (if you have one) certify that you’re terminally ill (with a life expectancy of 6 months or less). You accept...

How is Hospice Paid

How and Where Is Hospice Care Provided and How Is It Paid For? Who provides hospice care?Hospice care is provided by a hospice service. The hospice service's team of health care professionals will work with the patient's primary caregiver (usually a family member) to...

How do I pay for hospice care?

How do I pay for hospice care? Medicare and/or Medicaid will cover the cost of hospice services for those patients over the age of 65 who meet either program’s eligibility requirements. Private insurance companies, managed-care organizations, and workers’ compensation...

Talking with Loved Ones About Your Wishes

How to Talk with Your Loved Ones Remember, it’s up to you to take the initiative and express your wishes. Your family or loved ones are not likely to raise the issue for you. Talking about end-of-life issues can be difficult for anyone.

Planning Tool

Five Wishes is changing the way we talk about advance care planning. It's more than just a document. Five Wishes is a complete approach to discussing and documenting your care and comfort choices. It's about connecting families, communicating with healthcare...
When is it Time for Hospice?

When is it Time for Hospice?

Begin Hospice Care Anyone can inquire about hospice services. You or your loved one may call a local hospice and request services. The hospice staff will then contact your physician to determine if a referral to hospice is appropriate. Another way to inquire about...

Start the Conversation

Start the Conversation

It's time to talk In life we prepare for everything… college, marriage, children, and retirement. Despite the conversations we have for these important milestones, rarely do we have conversations about how we want to be cared for at the end of our lives.

The Compassionate Friends

The Compassionate Friends

Through a network of over 600 chapters with locations in all 50 states, as well as Washington DC, Puerto Rico, and Guam, The Compassionate Friends has been providing support to bereaved families after the death of a child for four decades.

Healing Together As A Couple

Healing Together As A Couple

As a couple, you have lost your child and now each of you is feeling your own pain. The pain of saying good-bye before your child has had a chance to grow up. In addition to your child having died, you have lost the future for that child – all your hopes and dreams....

Become a Hospice Hero

When you make a donation to The Hospice Promise Foundation, 100 percent of your donation goes directly to patients and families in need. Your generosity will make a difference in the life of another, and help ensure his or her final days are spent worry-free, surrounded by loved ones, in the peace and comfort of home.