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Characteristics and Use of Home Health Care by Men and Women Aged 65 and Over
Source: National Center for Health Statistics - PDF
Telemonitoring May Not Help Older Patients
Older patients with heart, lung or kidney disease who were monitored with at-home electronic systems were just as likely to be sent to the emergency room or hospitalized as those who weren't monitored, in a new study.Source: Reuters Health
Managing Pain
Two palliative care advocates say the inadequate treatment of pain is a national public health crisis.
Finding Hospice Care for the Dying
Readers respond to an Op-Ed essay about the difficulty of finding hospice facilities for some patients.
Looking for a Place to Die
The patient needed hospice care, but the system simply wouldn’t allow it unless we were certain that she would die within six days.
A Conversation Many Doctors Won't Have
What happens when elderly patients are told that death is imminent.
Palliative Care Program at Porter Medical Center in Middlebury Closes
The program was popular, but after two and a half years, Partners in Palliative and Home Care will close.
Green Mountain Care Board Members Appointed
Governor Shumlin appoints board members to work on Vermont health care system.
The Next Death-With-Dignity Battleground
Citizens in Massachusetts are gathering signatures in hopes of placing a "death with dignity" law on the ballot.
Costs of Medicare Hospice Up 70%: For-profit Companies Benefits Most
Whose interests are being served?
AHA cites Dartmouth-Hitchcock for palliative, end-of-life care
Dartmouth-Hitchcock recognized for palliative care services available to New Hampshire and Vermont residents.
Vermonters don't utilize hospice until too late
Payment structure stacks decks against small, nonprofit hospices.
Music Therapy Helps the Dying
Three music therapists from MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care crisscross the city and suburbs to sing songs to the dying.
Music in the Face of Death
Suzanne De Chillo was a little scared when she set out to create a photo essay about palliative care and music therapy. Her fears went away when she heard the music.
Concerns About Costs and Misuse Rise With Hospice Care
Medicare’s bill for end-of-life care quadrupled from 2000 to 2009, and claims of misuse mounted.
Hospice and Its Costs
As hospice has moved into the mainstream - it is now serving 1.1 million Medicare patients a year - concerns about excessive costs and misuse have mounted, The Times reports.
Law on End-of-Life Care Rankles Doctors
Doctors are pushing back against a new law in New York State that requires them to discuss palliative care with terminally ill patients.
Health Bills passed in Vermont Legislature in 2011
How did health care reform and palliative care do in the Vermont Legislature?