1. Home
  2. Health
  3. Palliative Care
photo of Angela  Morrow, RN
Palliative Care Blog with Angela Morrow, RN February 2009 Archive

By Angela Morrow, RN, About.com Guide to Palliative Care

Life as a Hospice Patient

Thursday February 26, 2009
I came across an interesting blog today written by Judi Chamberlin, a 64 year old woman with COPD who started hospice care in December. "Life as a Hospice Patient" ... Read More

Dying People Date Too

Tuesday February 24, 2009
My brother is newly single. Not quite divorced yet but living alone and very ready to re-enter the dating world. He's already met someone on Match.com. If ... Read More

Obama's Stimulus Plan: Where Does Hospice Fit in?

Tuesday February 24, 2009
I've told you how the stimulus package includes $134 million for Medicare funded hospice programs and how it also effectively delays the already approved Medicare budget cuts to hospice for ... Read More

Government Comparison of Medical Treatments - Prudence or Prejudice?

Thursday February 19, 2009
The famous (or perhaps infamous depending on who you're talking to) $787 billion U.S. stimulus package includes $1.1 billion to research medical treatments. The bill creates a council 15 ... Read More

Ethnic Disparities in Hospice Care

Wednesday February 11, 2009
A research study published in the January 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) reports that blacks and Asians with terminal cancer use end-of-life services less ... Read More

Turning Down Patients for Hospice Care

Saturday February 7, 2009
This post is purely to vent my frustrations over an imperfect Medicare reimbursement model for palliative care. Currently, hospice care is the only reimbursable model of palliative care in ... Read More

Coping with Grief on Valentine's Day

Thursday February 5, 2009
Valentine's Day is just around the corner. Great news for those of us who are able to celebrate with our loved one, but what about those of us who ... Read More

For Profit vs Non-Profit Hospice - Does it Really Matter?

Monday February 2, 2009
A recent blog by Niko Karvounis on Health Beat deals with the sticky subject of for profit and non-profit hospices. Karvounis has done some respectable research looking at studies ... Read More
Explore Palliative Care
About.com Special Features

Learn how you can reduce your your numbers with these nutrition and exercise tips. More >

Keep yourself, and your family, happy and healthy this fall with these tips. More >

  1. Home
  2. Health
  3. Palliative Care

©2009 About.com, a part of The New York Times Company.

All rights reserved.