Dr. Joseph Shega’s career is built on expertise in geriatrics, palliative medicine, and hospice care. “Reflect on your reasons for choosing medicine,” he advises, “and then take the paths that take you there or return you to your roots.” VITAS Benefits Here are some of the benefits...
We provide a full range of home healthcare support to people who want to live independently, manage their health, or receive Hospice care.
Making the decision to put a loved one in hospice care be stressful, especially when you don't know what to expect. Read here to find out what to expect.
If you or a loved one is facing a terminal condition, hospice may be the answer. Hospice care is a unique, holistic benefit that can help people have a dignified death at home, surrounded by those they love. While fully covered by Medicare, many Americans don’t take full advantage of ...
Such care has developed outside of general healthcare and is commonly provided in a patient's home or in dedicated facilities. Hospice provision may need to increase in the future due to an ageing population with a greater need for access to end-of-life care. In this systematic review we ...
Hospice at home: optimising care and enabling home death. BMJ Support Palliat Care 2014;4(Suppl 1):A44.2-A44.Buck J, Moth L, Webb L, Morgan L, Morris Z, Lay M, Barclay S. Hospice at Home Optimising care and enabling home death. BMJ Supportive Palliative Care 2014;4(Suppl1):A1-...
With offices in Plymouth & Bay City, MI, we provide medical home care (nursing, therapy) and non-medical home care (personal care, companionship).
Ennoble Care delivers personalized senior in-home care, offering primary, palliative, and hospice services to support your health in the comfort of your home.
Use of hospice has exploded over the past decades with approximately half of those who die while enrolled in Medicare receiving hospice care. A new study from the Indiana University Center for Aging Research and the Regenstrief Institute compares the quality of hospice services provided for patients...
Length of home hospice care, family-perceived timing of referrals, perceived quality of care, and quality of death and dying in terminally ill cancer patie... This study aims to clarify the length of home hospice care, family-perceived timing of referrals, and their effects on the family-per...