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VITAS Took HIV/AIDS Care to the Streets VITAS has enjoyed many milestones in our 40-year history as a hospice provider. We are particularly proud of the care we provided and the impact we made on the AIDS/HIV epidemic. “A lot of people with HIV/AIDS were living on the street...
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Hospice services are delivered wherever the patient calls home. If you wish to remain in your family home, we’ll come there. If you’re in an assisted living facility or nursing home, we can partner with the facility to provide extra, specialized end-of-life care. ...
Hospice Care for a Better End-of-Life Why Planning Ahead For Hospice Matters Unfortunately, many people don’t talk about hospice until their doctor is telling them, “there’s nothing more we can do.” Dying is seen as a medical failure by professionals, and because of this mentality, hos...
“Lots of people who go into healthcare, they go in for the excitement of it,” says Ron Sas, Senior Creative Director at VITAS. “But as they go through school and understand what hospice is, they always say, ‘This is somewhere where I’d like to be at some point in my career,...
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Hi, I’ve been waiting for the medical laws to become slightly more lax to get on the registry. After doing many hour of research online I believe I could possibly get on it now, however the conditional requirement I would qualify for is intractable pain. What I’m curious about is: ba...
At VITAS, we are specialists in end-of-life care. Our hospice teams are trained to understand patients and families as they cope with advanced illness and to manage healthcare transitions to care that aligns with their goals, wishes and values. How to Refer a Patient to Hospice Hospice ...
Through our Home Medical Equipment (HME) teams, VITAS provides home medical equipment, including oxygen tanks, to our patients as part of the Medicare hospice benefit. Our dedicated team members also provide training and support on using the equipment. ...