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Alliance NE - Nebraska hospice care -- Prairie Haven Hospice - Alliance, Box Butte County      Click to request assistance
Beatrice NE - Nebraska pain management -- Beatrice Community Hospital Hospice, Gage County      Click to request assistance
Blair NE - Nebraska palliative care -- Mch & Hs Hospice - Blair, Washington County      Click to request assistance
Blair NE - Nebraska care for dying -- Burt-Washington Home Health Care & Hospice, Washington County      Click to request assistance
Broken Bow NE - Nebraska hospice care -- Custer County Hospice, Custer County      Click to request assistance
Chadron NE - Nebraska pain management -- Chadron Community Hospital Hospice, Dawes County      Click to request assistance
Columbus NE - Nebraska palliative care -- Hospice Of Columbus Community Hospital, Platte County      Click to request assistance
Cozad NE - Nebraska care for dying -- Central Plains Home Health And Hospice Agency, Dawson County      Click to request assistance
Decatur NE - Nebraska hospice care -- Burgess Hospice, Burt County      Click to request assistance
Falls City NE - Nebraska pain management -- In Home Health Care, Inc. Hospice Program, Richardson County      Click to request assistance
Fremont NE - Nebraska palliative care -- Fremont Area Medical Center Home Health Care & Hospice, Dodge County      Click to request assistance
Fremont NE - Nebraska care for dying -- Odyssey Health Care Of Fremont, Dodge County      Click to request assistance
Fremont NE - Nebraska hospice care -- Fremont Area Medical Center Hospice, Dodge County      Click to request assistance
Grand Island NE - Nebraska pain management -- Aseracare Hospice - Grand Island, Hall County      Click to request assistance
Grand Island NE - Nebraska palliative care -- Hospice Of Tabitha - Grand Island, Hall County      Click to request assistance
Grand Island NE - Nebraska care for dying -- Saint Francis Medical Center, Hall County      Click to request assistance
Hartington NE - Nebraska hospice care -- Avera Sacred Heart Hospice, Cedar County      Click to request assistance
Hastings NE - Nebraska pain management -- Mary Lanning Hospice, Adams County      Click to request assistance
Kearney NE - Nebraska palliative care -- Aseracare Hospice - Kearney, Buffalo County      Click to request assistance
Kearney NE - Nebraska care for dying -- Good Samaritan Hospital Hospice - Kearney, Buffalo County      Click to request assistance
Kearney NE - Nebraska hospice care -- Good Samaritan Hospital Hospice, Buffalo County      Click to request assistance
Lexington NE - Nebraska pain management -- Tri-County Hospital Hospice, Dawson County      Click to request assistance
Lincoln NE - Nebraska palliative care -- Aseracare Hospice - Lincoln, Lancaster County      Click to request assistance
Lincoln NE - Nebraska care for dying -- Horisun Hospice, Inc., Lancaster County      Click to request assistance
Lincoln NE - Nebraska hospice care -- Hospice Of Tabitha - Lincoln, Lancaster County      Click to request assistance
Lincoln NE - Nebraska pain management -- Saint Elizabeth Hospice, Lancaster County      Click to request assistance
Lincoln NE - Nebraska palliative care -- The Monarch End Of Life Care Facility, Lancaster County      Click to request assistance
Lincoln NE - Nebraska care for dying -- Horisun Hospice, Lancaster County      Click to request assistance
Mccook NE - Nebraska hospice care -- Community Healthcare & Hospice, Red Willow County      Click to request assistance
Mccook NE - Nebraska pain management -- Community Health Care & Hospice, Red Willow County      Click to request assistance
Nebraska City NE - Nebraska palliative care -- Hospice Of Tabitha - Nebraska City, Otoe County      Click to request assistance
Norfolk NE - Nebraska care for dying -- Aseracare Hospice - Norfolk, Madison County      Click to request assistance
Norfolk NE - Nebraska hospice care -- Faith Regional Health Services Hospice, Madison County      Click to request assistance
North Platte NE - Nebraska pain management -- Great Plains Home Health & Hospice, Lincoln County      Click to request assistance
Oakland NE - Nebraska palliative care -- Mch & Hs Hospice - Oakland, Burt County      Click to request assistance
Ogallala NE - Nebraska care for dying -- Memorial Health Center Hospice - Ogallala, Keith County      Click to request assistance
Omaha NE - Nebraska hospice care -- Alegent Health Hospice, Douglas County      Click to request assistance
Omaha NE - Nebraska pain management -- Aseracare Hospice - Omaha, Douglas County      Click to request assistance
Omaha NE - Nebraska palliative care -- Compassionate Care Hospice Of Nebraska, Douglas County      Click to request assistance
Omaha NE - Nebraska care for dying -- Hospice House - The Josie Harper Residence, Douglas County      Click to request assistance
Omaha NE - Nebraska hospice care -- Methodist Home Health & Hospice, Douglas County      Click to request assistance
Omaha NE - Nebraska pain management -- Odyssey Health Care Of Omaha, Douglas County      Click to request assistance
Omaha NE - Nebraska palliative care -- St. Joseph Villa Homecare & Hospice, Douglas County      Click to request assistance
Omaha NE - Nebraska care for dying -- Vna Hospice, Douglas County      Click to request assistance
Omaha NE - Nebraska hospice care -- Amazing Angels Home Health Hospice, Llc, Douglas County      Click to request assistance
Omaha NE - Nebraska pain management -- Aseracare Hospice, Douglas County      Click to request assistance
Omaha NE - Nebraska palliative care -- Compassionate Care Hospice, Douglas County      Click to request assistance
Omaha NE - Nebraska care for dying -- Visiting Nurse Assn. Of The Midlands Hospice, Douglas County      Click to request assistance
O'neill NE - Nebraska hospice care -- Aseracare Hospice - O'neill, Holt County      Click to request assistance
Ord NE - Nebraska pain management -- Valley County Hospital Hospice, Valley County      Click to request assistance
Ord NE - Nebraska palliative care -- Valley County Hospice, Valley County      Click to request assistance
Pender NE - Nebraska care for dying -- Hospice Of Siouxland, Thurston County      Click to request assistance
Scottsbluff NE - Nebraska hospice care -- Prairie Haven Hospice - Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff County      Click to request assistance
Sidney NE - Nebraska pain management -- Memorial Health Center Hospice - Sidney, Cheyenne County      Click to request assistance
Tekamah NE - Nebraska palliative care -- Mch & Hs Hospice - Tekamah, Burt County      Click to request assistance
Wahoo NE - Nebraska care for dying -- Hospice And Home Healthcare Of Saunders Co, Saunders County      Click to request assistance
Wayne NE - Nebraska hospice care -- Providence Medical Center Hospice, Wayne County      Click to request assistance
Wayne NE - Nebraska pain management -- Providence Hospice, Wayne County      Click to request assistance
West Point NE - Nebraska palliative care -- St. Francis Hospice, Cuming County      Click to request assistance
York NE - Nebraska care for dying -- Aseracare Hospice - York, York County      Click to request assistance
York NE - Nebraska hospice care -- Hospice Of Tabitha - York, York County      Click to request assistance

 

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About Hospice Care

Note: Many families or their loved ones' doctors often wait too long to order hospice. Hospice is a very valuable service and should be ordered at an earlier stage of illness. Many doctors or family don't often consider hospice for Alzheimer's, degenerative old age or other debilitating illnesses where a person is going downhill fast. They should.

It is unfortunate that many people who died in a hospital emergency room or who received heroic treatments to prolong life in a hospital may have had the alternative of dying at home in familiar surroundings, with family or other loved ones at their side.

When someone is in crisis or appears to be going downhill fast but there really is no hope for recovery, family often call 911 and start a process which can result in great stress and great emotional discomfort. The loved one who is dying ends up in a hospital and may die there or be transferred to a nursing home where death eventually occurs.

When there is no longer hope for prolonging life, especially when this decision is made months in advance, hospice is usually a better alternative to other medical intervention.

Hospice is a form of palliative care for patients who are terminally ill. A commonly used definition for terminally ill patients is, "patients who have a progressive, incurable illness that will end in death despite good treatment, and who are sick enough that you would not be surprised if they died within six months."

Hospice care is a valuable service and is generally underused except for terminal cancer patients. Hospice allows for compassion and dignity in the process of dying. Most families wait too long to have their doctor prescribe hospice from Medicare. It should be considered at an earlier stage.

Hospice involves a team approach using the following providers.

  • Family caregivers;
  • The patient' s personal physician;
  • Hospice physician (or medical director);
  • Nurses;
  • Home health aides;
  • Social workers;
  • Clergy or other counselors;
  • Trained volunteers; and
  • Speech, physical, and occupational therapists, if needed.

The purpose of hospice is the following:

  • Manages the patient's pain and symptoms;
  • Assists the patient with the emotional and psychosocial and spiritual aspects of dying;
  • Provides needed medications, medical supplies, and equipment;
  • Coaches the family on how to care for the patient;
  • Delivers special services like speech and physical therapy when needed;
  • Makes short-term inpatient care available when pain or symptoms become too difficult to manage at home, or the caregiver needs respite time; and
  • Provides bereavement care and counseling to surviving family and friends.

A person can receive hospice from Medicare if he or she is

  • eligible for Medicare Part A (Hospital Insurance), and
  • the doctor and the hospice medical director certify that the person is terminally ill and probably has less than six months to live, and
  • the person or a family member signs a statement choosing hospice care instead of routine Medicare covered benefits for the terminal illness, and
  • care is received from a Medicare-approved hospice program.

A person may continue to receive regular Medicare benefits from his or her customary doctors for conditions not related to the hospice condition.

 
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