Exam 8: Coping With Dying: How Communities Can Help

Compare and contrast the services offered by hospitals, long-term care facilities, home health care programs, and hospice programs. Make clear in each case to whom these services are addressed, what sorts of services are offered, and what are the goals of the services.

Long-term care facilities discharge to the community annually:

In 2014, it is estimated that U.S. hospice programs cared for approximately:

Explain the meaning and the services of pediatric palliative and hospice care. Give details and be specific.

Hospice care serves family members of dying persons by .

In 2014, the largest number of hospice programs in the United States were .

It has been said that: "Until the middle of the 19th century, care provided in a hospital was usually no better than what could be obtained elsewhere." Explain this statement. What did a good hospital provide prior to the middle of the 19^th century?

Hospice care in the United States is .

In American society today, hospitals primarily offer care for .

The hospice philosophy of care is best described as offering:

In American society today, hospice programs primarily offer .

In contemporary American society, the largest portion of deaths occur .

The phrase "hospice is a philosophy, not a facility" means .

The Medicare hospice benefit:

Home health care programs are distinguished by .

Research studies have shown that hospice care .

The primary goal of all palliative care is .

The hospice philosophy combines professional skills and human presence through .

In 2014, it is estimated that U.S. hospice programs served how many patients?

Admission criteria in hospice programs that receive Medicare reimbursement typically require .