Research Guides @ Fordham: Palliative and End-of-Life Care: Hospice

Web Content: Palliative Care vs. Hospice Care

How are palliative care and hospice alike, and how are they different?

Children's Hospice & Palliative Care Coalition
Hospice Association of America
Much information including hospice statistics
Hospice Foundation of America
Hospice versus Palliative Care: Understanding the Distinction
From the OncologyNurseAdvisor
Hospice vs. Palliative Care
From the National Caregivers Library
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
Palliative Care
From the site Medline Plus, the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Providing Hospice Care to Children and Young Adults: A Descriptive Study of End-of-Life Organizations
By Lisa Lindley, RN, MS, et al. in the Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing, Vol. 11, No. 6, 2009, pp. 315-323.
What is Palliative Care?
Distinguishes between palliative care and hospice

Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Government rules regarding health care are changing. Please call Medicare at 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227) or visit the site Medicare.gov for up-to-date information.

Find a Hospice Agency
From the site Medicare.gov
Hospice and Respite Care
From Medicare.gov
Hospice
From CMS.gov, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Learn How Medicare Covers Hospice Services
From the site Medicare.gov
Medicare Hospice Benefits
From the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Visit Medicare.gov for the most accurate information. Revised April 2017.
Medicare Part A Coverage - Hospice
From Medicare.gov Visit medicare.gov for the most up-to-date information.
Understanding Hospice Care
From the site Medicare.gov

Hospice

What is hospice care?

Provides treatment to manage pain and symptoms associated with a terminal illness
Gives support to patient and family
Provides comfort and care, not "cure" the illness or disease
Objectives are pain and symptom control
Enables person who is terminally ill to enjoy life to the fullest

From Senior HealthHospice Care Overview-Types of Hospice Care Services; medicalcenter.osu.edu/

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care
From the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care, 2013.
Hospice Vs. Palliative Care
What is Hospice Care?
From the American Hospice Foundation

Medication: Pain & Comfort

How the Medications in a Hospice Comfort Kit Can Help
By Angela Morrow, RN, from the site: verywellhealth.com. Medically reviewed by a board-certified physician. Updated June 28, 2019.
Medicare Part D Medications and Hospice
From the National Association for Home Care & Hospice
Use of Opiates to Manage Pain in the Seriously and Terminally Ill Patient
By Arenella, Cheryl, MD, MPH; from the American Hospice Foundation, www.americanhospice.org
Withdrawing Some Routine Medications: When Is It Appropriate?
From the Hospice Patients Alliance

Books & E-books

A Balm for Gilead: Meditations on Spirituality and the Healing Arts by Daniel P. Sulmasy, OFM, MD
Call Number: R725.55.S82 2006 (RH)
Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2006.
The Hospice Companion: Best Practices for Interdisciplinary Assessment and Care of Common Problems During the Last Phase of Life by Perry G. Fine (Ed.)
Call Number: R726.8.F553 2012 (WC)
New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2012.
In the Midst of Life: A Hospice Volunteer's Story by Charles Rose
Call Number: R726.8.R665 2004 (RH)
Montgomery, AL: New South Books, 2004.
Medicare Hospice Benefits by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Servces; US Department of Health & Human Services
Call Number: Electronic government document
Baltimore, MD: US Department of Health & Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2013.
Oxford American Handbook of Hospice and Palliative Medicine by Eduardo Bruera
Call Number: R726.8.O89 2011 (WC)
New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2011.