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A general questionAuthor: Leisa_Greathouse
Date: Jul 18, 2011 6:50 pm
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Thank you for your question. I think that both palliative care and hospice will continue to be used: palliative care as a descriptor of care for patients with serious illness, and hospice as a descriptor of the medicare/other insurance benefit for patients with a six month or less prognosis. Both terms are used to describe a philosophy of care, with palliative care also defined as a system of services, and hospice as primarily defined according to the medicare benefit. Hospice is an essential part of the continuum of services.
Palliative care is also viewed as encompassing hospice, like an overarching 'umbrella,' and hospice as a specialized form of palliative care.
In our palliative care program, we see patients in the hospitals and in our palliative care clinic who have a serious illness but are not dying, as well as patients who are expected to die in the hospital. Others are transitioned to palliative home care or hospice.
The words we use are very important, and an opportunity to clarify misconceptions and help link people with serious illness to palliative care and when appropriate, to hospice. A recent survey of consumers indicated a strong interest in palliative care, once it was understood. There is more information about this survey and a definition on the capc website.
Lyn Ceronsky
Director, Palliative Care
Fairview Health Services
Minneapolis, MN
Thank you for your question. I think that both palliative care and hospice will continue to be used: palliative care as a descriptor of care for patients with serious illness, and hospice as a descriptor of the medicare/other insurance benefit for patients with a six month or less prognosis. Both terms are used to describe a philosophy of care, with palliative care also defined as a system of services, and hospice as primarily defined according to the medicare benefit. Hospice is an essential part of the continuum of services.
Palliative care is also viewed as encompassing hospice, like an overarching 'umbrella,' and hospice as a specialized form of palliative care.
In our palliative care program, we see patients in the hospitals and in our palliative care clinic who have a serious illness but are not dying, as well as patients who are expected to die in the hospital. Others are transitioned to palliative home care or hospice.
The words we use are very important, and an opportunity to clarify misconceptions and help link people with serious illness to palliative care and when appropriate, to hospice. A recent survey of consumers indicated a strong interest in palliative care, once it was understood. There is more information about this survey and a definition on the capc website.
Lyn Ceronsky
Director, Palliative Care
Fairview Health Services
Minneapolis, MN
Thank you for your question. I think that both palliative care and hospice will continue to be used: palliative care as a descriptor of care for patients with serious illness, and hospice as a descriptor of the medicare/other insurance benefit for patients with a six month or less prognosis. Both terms are used to describe a philosophy of care, with palliative care also defined as a system of services, and hospice as primarily defined according to the medicare benefit. Hospice is an essential part of the continuum of services.
Palliative care is also viewed as encompassing hospice, like an overarching 'umbrella,' and hospice as a specialized form of palliative care.
In our palliative care program, we see patients in the hospitals and in our palliative care clinic who have a serious illness but are not dying, as well as patients who are expected to die in the hospital. Others are transitioned to palliative home care or hospice.
The words we use are very important, and an opportunity to clarify misconceptions and help link people with serious illness to palliative care and when appropriate, to hospice. A recent survey of consumers indicated a strong interest in palliative care, once it was understood. There is more information about this survey and a definition on the capc website.
Lyn Ceronsky
Director, Palliative Care
Fairview Health Services
Minneapolis, MN