HOSPICE KEYS
Opening the doors to professional hospice care
What are Hospice Keys?
Hospice Keys are educational resources, metrics, key performance indicators, and recent developments designed to help you improve operational efficiency and deliver improved quality of care to your patients.
Hospice Keys open the doors to your professional growth in hospice and help your team to stay current and informed.
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Hospice Keys
Educational resources for the hospice team. We open the doors to professional hospice care!
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The brutal procedure can save lives, but only in particular cases. Why has it become a default treatment?2 months ago
Prognostication of the Last Days of Life
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Accurate prediction of impending death (i.e., last few days of life) is essential for terminally-ill cancer patients and their families. International guidelines state that clinicians should identify ...3 months ago
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Background: People living with advanced cancer experience functional decline and increasing difficulty participating in activities of daily living over their fi...3 months ago
ELNEC β For Veterans Updated Curriculum - We Honor Veterans
www.wehonorveterans.org
The End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) β For Veterans Project is a national educational initiative to improve palliative care. Given that the number of Vietnam-era Veterans over 65 yea...4 months ago
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The role of neuroleptics for terminal agitated delirium is controversial. We assessed the effect of 3 neuroleptic strategies on refractory agitation in cancer patients with terminal delirium.In this s...4 months ago
Conveying a patient's value is at the heart of a new approach to care
hollandbloorview.ca
Intensive Caring means 'relinquishing the need to fix, along with tolerating clinical ambiguity, accepting and honouring the patient as expert, and trusting in the process.'4 months ago
journals.sagepub.com
Background: The optimal management of diminishing drinking at the end of life is contentious. Clinicians and family members may understand the phenomenon differ...4 months ago
Opinion | Dying With Dignity: A Look at the Advantages of the Medicare Hospice Benefit
www.medpagetoday.com
The program is both cost-effective and compassionate4 months ago
Former President Jimmy Carter remains in hospice care
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The CEO of Empath Health says longer stays in hospice are not that unusual.4 months ago
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In the last days of life, many patients with cancer develop delirium and become restless/agitated; this can be highly distressing. Caregivers and physicians alike are often concerned about the use of ...4 months ago
MASCC antiemetics in advanced cancer updated guideline - PubMed
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First-line antiemetics for nausea and vomiting in advanced cancer are metoclopramide and haloperidol, and second-line medications are methotrimeprazine and olanzapine.5 months ago
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Best Case/Worst Case Framework
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This pre- and postintervention study evaluates the association of the Best Case/Worst Case framework with surgical communication when communicating to older patients about treament options in high-sta...5 months ago
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The secret to living longer may be your social life
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The Italian island of Sardinia has more than six times as many centenarians as the mainland and ten times as many as North America. Why? According to psychologist Susan Pinker, it's not a sunny dispos...5 months ago
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Background The accuracy of prognostication has important implications for patients, families, and health services since it may be linked to clinical decision-making, patient experience and outcomes an...5 months ago
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WEβRE THE EYES AND THE EARS, BUT WE DONβT HAVE A VOICE: PERSPECTIVES OF HOSPICE AIDES
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Hospice aides are integral to the delivery of home hospice care and play an essential role in the effective communication and collaboration of the hospice interdisciplinary team. Despite their critica...No feed found with the ID 1. Go to the All Feeds page and select an ID from an existing feed.

Educational Information
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Metrics and KPIs
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Recent Developments
The latest in regulatory updates as well as hospice news stories and articles.