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| A specialization within healthcare for patients with serious or life-limiting illness. Focus of care is on symptom and stress relief. |
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| At what stage can patients receive care from Palliative Care? |
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| Patients can receive care from Palliative Care at any point in their illness, not just end of life. |
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| What is the goal of Palliative Care? |
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| Improve quality of life, manage symptoms alongside curative or life-prolonging treatments |
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| Who often makes up the Palliative Care team? |
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| Physicians, APPs, nurses, social workers, chaplains, pharmacists, and therapists |
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| How is Palliative Care payed for? |
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| Often covered by Medicare Part B, Medicaid, or private insurance. |
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| What is the prognosis requirement for Palliative Care? |
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| No prognosis limit; can be given alongside curative treatment. |
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| What are some examples of patients who may benefit from Palliative Care? |
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| CHF, COPD, cancer, dementia, Parkinson’s (including early stages) |
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| What is the role of the Palliative Care NP? |
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| Symptom management, advance care planning, collaboration with specialists. |
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| End-of-life care for patients with terminal illness who have a prognosis of less than months if the disease runs its natural course. |
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| Who is eligible for Hospice Care? |
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| Patients with a terminal illness with a life expectancy of 6 months or less; must forgo curative treatments. |
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| What is the goal of Hospice Care? |
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| Provide comfort and dignity with the focus solely on quality of life and symptom relief. |
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| When can patients start Hospice Care? |
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| Initiated when curative or aggressive treatment is no longer pursued. |
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| Who is part of the Hospice Team? |
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| Physicians, APPs, nurses, social workers, chaplains, pharmacists, therapists. Stronger focus on spiritual support. |
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| How is Hospice Care paid for? |
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| Covered by Medicare Part A hospice benefit, Medicaid, and most private insurers. |
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| What is the prognosis requirement for Hospice Care? |
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| Provider must certify life expectancy less than 6 months. Curative treatment not allowed under hospice benefit. |
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| What kind of patients would benefit from Hospice Care? |
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| Advanced cancer, end-stage CHF, ALS, dementia with functional decline. |
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| What is the main role of the Hospice NP? |
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| Lead care coordination, support family, manage comfort measures, initiate end-of-life discussions. |
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