Last night I was listening to NPR in my car and they had a really interesting piece on Hospice and Palliative Care. It seems this is a series ....a radio documentary if you will. Here is the LINK to the program. The website is very interesting. It gives a map of state ratings for hospice and palliative care. Massachusetts got a C. NH and Maine got an A. I will have to delve further to understand why this is....
The segment that I listened to spoke about the irony that a man had to choose whether to stay in long term care to die, or go home with hospice care BUT he would need private services as well. He could not afford to have private services, so he had to go to long term care. Medicare will not pay for long term care "rehab" and hospice, so it was an either/or situation. This is really tough, as he would have benefited from hospice services. Really interesting discussion....
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