Respite care is a period of up to 5 days and the patient is moved to a care giving facility to receive hospice care there. Respite care is...
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What is continuous care?
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Continuous care is one of four levels of hospice care and payment, under the Medicare and Medicaid Hospice Benefits. It designates a short...
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All hospice services are available to families based on need. Frequency of visits is based on the patient’s condition and determined by the...
Read moreDoes a hospice provide ‘round the clock care?
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Hospice care is an intermittent care program, meaning care is provided through visits by hospice team members. Hospice does not provide ongoing...
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These are freestanding facilities for patients who have no other appropriate site to receive end of life care. Most New Jersey hospices do not...
Read moreWhat is a hospice “inpatient unit”?
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Patients admitted to an inpatient unit usually have special needs that cannot be readily managed in a home setting such as complicated pain or...
Read moreIs hospice care available in a nursing home?
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Hospice care can be provided wherever the patient lives as long as it is a safe environment for the patient and the hospice caregivers. Hospice...
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The Medicare Hospice Benefit pays for all hospice services related to the terminal illness, except that there may be a co-payment of up to $5 for...
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