Posted by Doctors try their best to save their patients’ lives with treatment and medication, but sometimes an illness stops responding. Many cancer patients have to face reality and find a way to have a higher quality of life for themselves and their families.
Hospice care can provide a comfortable atmosphere where cancer patients can be with their loved ones and not let a depressing environment make them suffer when experiencing palliative care or end-of-life care.
How Does Hospice Care Los Angeles Help Cancer Patients?
Cancer patients have to deal with symptoms, side effects, and pain if they stay at a hospital or cancer facility. Consistent chemotherapy sessions and medications can exhaust a person. They also can’t be with their family and friends when they need them most. Hospice care takes care of all these issues and provides a comfortable and compassionable surrounding for cancer patients in their final months.
- You’ll have a cancer nurse who specializes in pain and symptom management.
- You’ll have a dedicated social worker from the hospice facility to assess your family interactions and other situations, including financial concerns, grief, family dynamics, etc.
- You’ll have a certified home aide at your disposal for daily needs like personal hygiene, changing the bed, laundry, meal prep, etc.
- You’ll have a spiritual counselor for support, offer prayer, encouragement, and meditation.
- You’ll have a trained volunteer to keep you company.
Choose Hospice Home Care
As soon as your doctor tells you that the cancer cure is not working, you can get in touch with a hospice care Los Angeles facility to inquire about end-of-life care. The place will offer a comfortable environment to improve your quality of life. If your condition improves after a few months and you can get back to cancer treatments, you can leave hospice Los Angeles.
However, no matter how long you have to stay in hospice care, make sure to focus on your well-being and spending time with the people you love.
Hospice Home Care of York County celebrates its 25th anniversary
DELAWARE COUNTY, Pa.– Hospice Home Care of York County is celebrating 25 years in business.
Hospice Home Care of York County provides comfort and support for those affected by life-limiting illness.
Today, the agency is unveiling its new brand and is also changing its name to Comfort Care by Hospice Home Care of York County.
To celebrate 25 years in business, Comfort Care by Hospice Home Care will host an open house on Friday, June 22 from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
The event will feature food, refreshments, raffle prizes and a tour of the home.
The home has eight bedrooms and a large family room.
LONG BEACH, Calif., Aug. 14, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Good Medicine Foundation, a leading non-profit organization based in Long Beach, California that provides grants and support for advanced medical care for low and fixed-income cancer patients, announced today that they are currently accepting proposals for a new project designed to assist patients who have advanced cancer and can no longer receive radiation therapy or chemotherapy.
Cancer patients, who are not eligible for clinical trials or disease-modifying therapies, find themselves battling a terminal illness, their most immediate health threat. When they can no longer receive these medically necessary treatments, they face the agonizing decision to enter hospice care or forgo the treatment that will provide the best chance of survival. Cancer patients have the same cancer risk as the general population, but because of their socio-economic situations, they are more likely to choose hospice care instead.
That is why hospice care is the #1 cause for exclusion from clinical trials for the modern cancer treatment model. Funding for this non-profit organization is also in jeopardy as the major funding streams for cancer care are also in danger of being eliminated by the federal government. According to the U.S. Senate, a bill called the “Protect Our Patients Access to Innovative Cancer Treatment Act” is in the works that would eliminate funding for the National Institute of Health (NIH).
To qualify for this project, grantees must be a not-for-profit or faith-based organization, be based in the Los Angeles area, and must be seeking funding in the amount of $25,000 or more. They must also be capable of receiving at least $25,000 per year for the service project. At least two percent of the contributions will be set aside for charity and only $15,000 will go to staff costs. Donors can make up to three separate tax-deductible donations of $2,500 per project or a total of $3,500 for all three projects. All donations must be received by October 31, 2018.
In 2016, the California Hospital Association reported that approximately 400,000 California residents are uninsured, and in 2017, approximately 44,000 cancer patients were uninsured in California. Additionally, according to national survey data, the number of uninsured patients in the U.S. rose by almost 200,000 between 2013 and 2014.
About Good Medicine Foundation: The Good Medicine Foundation was founded by Dr. Steve Morris and is dedicated to assisting in providing high-quality healthcare to low and fixed-income patients through grant funding and programmatic support. Good Medicine Foundation has provided over $2.6 million in funding and hundreds of thousands in goods and services to thousands of patients and caregivers in need.