Question

1. What is Concurrent Care for Children as it pertains to hospice for pediatric patients?

2. How can hospice actually extend the life of people living with a terminal illness? Why do you think this occurs?

3. What is "living Will'? Explain how that or the "5 wishes" document can aid in the care of patients at end of life.

4. What does "Dying with Dignity" mean to you?

5. What is the Medicare Hospice Benefit and what does it state about a person's eligibility for hospice care? In other words: Who is eligible for hospice care?

Answer 1

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) into the law that was signed by the Obama This legislation contained a new provision section 2302, the concurrent care for children. Requirement, which allows Children under the age of 2 years to recieve Eith yo cratite or hospice services along lige - prolonging treatment As part of the provision, children that qualify for hospice due to a prognosis of 6 months or less are eligible to have both hospice as well as supplemental. community waiver services. Hospice care is for people who are nearing the end of life. The services are provided by a team of health care professional who maximize comfort for a person who is terminally ill by reducing pain. The living will is the decision made by the patient. The five wishes family and doctors know ar'- D who the patient want to make healthcare decisions for patient when he couldn't make them. 2) The kind of medical treatment patient want 3) How comfortable the patient want. 4) How patient want people to treat him/her. 5) what you patient want his loved ones to know

Answer: Dying with dignity means dying at own terms and conditions. The dying with dignity is the act which is wished by the terminally I'll patient.