Hospice Type Palliative Care For Heart Failure Patients
Heart failure is the major cause of death in the United States, according to the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. The chronic disease causes approximately 300,000 deaths every year, according to the American Journal of Palliative Medicine. AJPM also estimates costs of treatment related to heart failure account for 5 percent of all health-care expenditures in the U.S., with an annual $500,000,000 spent on cardiac prescriptions alone. The journal names it the most common cause of hospital re-admissions and death.
And with that being said, there are now cardiac based home hospice type services being offerd more and more. Thank goodness. The anxiety, time and bills for so many of these patients and families is beyond high and too much to handle. Many congestive heart failure patients are known by their first name in community hospitals and are what we call ‘frequent flyers’. It is a forever revolving door.
I am really excited that there is now palliative care that is specialized for cardiac disease. In my eyes hospice is one of the best services that can be offered to chronic patients and their families. It offers comfort, support and reassurance for everyone involved.
Hospice also can help families with financial and legal assistance, medical choices and getting necessary documents in place.
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