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Healthcare Costs: End-of-Life And Palliative Care
By Mary Beth Morrisey and Bruce Jennings
This issue paper on end-of-life costs is authored by Mary Beth Morrissey, Esq., MPH, and Bruce Jennings, MA. Mary Beth Morrissey is affiliated with the Fordham University Ravazzin Center on Aging, West Harrison, NY, and Bruce Jennings with the Center on Humans and Nature, NY, NY. Mary Beth and Bruce are both board members of the Westchester End of Life Coalition.
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Questions about Hospice and Palliative Care
What is Hospice?
When should a decision about entering a Hospice program be made — and who should make it?
What if our physician doesn’t know about Hospice?
Where can Hospice be provided?
Is Hospice affiliated with any religious organization?
Who is eligible for …READ MORE…
Questions about NY State Health Care Proxies
The source for the information below is the New York State Department of Health page.
The New York Health Care Proxy Law allows you to appoint someone you trust – for example, a family member or close friend – to make health care decisions for you if you lose the ability to make decisions yourself. By appointing a health care agent, you can make sure that health care providers follow your wishes. Your agent can also decide how your wishes apply as your medical condition changes. Hospitals, doctors and other health care providers must follow your agent’s decisions as if they were your own. You may give the person you select as your health care agent as little or as much authority as you want. You may allow your agent to make all health care decisions or only certain ones. You may also give your agent instructions that he or she has to follow. This form can also be used to document your wishes or …READ MORE…
Questions about Pain and Symptom Management
What is meant by “pain”?
How can a patient get relief from suffering and pain?
If pain continues despite treatment, where can we turn?
What are common physical symptoms at the end …READ MORE…
Local Hospices
Calvary Hospital Hospice
Calvary Hospital
1740 Eastchester Road
Bronx, NY 10461
718-279-2586
Hospice Care in Westchester &
Putnam
Rose Rosenberg, R.N. …READ MORE…
Cancer Support and Information
American Cancer Society
2 Lyon Place
White Plains, NY 10601
914-949-4800
Calvary Hospital Hospice
1740 Eastchester Road …READ MORE…
Counseling Services and Support Groups for the End of Life
Agencies offering support groups and individual psychological counseling for patients at the end of life and their care givers, and for survivors in Westchester include:
Alzheimer’s Association
6 locations
914-428-1919
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