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How Home Care and Hospice Can Make a Difference
News headlines have been splashed recently with terms, such as “fiscal cliff” and “debt ceiling.” Congress has been negotiating for months on ways to reduce spending while also still providing the…
Exploring a Challenging Conversation
Educating patients and their loved ones about hospice care, and how it can boost quality of life, is one of our goals at Liberty HomeCare & Hospice Services. Hospice care is not an easy topic to…
New Hospital Readmission Penalties Reflect Why Patients Need Home Care
The debate over the merits of the Affordable Care Act won’t end soon, but its impact has already started. More than 2,000 hospitals nationwide will have their Medicare reimbursements reduced due to…
Hospice Care Creates Better Quality of Life
Hospice Care Makes a Difference A new study published in the June issue of Health Affairs re-affirms something we in the hospice industry already know. In the study, half of adults age 65 or older…
We Appreciate, and Need, Nurses More than Ever
National Nurses Week National Nurses Week celebrated nurses nationwide earlier in May, and nurses at Liberty HomeCare & Hospice Services make a major difference in their patients’ lives, in the…
Maintaining Patient Trust Remains Home Care’s Goal
A disturbing news story out of Texas has made myself and everyone else associated with Liberty HomeCare & Hospice Services feel overwhelming shock and disappointment. A doctor in Texas is…
HELP Hospice Act Vital Legislation Congress Should Approve
At Liberty HomeCare & Hospice Services, we hear all the time from the families of hospice patients, who tell us how our hospice care significantly helped them through the final stages of a loved…
Medicare Change Resolution Needed Before New Year
Physicians who accept patients with Medicare could face a dark choice in 2012. On January 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services are scheduled to start paying Medicare claims at a 27…
Home Care: The Best Way to End Hospital Readmission Trend
Recent media coverage of the Occupy movement from Wall Street to Wilmington illustrates the growing disenchantment with the status quo in America. That kind of discord is also evident in the health…
Reducing Specialized Therapy Opportunities is the Wrong Idea for N.C.
October is National Physical Therapy Month October is National Physical Therapy Month, and there’s a lot to celebrate. Physical therapy provides numerous benefits for patients. Physical therapy…