Senior Health

• Jan 27, 2015 03:00 pm

I’ve had a wound for almost a year. Why won’t it heal?

Eden Smith, MD

• Jan 27, 2015 01:21 pm

Senior Health / Advance Health Care Directive

How do I create an advance directive and how can I be sure my advance directive will be honored should that time come?

• Apr 15, 2019 11:25 am

Does the POLST form replace an advanced health care directive?

• Jan 28, 2015 10:22 am

How can a POLST form be helpful to me or my loved one?

• Jan 28, 2015 10:21 am

have been hearing about a legal document for advance health care planning called a POLST form. What is it?

• Jan 28, 2015 10:20 am

have been hearing about a legal document for advance health care planning called a POLST form. What is it?

• Jan 28, 2015 10:20 am

Who should have advance health care directives?

• Jan 28, 2015 12:22 pm

What are advance directives?

• Jan 28, 2015 10:17 am

What does advance health care planning include?

• Jan 28, 2015 10:14 am

What is advance health care planning?

• Jan 28, 2015 10:12 am

Senior Health / Home Health

Can patients receive long-term care at home? Does long-term care insurance cover home care?

Anna Eberhardt-Bertrand

• Apr 15, 2019 11:25 am

My aunt needs daily care, options besides a nursing home?

Anna Eberhardt-Bertrand

• Jan 26, 2015 02:43 pm

What kind of health services can be provided in the home?

Anna Eberhardt-Bertrand

• Jan 26, 2015 02:44 pm

What might require home health services, any specific requirements?

• Feb 13, 2015 02:34 pm

When is a patient released from home health? Who pays for home health services?

• Jan 27, 2015 11:13 am

Who provides home health services? Can friends and family participate in the care of a home health patient?

• Jan 27, 2015 11:12 am

When is a patient referred for home health services?

• Feb 13, 2015 02:34 pm

What is the role of a medical director with a home health agency?

• Jan 27, 2015 11:10 am

Senior Health / Hospice

Are there any specific tips for coping with grief during the holidays?

Shauna Burrow

• Apr 15, 2019 11:25 am

What are the symptoms of grief?

Shauna Burrow

• Jan 28, 2015 09:15 am

What is the first thing you should say to someone who has suffered the loss of a loved one?

Shauna Burrow

• Jan 28, 2015 09:14 am

Who pays for hospice services?

• Jan 27, 2015 02:58 pm

How are friends and family typically involved with the care of a hospice patient?

• Jan 27, 2015 02:56 pm

Where do patients receive hospice care?

• Jan 27, 2015 02:55 pm

Who provides hospice care?

• Jan 27, 2015 02:54 pm

Are there any specific requirements that patients must meet to receive hospice services?

• Jan 27, 2015 02:52 pm

When is a patient referred for hospice care?

• Jan 27, 2015 02:51 pm

What is hospice?

• Jan 27, 2015 02:49 pm

Senior Health / Palliative Care

How do I get palliative care?

• Apr 15, 2019 11:25 am

How do I know if I need palliative care?

• Jan 28, 2015 10:31 am

What is the difference between palliative care and hospice?

• Jan 28, 2015 10:30 am

How can palliative care help me?

• Jan 28, 2015 10:29 am

What is palliative care?