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Hospice care: full range of supportive services for terminally ill individuals in the final stages of their illnesses and for their families. (AIRS LT-3000) Palliative care: comprehensive management of the physical, psychological, social, spiritual and existential needs of patients with the objective of helping them achieve the best possible quality of life through relief of suffering, control of symptoms and restoration of functional capacity while remaining sensitive to personal, cultural and religious values, beliefs and practices. (AIRS LT-6650)

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Childrens Hospice International
1800 Diagonal Road Suite 400
Alexandria, VA 22314
 Phone: 703-684-0330
Service Categories:
Hospice & Palliative Care
Address: 1800 Diagonal Road Suite 400
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 703-684-0330
Service Categories:
Hospice & Palliative Care
Email: info@chionline.org
URL: http://www.chionline.org/
Eligibility: critically ill children with a life-threatening illness
Services Provided: Provides Hospice services for children, believing that critically ill children should have access to hospice/palliative care along with curative care from the time their life-threatening illness has been diagnosed. Increased access to palliative and hospice benefit services from the time of
diagnosis can drastically improve the quality of care and outcomes for this population of children.
Palliative care has been shown to decrease the average lengths of stay in medical facilities and hospital admissions for this pediatric population.
Original Source: Nationwide Suggest Providers Queue
Last Updated: 8/15/2019
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National Association for Home Care & Hospice
228 Seventh Street, SE
Washington, DC 2003
 Phone: 202-547-7424
Service Categories:
Home Health, In-home Services
Hospice & Palliative Care
Address: 228 Seventh Street, SE
Washington, DC 2003
Phone: 202-547-7424
Service Categories:
Home Health, In-home Services
Hospice & Palliative Care
URL: http://www.nahc.org
Services Provided: Provides information about home care and hospice including patient rights, selecting a provider, and legal issues. A locator search feature to help consumers find a local provider.
Original Source: MedHome Portal
Last Updated: 7/31/2018
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National POLST Paradigm
208 I Street NE
Washington, DC 20002
 Phone: 202-780-8352
Service Categories:
Emergency Medical Care
Hospice & Palliative Care
Address: 208 I Street NE
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: 202-780-8352
Service Categories:
Emergency Medical Care
Hospice & Palliative Care
Email: info@polst.org
URL: https://polst.org/programs-in-your-state/
Eligibility: Patients who are seriously ill or frail
Services Provided: With emphasis on patients’ wishes about the care they receive, the National POLST Paradigm helps patients get the medical treatments they want, and avoid the medical treatments they do not want, when they are seriously ill or frail. It's about helping people live the way they want until they die. Web locator for state's sample forms. The POLST form is a medical order emergency personnel can follow whenever, and wherever, the patient has a medical emergency and can't speak for himself/herself.
Original Source: MedHome Portal
Last Updated: 6/12/2019
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