Description:
This program provides an overview of the evolution of hospice from its origins to the present and offers a look into the future. The profile of the hospice patient has changed in recent years from predominately cancer to patients who often present with a complex constellation of non-curable illnesses that have a less predictable trajectory toward death.

Objectives:

• Participant will discuss the origins of hospice from medieval times to its introduction in the US.
• Participant will list two barriers to hospice care that impact access and length of stay.
• Participant will describe the composition of the hospice interdisciplinary team
• Participant will explain the shift in hospice patients' diagnoses from cancer to non-cancer
  

* CNE credits provided by the Home Care Association of Louisiana, an approved provider by the Louisiana State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

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