title: Providing hospice services for residents of extended-care facilities.
abstract: The need for long-term care in an extended care facility potentially represents the fastest growing segment fo the Medicare hospice marketplace. Steps and techniques that will help your hospice program succeed in providing home care to residents of long-term care facilities are shared in this article.
authors.affiliation: VNA/Hospice Alliance, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA. carla_braveman@cooley-dickinson.org
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Braveman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003284:Contract Services / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D004282:Documentation; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration; D007353:Insurance, Long-Term Care; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D008484:Medicaid; D006278:Medicare; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D014481:United States