Fr Cesar (US Army Major & Veterans Coordinator) Research has shown that veterans lag behind in hospice and palliative care compared to the non-veteran population despite facing basically the same issues related to old-age illness. A survey by medicare a decade ago shows that veterans who received hospice care only average to about 5 percent of the total hospice care recipient for any given year. For some veterans, their old-age illness issues are further complicated by servic

By Yvette Rivera, BA What is Hospice Care? The goal of hospice is to focus on care, comfort, and quality of life of a person facing a life-limiting illness. With that, clinicians can provide pain and symptom management through routine home care, general inpatient care, inpatient respite care, as well as continuous home care. Hospice is associated with a number of common misconceptions, rest assured that “Hospice does not mean giving up hope, but rather choosing quality over q