Hospice Care of the LowCountry

Promoting Higher Levels of Quality of Care

A new study is underway exploring whether home-based palliative care (HBPC) or palliative care received in clinics is most effective in boosting the quality of life for seriously ill patients.  Conducted through the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, and…

PCHETA Passes Through The House, Next The Senate

Here is a blog post we wanted to share by Hospiceactionnetwork.org: In the last week, we had over 1,000 ADVOCATES reach out to their Representatives, and thanks to your hard work, Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (H.R.…

Lessons From a Child's Death
Lessons From a Child’s Death

After watching her son, David, known as DD, die from cancer, Sacha Langton-Gilks thought about the lessons she had learned from the experience and was inspired to write a book called Follow the Child. She wanted to help other grieving…

The Benefits of Palliative Care Are Finally Measured

ProHEALTH, a large multi-specialty physician provider group in New York that’s part of the national health care delivery organization, OptumCare, recently conducted a retrospective analysis to quantify cost savings associated and examine the cost-saving impacts of home-based palliative care (HBPC).…