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2. Gentiva Health Services - Wikipedia

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   Gentiva Health Services is a provider of home health care, hospice, and related health services in the United States. The company is headquartered in Atlanta , Georgia. Prior to its October 2014 acquisition by Kindred Healthcare , it was a Fortune 1000 company with over $1.7 billion in annual revenue and a member of the S&P 600 index.

3. Hospice - Wikipedia

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   Hospice care is a type of health care that focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's pain and symptoms and attending to their emotional and spiritual needs at the end of life. Hospice care prioritizes comfort and quality of life by reducing pain and suffering. Hospice care provides an alternative to therapies focused on life ...

4. Home care in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Home health care is medical in nature and is provided by licensed, skilled healthcare professionals. Home health care providers deliver services in the client's own home. Professional home health services may include medical or psychological assessment, wound care, pain management, disease education and management, physical therapy, speech ...

5. Jimmy Carter has opted for home hospice care. Here’s what ...

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   Former President Jimmy Carter has decided to “spend his remaining time at home” and receive hospice care, the Carter Center announced on Saturday. The 98-year-old Carter has overcome a myriad ...

6. Nursing home care in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In 2012 the American Association of Retired Persons, in its profiles on long term services and supports in the states, indicated that $5,495 per person is available for home health services, $11,142 for personal care services, $10,710 for aging waiver. The average for nursing facilities is $29,533 per person. [42]

7. Hospice care in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Exterior of an inpatient hospice unit. In the United States, hospice care is a type and philosophy of end-of-life care which focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's symptoms. These symptoms can be physical, emotional, spiritual or social in nature. The concept of hospice as a place to treat the incurably ill has been evolving ...