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By Kathie Campbell, Marketing Director

          Over the past three decades, my coworkers and I have completed hundreds of presentations for many groups of different people. As we share information about hospice care it continues to surprise us that most people do not understand the financial benefits of hospice.  Many misunderstandings prevail and actually keep people from calling Hospice of the Panhandle help.  This article will attempt to clear up any misunderstandings that prevent people from using this supportive service for patients and families.

          Since 1980, Hospice of the Panhandle has provided in home hospice care to any enrolled patient and family, regardless of his or her ability to pay.  To say it in another way, Hospice of the Panhandle has never refused to provide services to any person who was medically eligible person because they did not have money or insurance.

By Kathie Campbell, Marketing Director

            Summer is closing in on us and while most of us are thrilled to have warmer weather, days by the pool, barbeques and more time to be in nature, there are those who dread the approaching season. They are the people suffering with serious, end-stage lung disease. The hot, humid weather of summer adds another element to their already difficult breathing problems. People with end-stage lung disease are usually confined to places with air conditioning, if available, or have, at the very least, fans blowing 24 hours a day.

            It is not uncommon for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer or emphysema to be dependent on oxygen for relief.  They may spend more time traveling to an emergency room when symptoms suddenly get worse and are often hospitalized to alleviate pain, anxiety and shortness of breath, only to be discharged to face the same issues again.

            There is supportive care available to people with serious, end-stage lung disease that can help decrease the need to go back and forth to the ER and can also help people with these problems better manage their disease at home. That care is Hospice.