civilized

civilized specializes in Hospice.

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1. Vitas Inpatient Hospice

   civilized replied to JMomBaby's topic in Hospice

   I agree with you on their "medical euthanasia" stuff, but they were born out of the whole Teri Schiavo case. I believe one of Teri's hospice nurse's was a founder? However they are great on researching the facts. I don't think there is a journalist i...

2. Vitas Inpatient Hospice

   civilized replied to JMomBaby's topic in Hospice

   According to Hospice Patients Alliance the largest hospice patient advocates group in the country: Back during the Clinton administration Vitas were under investigation for 50 million in "disputed federal payments" from Medicare. At the time it was o...

3. Vitas Inpatient Hospice

   civilized replied to JMomBaby's topic in Hospice

   This is just 1 of many stories... http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-22/preparing-americans-for-death-lets-for-profit-hospices-neglect-end-of-life.html

4. Vitas Inpatient Hospice

   civilized replied to JMomBaby's topic in Hospice

   Run as fast as you can!

5. Hospice care

   civilized replied to civilized's topic in Massachusetts

   My ducks are armed and ready. I have charts for months documenting patient abuse before I even started working there, I have charts documenting a patient crying in pain, nursing home staff documenting patient in pain over a 3 month period and calling...

6. Hospice care

   civilized replied to civilized's topic in Massachusetts

   I know big brother is watching this site. The Hospice that I have a lawsuit against after they fired me for being a whistleblower, has sent me threatening letters that they will sue me for slander if I mention their name. Wonder how they know it's me...

7. Hospice care

   civilized replied to civilized's topic in Massachusetts

   Go to the "Hospice Patience Alliance" website, they have all kinds of facts about ***** since she was the CEO of the Hospice where ***** was. They also have information about her on the National Hospice Federation website. She is also the past presid...

8. Hospice care

   civilized replied to civilized's topic in Massachusetts

   The National Hospice Foundation is run by ******, she is also the CEO of the largest Hospice in the country. That Hospice was charged with Medicare fraud while ***** has been running it. Medicare has been fighting to get it's money back for years now...

9. Hospice care

   civilized replied to civilized's topic in Massachusetts

   It's interesting to hear about donating to Hospice. I guess people don't understand 50% are profit making corporations. The largest Hospice in Florida made 3 BILLION in profits last year while medicare has been trying to get them to pay back 13,000 i...

10. Hospice care

    civilized replied to civilized's topic in Massachusetts

    I don't think anyone is against pain management, but if you believe Hospice is for everyone your head is in the sand. Hospice has strayed very far from what the original intent of Cicely Saunders was. Hospice has become a BIG business. At this moment...

11. Hospice care

    civilized replied to civilized's topic in Massachusetts

    The HHS Hotline number, don't bother. I not only called several times, I notified state agencies during abuse I was witnessing. Never did any investigator interview me. Never! HHS, they do not respond. It's hard to believe, but they do not respond! I...

12. Hospice care

    civilized replied to civilized's topic in Massachusetts

    God Bless your Mom who is doing so well. I just read that 50% of Hospices are for profit now, and they are growing. I worked for one that made 1.4 BILLION dollars profit in 2010. The largest Hospice in the country "suncoast hospice" made famous by th...

13. Hospice care

    civilized replied to civilized's topic in Massachusetts

    One of the biggest scandals in healthcare is providing hospice care in assisted living. These days the hospice aides are traveling 100-200 miles a day to see patients, it doesn't leave much time for patient care. The assisted living staff as wonderfu...

14. Hospice care

    civilized replied to civilized's topic in Massachusetts

    If your pro-hospice, you need to check out the hospice patience alliance on line. They are an amazing group and help people navigate the hospice system. They get 9000 hits a day on their website. As I've said in an earlier post, I became a whistleblo...

15. Hospice care

    civilized replied to civilized's topic in Massachusetts

    dance4life, I was very shocked about DPH myself. I always assumed they really investigated complaints. Now I find out they only investigated "serious" complaints. Giving a copd patient who was eating PO and walking, morphine to help with her was not ...