Hospice Care in Wheat Ridge, CO - Medicare Status, Ratings, Address, Contact

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Lutheran Medical Center Hospice
Medicare Approved
Location: 3210 Lutheran Parkway, Wheat Ridge, Colorado 80033
Phone: (303) 425-8000

Kindred Hospice
Medicare Approved
Location: 4350 Wadsworth Blvd Ste 250, Wheat Ridge, Colorado 80033
Phone: (303) 639-9243

Encompass Hospice Of Colorado
Medicare Approved
Location: 4251 Kipling Street #405, Wheat Ridge, Colorado 80033
Phone: (303) 940-9999

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Editorial 'wrongly criticized' Sen. Coburn's 'due diligence' in reauthorizing PEPFAR, letter to editor says

A recent Washington Post editorial "wrongly criticized" Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and "his colleagues for conducting due diligence" regarding legislation to reauthorize the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, Sen. Judd Gregg (N.H.), ranking Republican on the Senate Budget Committee's Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, writes in a Post letter to the editor (Gregg, Washington Post, 6/5).

Memory complaints: Effectiveness of Non-pharmacological interventions

A meta-analysis published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics by Swiss investigators B. Metternich and associates indicates the effectiveness of non pharmacological interventions on memory complaints.

Toxins in staphylococcus bacteria can help cancer cells gain control over healthy cells

Our skin is covered in millions of bacteria and most of them help keep us healthy. However, for patients with lymphoma, it may be a rather different story, as new research from the University of Copenhagen shows that toxins in the staphylococcus bacteria help cancer cells gain control over healthy cells.

Study: Bias-based bullying does more harm to students than generalized bullying

A new study finds that bias-based bullying does more harm to students than generalized bullying, particularly for students who are targeted because of multiple identities, such as race and gender. What's more, the study finds that efforts to mitigate these harms are less effective against bias-based bullying.

Hospice Care

Hospice care is a type of care and philosophy of care that focuses on the palliation of a chronically ill, terminally ill or seriously ill patient's pain and symptoms, and attending to their emotional and spiritual needs. Care may be provided in a patient's home or in a designated facility such as nursing home, hospital unit or freestanding hospice, with level of care and sometimes location based upon frequent evaluation of the paients needs. The four primary levels of care provided by hospice are routine home care, continuous care, general inpatient and respite care.