Hospice Care in Peru, IL - Medicare Status, Ratings, Address, Contact

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Illinois Valley Hospice
Medicare Approved
Location: 1305 6th Street, Peru, Illinois 61354
Phone: (815) 224-1307

Hospice Advantage Llc
Medicare Approved
Location: 4371 Venture Drive, Suite 4373, Peru, Illinois 61354
Phone: (708) 499-3400

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New bedside electronic device can determine the cause of severe dizziness

A bedside electronic device that measures eye movements can successfully determine whether the cause of severe, continuous, disabling dizziness is a stroke or something benign, according to results of a small study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers.

InterSystems launches world's first and only data platform engineered for healthcare applications

InterSystems, a global leader in information technology platforms for health, business, and government applications, today announced the launch of InterSystems IRIS for Health, designed to deliver fast and sustainable value to organizations developing data-intensive healthcare applications.

Gene mutation offers clues to development of diverse neurological disorders

A research team, headed by Theodore Friedmann, MD, professor of pediatrics at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, says a gene mutation that causes a rare but devastating neurological disorder known as Lesch-Nyhan syndrome appears to offer clues to the developmental and neuronal defects found in other, diverse neurological disorders like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases.

Health Canada approves Sunovion's LATUDA NDA to treat schizophrenia

Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. today announced that the New Drug Submission (NDS) for LATUDA (lurasidone HCl), for the treatment of adult patients with acute schizophrenia has been approved by Health Canada.

Lawmakers brace for conference as House Liberals vow not to give in on key issues

The Los Angeles Times reports that Democrats are looking ahead — and at each other — before beginning the "potentially difficult" process of reconciling the Senate and House versions of health care reform.

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.