terminal illness

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When you’re not ready for hospice: the IMPACT care model

IMPACT is a Medicare model utilized at Hospice of the Twin Cities that provides support and care coordination for terminally-ill patients.

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Advance care planning: let your voice be heard

In the mid-90s, my team and I sought to create “living wills” that would document vets’ choices about specific life-sustaining treatments.