Program on Medicare Hospice Benefit in Southbury, CT on May 22

Regional Hospice and Home Care of Western CT will offer a workshop, “Hospice Medicare Benefit and Eligibility,” on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Southbury Senior Center in Southbury, CT.  

 Who is eligible for the Medicare Hospice Benefit and what does it provide?  Learn about the expert care and pain and symptom management as well as the emotional and spiritual support that is available under the Medicare Hospice Benefit. Linda Pinckney, LPN, nurse liaison at Regional Hospice and Home Care of Western CT, will present this informative workshop. 

 “People may think hospice care is only for cancer patients,” said Pinckney.  “But if patients meet the criteria, the Medicare Hospice Benefit is also available for people with COPD, end-stage Alzheimer’s disease, congestive heart failure and other advancing illnesses.”