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  2. Hospice care in the United States - Wikipedia

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    General inpatient care is an intensive level of care which may be provided in a nursing home, a specially contracted hospice bed or unit in a hospital, or in a free-standing hospice unit. [65] General inpatient criterion is for patients who are experiencing severe symptoms which require daily interventions from the hospice team to manage. [60]

  3. Unit trust - Wikipedia

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    A unit trust is a form of collective investment constituted under a trust deed. A unit trust pools investors' money into a single fund, which is managed by a fund manager. Unit trusts offer access to a wide range of investments, and depending on the trust, it may invest in securities such as shares, bonds, gilts, [1] and also properties, mortgage and cash equivalents

  4. Hospice - Wikipedia

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    The first hospice unit in Taiwan, where the term for hospice translates as "peaceful care", opened in 1990. [38] [74] The first free-standing hospice in Hong Kong, where the term for hospice translates as "well-ending service", opened in 1992. [38] [75] The International Hospice Institute was founded in 1984. [4]

  5. Hospice and palliative medicine - Wikipedia

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    The first formal hospice was founded in 1948 by the British physician Dame Cicely Saunders in order to care for patients with terminal illnesses. [2] She defined key physical, emotional, social, and spiritual dimensions of distress in her work. She also developed the first hospice care as well in the US in 1974 - Connecticut Hospice. [3]

  6. Hospice, Inc. - The Huffington Post

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    Hospice patients and their families are especially vulnerable to exploitation, hospice nurses told HuffPost. In order to ease people’s fears about hospice, marketers tend to downplay its basic function: that it is specifically designed for the last stage of life.

  7. Acorns Children's Hospice - Wikipedia

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    Acorns Children's Hospice Trust is a registered charity, offering a network of palliative care and support to life-limited and life-threatened children and their families across the West Midlands region and part of South West England.

  8. Hospice, Inc. - The Huffington Post

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    Until recently, hospice was a nonprofit service mostly catering to cancer patients. Hospice care usually happens at home, where a nurse or caretaker visits a dying patient and comforts him or her. Occasionally it happens in an institutional setting, such as a nursing home. A few hospices also have inpatient facilities.

  9. IRS Changes Could Rewrite Your Inheritance Strategy: What to Know

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    Managing your taxes can be one of the most complex aspects of estate planning and a new IRS rule change continues that trend. The rule, published at the end of March, changes how the step-up in ...