Barry Baines

But in general, if you have diabetes, you receive remissive care, which basically helps to control the disease and slow down its progress. So in the diabetes case, it might be different medications that you take or insulin. People are familiar with hearing that insulin could be something like that. And so it's to slow things down.

But in general, if you have diabetes, you receive remissive care, which basically helps to control the disease and slow down its progress. So in the diabetes case, it might be different medications that you take or insulin. People are familiar with hearing that insulin could be something like that. And so it's to slow things down.

And in fact, a lot of cancer care, okay, is focused on remissive care to really control the progress of the disease, hopefully so that people are able to, you know, have a quality of life and be around for a while as they move ahead. Then the third type of care is called palliative care. And people may be familiar with that as care that focuses on comfort and treating symptoms.

And in fact, a lot of cancer care, okay, is focused on remissive care to really control the progress of the disease, hopefully so that people are able to, you know, have a quality of life and be around for a while as they move ahead. Then the third type of care is called palliative care. And people may be familiar with that as care that focuses on comfort and treating symptoms.

It's a kind of care that doesn't cure anybody of a disease. It doesn't slow down the progress, but the focus is on comfort so that people are comfortable as their disease progresses. Within that umbrella, if you think of palliative care as a little umbrella, under palliative care is hospice care. And that's, you know, that's exactly where it fits in.

It's a kind of care that doesn't cure anybody of a disease. It doesn't slow down the progress, but the focus is on comfort so that people are comfortable as their disease progresses. Within that umbrella, if you think of palliative care as a little umbrella, under palliative care is hospice care. And that's, you know, that's exactly where it fits in.

And hospice care is a type of palliative care for those people who have a prognosis or a life expectancy of six months or less. And we'll get into this more. It's not an exact kind of thing where you have to, you know, circle a date on your calendar and, well, gee, if I, you know, if it's the wrong date, I can't get it, you If that's what's chosen. So we'll talk about that in detail.

And hospice care is a type of palliative care for those people who have a prognosis or a life expectancy of six months or less. And we'll get into this more. It's not an exact kind of thing where you have to, you know, circle a date on your calendar and, well, gee, if I, you know, if it's the wrong date, I can't get it, you If that's what's chosen. So we'll talk about that in detail.

We'll let that spill out and spin out a little bit as we go ahead. But those are the different types of care. And quite honestly, a lot of people are not clear on the types of care that they're getting, especially when it comes to cancer care. Part of that is that we want to be hopeful, we want to be optimistic, and we hear things differently.

We'll let that spill out and spin out a little bit as we go ahead. But those are the different types of care. And quite honestly, a lot of people are not clear on the types of care that they're getting, especially when it comes to cancer care. Part of that is that we want to be hopeful, we want to be optimistic, and we hear things differently.

I know there have been a number of studies where people who had very advanced illnesses, very advanced cancers, colon cancer and lung cancer, that they were receiving treatment that was clearly remissive. They weren't going to be cured of their disease.

I know there have been a number of studies where people who had very advanced illnesses, very advanced cancers, colon cancer and lung cancer, that they were receiving treatment that was clearly remissive. They weren't going to be cured of their disease.

And they thought that the treatments that they were getting 70 and 80% thought that the care they were getting was going to be curing them of their cancer. And it wasn't. So it's again, you know, you know, at the bottom line is always communication is very important. And so that people understand just to bring in a piece from the serious illness and talking with your doctor,

And they thought that the treatments that they were getting 70 and 80% thought that the care they were getting was going to be curing them of their cancer. And it wasn't. So it's again, you know, you know, at the bottom line is always communication is very important. And so that people understand just to bring in a piece from the serious illness and talking with your doctor,

that communication becomes very important. The other piece as well is what are people's goals of the care that they receive? And that's, again, is another conversation. And we did cover a bit of that last time.

that communication becomes very important. The other piece as well is what are people's goals of the care that they receive? And that's, again, is another conversation. And we did cover a bit of that last time.

So that lays out the four different, well, really three different categories of care that people receive with the subset under palliative care being hospice care, which is what we're gonna focus on today.

So that lays out the four different, well, really three different categories of care that people receive with the subset under palliative care being hospice care, which is what we're gonna focus on today.

Okay. Okay. And I'm going to do a little background painting as well, because even the term hospice has four different meanings. Wow. Okay. So I think we're going to focus on hospice care, which is a philosophy of care. That's the type of palliative care. We already covered that. But hospice also has the meaning it's a benefit that Medicare provides. It's a Medicare hospice benefit.

Okay. Okay. And I'm going to do a little background painting as well, because even the term hospice has four different meanings. Wow. Okay. So I think we're going to focus on hospice care, which is a philosophy of care. That's the type of palliative care. We already covered that. But hospice also has the meaning it's a benefit that Medicare provides. It's a Medicare hospice benefit.