Home Health & Hospice Week

Industry Note:

Murder Investigation Sparks Hospice Scrutiny

Beware family power struggles for hospice patients, or you may get stuck in the middle of an investigation like one California hospice. A report by California Department of Public Health investigators blames Sutter VNA & Hospice for continuing to provide morphine to a patient’s caregivers despite nurses’ concerns that he was being overmedicated, reports the Sacramento Bee newspaper. The state [...]
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