Jimmy Carter enters hospice care. What is it?
February 21, 2023 GMTFormer U.S. President Jimmy Carter entered home hospice care in Plains, Georgia, after a series of short hospital stays.
Jimmy Carter, 39th US president, enters hospice care at home
February 18, 2023 GMTATLANTA (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter, who at 98 years old is the longest-lived American president, has entered home hospice care in Plains, Georgia, a statement from The Carter Center confirmed Saturday.
Mississippi doctor gets 5-year sentence in hospice fraud
February 9, 2023 GMTGREENVILLE, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi physician has been sentenced to five years in prison for healthcare fraud connected to hospice operations in the state's impoverished Delta region.
Authorities: Woman sent to Iowa funeral home was alive
February 2, 2023 GMTA continuing care home in suburban Des Moines, Iowa, has been fined $10,000 after a funeral home discovered a woman sent to it in a body bag was still alive.
The Iowa Department of Inspection and Appeals said in a report filed Wednesday that the 66-year-old woman was declared dead at the Glen Oaks Alzheimer's Special Care Center in Urbandale on Jan.
Reports: Suspect in deputy’s homicide dies in hospice care
October 30, 2022 GMTROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man accused of killing a sheriff's deputy in June has died in hospice care.
Duane Heard died Friday in Rock Hill, new outlets reported, citing the Spartanburg County coroner.
Indiana officer who was shot in head is moved to hospice
September 4, 2022 GMTRICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — An eastern Indiana police officer who was shot in the head during a traffic stop has been moved to hospice care after being taken off life support at a hospital, her department said.
Len Dawson, MVP of Chiefs’ first Super Bowl win, in hospice
August 13, 2022 GMTKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Len Dawson, the 87-year-old Hall of Fame quarterback who led the Kansas City Chiefs to their first Super Bowl title, has entered hospice care in Kansas City.
KMBC-TV, the Kansas City station where Dawson began his broadcasting career in 1966, confirmed Dawson is in hospice care through his wife, Linda.
Mississippi doctor convicted of hospice health care fraud
April 5, 2022 GMTGREENVILLE, Miss. (AP) — A federal jury has convicted a Mississippi doctor of referring and certifying patients to hospice care who were not terminally ill and didn't know what sort of treatment they would be getting.
Charges allege Southern California hospice care fraud
February 24, 2022 GMTRANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. (AP) — Sixteen people have been charged with defrauding the California Medi-Cal and federal Medicare systems of more than $4.2 million by enrolling people who were not terminally ill into hospice care, authorities said Thursday.
Man charged with killing grandmother dies in hospice care
January 26, 2022 GMTNASHUA, N.H (AP) — A man who was charged with second-degree murder in the death of his grandmother has died after suffering a medical event, the New Hampshire attorney general's office said.
Jacob Abraham, 28, was hospitalized earlier this month.
Powerful South Carolina lawmaker Leatherman in hospice care
October 21, 2021 GMTCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — State Sen. Hugh Leatherman, South Carolina's oldest and most powerful state lawmaker, is currently receiving hospice care after the discovery of what colleagues described as an inoperable cancer.
Another NC health care visitation measure headed to governor
October 6, 2021 GMTRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Hospitals, nursing homes and adult care and hospice care facilities in North Carolina would be required to allow patient visits in a measure given final legislative approval on Wednesday.
Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards in hospice care
July 6, 2021 GMTNEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards, who turns 94 in August, announced Tuesday that he has entered hospice care after being hospitalized Sunday with pain in his right lung.
The four-term former governor, whose three-decade dominance of Louisiana politics was all but overshadowed by an eight-year stretch in federal prison, downplayed the end-of-life aspect of hospice care.
Hospice care center brightens patients’ days with good deeds
May 9, 2021 GMTBAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) — A hospice care center in Mississippi is working to brighten patients' days with good deeds.
Wishing Well Project was started at SouthernCare Hospice in Picayune.
“If there’s something specific that will just brighten their day, cheer them up and give them a couple of good memories is what we try to do,” Coordinator Rebecca Silvia told WLOX...
Ex-teammate: Hall of Famer Floyd Little enters hospice care
November 22, 2020 GMTDENVER (AP) — Hall of Fame running back Floyd Little has entered hospice care, according to ex-Syracuse teammate Patrick Killorin...
AP Source: Former Michigan Rep. John Dingell in hospice care
February 7, 2019 GMTDETROIT (AP) — Former Rep. John Dingell, the longest-serving member of Congress in American history, is receiving hospice care, a person familiar with the situation said Wednesday...
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February 6, 2019 GMTEditor, Daily Times:
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