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Know your Healthcare Rights

 

By: Dr. Leslee B. Cochrane
Executive Medical Director

Dr. Leslee Cochrane - Hospice of the Valleys

Independence Day, also known as the Fourth of July is our national holiday celebrating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress, which occurred on July 4th, 1776. Since our Nation's founding the preamble to the Declaration has served as a foundational document regarding human rights:

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and pursuit of Happiness."

The United States Constitution was written in 1787 and amended in 1789 to include what we commonly refer to as "The Bill of Rights" which were amendments specifically designed to protect the rights and freedoms of American Citizens. Today more than ever, our rights and freedoms require protection, especially when it pertains to receiving medical care.

At Hospice of the Valleys, we believe that each patient should be treated with dignity and respect and allowed to make informed decisions regarding what type of treatment they want, including the right to refuse treatments when they feel those treatments are no longer beneficial. As a patient, it is extremely important that you know your rights and for those patients who are eligible for Medicare, I would encourage you to review your rights and protections under Medicare.

If you are a Medicare Patient, you have the right to be treated fairly, understand the information you get, and the right to keep your personal information safe. You also have the right to select the Hospice Provider of your choice, which is very important because not all hospice agencies provide the same quality of care to their patients.

Below is a partial overview of Medicare Patients' Rights from the Medicare website: https://www.medicare.gov/basics/your-medicare-rights/your-rights

You have the right to be:

  • Treated with courtesy, dignity, and respect at all times.
  • Protected from discrimination. Every company or agency that works with Medicare must obey the law. They can't treat you differently because of your race, color, national origin, disability, age, religion, or sex.

You have the right to have:

  • Your personal and health information kept private.
  • Access to doctors, specialists, and hospitals for medically necessary services.

You have the right to get:

  • Medicare-covered services in an emergency.
  • Information in a way you understand from Medicare, health care providers, and, under certain circumstances, contractors.
  • Information about your treatment choices in clear languages that you can understand, and participate in treatment decisions.
  • Medicare information and health care services in a language you understand.
  • Your Medicare information in an accessible format, like braille or large print.
  • Answers to your Medicare questions.
  • A decision about health care payment, coverage of items and services, or drug coverage.

If you or someone you know would like to learn more about hospice care, please feel free to contact our office at 951-200-7800 and one of our friendly nurses will be happy to speak with you and answer your questions.

A Season for Leave Taking

 

By: Dr. Lynn Euzenas
Director of Spiritual Care & Bereavement Services

Dr. Lynn Euzenas - Hospice of the Valleys

After being a part of the Hospice of the Valleys' family for nearly 18 years, the seasons of my life are now shifting towards retirement: I want to share with you that I will be retiring as of September 1st of this year. This is a bittersweet time for me: filled with hopefulness for the next adventure and yet both gleeful and wistful for the years of untold memory and poignant times of sharing the work of hospice together. To you my faithful readers, I give you thanks for your patience and generosity in allowing me to share reflections and words on life and ministry in hospice for so many years. To my dear colleagues, friends, and the memories and lives of our patients and families who have truly transformed every ounce of my being, I give you unending and unparalleled thanks. You have been my guides and companions along my life's spiritual journey. You shall continue to be what we clergy call a part of "the great cloud of witnesses" in my time to God's living and active presence with each step, through both times of brilliant light and dusky darkness.

The fabric of a life in hospice is woven with threads of memory: a legacy weave of so many rich and diverse stories which shape a lasting visage of ourselves. These stories are the footprints we leave in the sands of time and which shape our unforgettable legacies: they are the very soul of our presence continuing. They are the rich and precious gifts, the gems and jewels and outgrowth of serving the miracle of hospice together.

The richness of my time as Hospice of the Valleys has been replete with such gems. In the next few months we share together, I invite you to draw up from your memory some of these wonderful stories about the paths we might have together trod. It would be to me a gift immeasurable as I make my transition into this new season of life.

Thank you for the privilege of walking with you. May God's blessing continue to shower you with love, wisdom, and deep growth in the compassion that strives to serve.

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