Chris Zinn - Hospice Council of West Virginia

New Opioid Policies in West Virginia Exempt Hospice and Palliative Care Patients

West Virginia is implementing new policies to limit opioid prescriptions. Opioids include drugs like hydrocodone and oxycodone. The new law exempts cancer patients and patients receiving hospice or palliative care, who may need these strong pain medications. Even though these patients are exempt, providers are taking great care to ensure Read more…

By Chris Zinn, 6 yearsNovember 20, 2018 ago

Dementia

Dementia is a terminal illness—when do I call hospice?

When someone in our family was recently diagnosed with dementia, I found out that many people did not know that this would get progressively worse and eventually become terminal. Dementia causes great sadness in families and the kind of support you need changes as the disease progresses. Hospices are caring Read more…

By Chris Zinn, 6 yearsOctober 18, 2018 ago