Hospice care advocate aims to increase awareness, reduce stigma surrounding industry

Hospice care advocate aims to increase awareness, reduce stigma surrounding industry
McKnights Home Care, by Foster Stubbs; 1/8/24
“I think we all know that the population over age 65 in the United States is growing at a rapid pace,” [Ruth] Thomson, DO and chief medical officer of Four Seasons, a nonprofit hospice and palliative care provider serving 13 western North Carolina counties, told McKnight’s Home Care Daily Pulse. ... However, Thomson understands that the scrutiny hospice care can receive may drive families away from considering it as an option. She has used her position on the public policy committee at the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine to help create effective vetting and regulatory procedures for the hospice industry. She believes more thorough regulation will ensure fewer bad actors.