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Article: Complementary therapies enhance hospice care.
- Article from:
- Hospice Management Advisor
- Article date:
- December 1, 2001
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Complementary therapies enhance hospice care
Address diverse patient needs with alternatives
There are a host of complementary therapies available to hospices, ranging from common art therapy to not-so-common dolphin therapy. As the needs of patients become more diverse, hospices may feel compelled to expand their stable of complementary therapies. The question then becomes: Which therapies are best suited for your hospice?
We checked out a number of therapies, says Heather Kantor, assistant director of foundation and complementary therapy administrator for Nathan Adelson Hospice in Las Vegas.
As late as 1999, Nathan Adelson employed no ...