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Background Information

Betsy Murphy has worked in hospice care for 25 years. She worked for a large metropolitan area hospice serving in both administrative and direct patient care roles. For seven years of her tenure, she was a regional vice president and developed relationships in her community that rapidly increased the number of patients the hospice served. For seven years, Betsy worked in marketing and business relations, focusing on increasing access to hospice care for underserved populations. Betsy is both a writer and a hospice consultant. In 2006, she wrote the first chapter on end of life care for FA Davis and Co. entitled Understanding Medical Surgical Nursing. Also in 2006, she wrote and published the handbook for consumers entitled Guide to Caregiving in the Final Months of Life which is now in its second printing.

Betsy writes for nursing journals. Her last article was publlished in November 2009, entitled In Search of a Peaceful Death in Clinician Reviews. She is a featured end of life expert on Allexperts.com and Ezinearticles.com. Betsy presents on end of life and hospice care both locally and nationally. Her last presentation was at the American College of Nurse Practitioners conference in October 2009.

Betsy has consulted both privately with hospice clients and with a national hospice consulting firm for the past two years. She has written ADR letters, redetermination and reconsideration letters and has testified at administrative law judge hearings on hospice eligibility for a variety of hospice diagnoses. She works with hospices to write ADR letters, to evaluate the effectiveness of their clinical staff documentation and she provides training to improve documentation and thereby assure Medicare payment.

Birth Place

Corning,

Accomplishments

Outstanding Woman in Loudoun County 1997 and 2003.
Published "Guide to Caregiving in the Final Months of Life 2006.

Contact Information

Guide to Caregiving LLC
21200 Hibbs Bridge Road
Middleburg VA 20117 USA

Contact Author: Betsy Murphy

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Guide to Caregiving
The book, Guide to Caregiving in the Final Months of Life provides care givers with a wealth of information. It helps them to determine when recovery is no longer possible and how to access the best end of life care for their loved one.

EzineArticles.com
Betsy Murphy has worked in hospice care for 25 years. She worked for a large metropolitan area hospice serving in both administrative and direct patient care roles. For seven years of her tenure, she was a regional vice president and developed relationships in her community that rapidly increased the hospice census. Betsy was awarded the county’s “Outstanding Woman” award twice by her county’s Commission on Women, for outstanding contributions in the areas of improved pain management in nursing homes and for developing a children’s grief camp. For seven years, Betsy worked in marketing and business relations, focusing on increasing access to hospice care for underserved populations. When Betsy served on the local board of the Alzheimer’s Association for 11 years, she developed educational materials designed to help families of patients with dementia choose hospice care. Betsy also served for four years on the End of Life Committee for the American College of Nurse Practitioners. She developed educational materials to be used in private practice with prospective hospice families to encourage earlier referral to hospice care. As an experienced clinician and writer, Betsy consults for hospices offering her expertise in the areas of clinical due diligence and training to improve both documentation and care. Betsy gets high marks for her presentations to hospice clinical staff with her knowledge of the latest research on end of life care. Betsy is a registered nurse with over 35 years of nursing experience. She was trained as a nurse practitioner and is certified as a hospice and palliative care nurse. She is widely published in nursing journals and a frequent speaker on end of life care. Betsy is committed to hospice access, hospice nurse education and quality. In 2006, she wrote the first chapter on end of life care in FA Davis and Company’s textbook Understanding Medical Surgical Nursing. Also in 2006, she wrote and published a handbook for consumers entitled Guide to Caregiving in the Final Months of Life. The book, currently in its second printing is designed to help family members to understand that their loved one is declining and that hospice is their best resource. Betsy is a featured expert on Allexperts.com.

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Betsy Murphy has more than 25 years experience in end of life care for adults. She helps to identify when someone is approaching the end of their life. To weigh the benefits and burdens of end of life treatments. How to manage pain and other symptoms. How to provide care for dying patients at home. How to advocate for someone who is dying in a hospital or nursing home.