LightBridge Hospice & Palliative Care has been a Joint Commission accredited hospice since our inception in 2001.  LightBridge is pleased to announce that this past year LightBridge passed its fourth accreditation and received the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal for patient care.

LightBridge has a dedicated team of clinicians whose focus is patient care.  One of the leaders of that team is Abigail D’Agostino, RN, MBA, our Director of Patient Care Services. 

Health care provider organizations, payers, and the health policy community increasingly recognize the deficiencies in care for people with serious illness and for those approaching the end of life. While medical advances have provided great benefit to some, many people with serious illness still often experience physical and emotional distress, …

The patient had dementia and could no longer swallow. The intricate workings of the muscles of her throat were failing, and she was no longer able to move food or liquids reliably into her stomach. Instead, they too frequently ended up in her lungs, and she drowned a little more with …