Cigna Foundation and Cigna Help Improve Advanced Care for Communities, Customers
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"Currently, there is an inadequate understanding of the knowledge - and gaps in knowledge - of families who are providing support for their terminally ill loved ones," Broyles said. During the final year of an ill person's life, family members provide care on average for 66 hours per week.1 Yet, in many cases, caregivers have had no training to perform important tasks, such as wound treatment, and have had to learn on their own.2 "
In a separate but related move, Cigna started a pilot program focused on helping people with an advanced illness such as late-stage cancer or heart disease to receive holistic palliative care.
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