It occurs when your nerves are damaged by an injury or disease, such as diabetes. Your nerves send extra electrical signals to the brain. This causes pain when you do something that is not normally painful, like putting on shoes. Diabetic nerve pain is a sign that the nerves in your feet or hands are damaged.
Medicare paid an average of $153 per day, per person, in 2010 to cover hospice care, in the following categories: 1  Routine home care â $146.63 per day for services that patients need on a day-to-day basis.
Nearly two-thirds of hospices care for 100 or fewer patients per day, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. Hospice of the Bluegrass in Lexington, Ky., cares for more than 900 patients daily.