Hospice News
AUGUST 21, 2024
Integrating pharmacists who specialize in palliative care can improve the quality of cancer care, research has found. Palliative pharmacists bring an additional layer of knowledge and training to bear for seriously ill patients, according to an analysis published in Pharmacy Times.
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
of hospice enrollees in 2019, up from 9% in 2002, according to the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). Dementia’s long course creates specific challenges to accurately estimate survival time and adequately support patients and their families.” Dementia patients represented 20.9%
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Hospice News
OCTOBER 10, 2024
NPHI is a national advocacy organization with more than 100 nonprofit advanced illness care providers, including those offering hospice and palliative care services. Muir was previously chief innovation officer at Capital Caring Health. Muir joined the organization in 2019 as its chief of clinical innovations.
Hospice News
MARCH 15, 2024
Close to 5,900 hospices operated in the United States during 2002. More than 49% of Medicare decedents enrolled in hospice care during 2022, up from 47.3% In comments on the proposed 2024 hospice payment rule, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) estimated that operators would need a 6.5%
Hospice News
MAY 26, 2022
Iowa in 2018 ranked seventh for hospice utilization among Medicare decedents at 56.2%, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. Like in much of the country, aging demographics are driving up demand for end-of-life care in the Hawkeye State. Utah held the highest rate that year at 60.5%.
Hospice News
DECEMBER 30, 2024
In honor of these achievements, he was awarded the United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights, and, in 2002, the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1982, he founded the Carter Center, a non-governmental nonprofit organization with the mission of advancing human rights and aiding the suffering globally.
GeriPal
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
In day-to-day practice, It’s hard to imagine providing excellent hospice or palliative care services without access to a team social worker. Whether in direct practice or in research and academia, we should work together to help Hospice and Palliative Care Social Work meet its full potential. . Summary Transcript Summary.
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