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Heart to Heart Hospice Expands Footprint in Oklahoma

Hospice News

Heart to Heart provides hospice, palliative care and grief support. Established in 2003, the nonprofit offers services across 63 locations in Indiana, Michigan, Oklahoma and Texas. Hospice utilization rates in Oklahoma reached 47.77% among Medicare decedents in 2022, reported the National Alliance for Care at Home.

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VITAS, Big Bend, Heart to Heart, Family Hospice Unveil New Locations

Hospice News

Established in 2003, Heart to Heart Hospice provides services across 63 locations in Texas, Indiana, Michigan and recently stepped into the Oklahoma market last month with a de novo. The provider also operates an inpatient facility, dubbed the Margaret Z. Dozier Hospice House.

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Hospice CEO, Chief Compliance Officer Collaborations Key to Quality

Hospice News

That year, Roa took the helm at Avow Hospice, overseeing the growth of its palliative and hospice programs, along with its pediatric grief and veterans programs. Ervin joined Avow Hospice in 2003, working in various clinical and non-clinical roles.

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Keys to Discussing ‘Hard Realities’ in Pediatric Advance Care Planning Conversations

Hospice News

Researchers reviewed electronic medical record data for nearly 2,000 adolescents and young adults who died between 2003 and 2019. When their last documented goals of care were evaluated, 69% of these patients chose care that focused on palliation, the study found.

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Wild Nights: Grief Dreams, Mythology, and the Inner Marriage

Elaine Mansfield

Brilliant and beautiful, Elaine Mansfield’s essay, “Wild Nights: Grief Dreams, Mythology, and the Inner Marriage,” delves into the depths of sorrow through the lens of dreams, mythology and poetry. My essay “Wild Nights: Grief Dreams, Mythology, and the Inner Marriage” had all the ingredients for the competition: C.G.

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Butterflies, Dreams, and Marion Woodman

Elaine Mansfield

Marion Woodman and Elaine 2003. I awaken with gratitude for Marion and grief about her death in 2018. We don’t want Marion’s insights about the sacredness of nature and soul to be washed away in a materialistic, violent world. Marion’s laugh is musical, sweet and joyful. She can’t do this sacred work alone. She needs help.

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The Roots of Palliative Care: Michael Kearney, Sue Britton, and Justin Sanders

GeriPal

I have felt as I’ve come through this field over the last, I guess 2003 is when I realized I wanted to be a palliative care doctor. I think that was from a point of view of how do you cope with sadness and grief, is that you find a funny bone somewhere and you have. Justin 04:00 Yeah, that’s a great question.