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3 Keys to Hospice Social Worker Recruitment and Retention

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Three important considerations can help hospices recruit and retain social workers — a respectful workplace culture, reasonable workloads and continuing education opportunities. Workforce shortages remain the industry’s most damaging headwind, and that includes social workers. patients compared to 14.12

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VITAS Taps Alexander Fernandez as CFO, EVP

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NYSE: CHE) VITAS Healthcare has appointed Alexander Fernandez as its CFO and executive vice president (EVP). Prior to that, Fernandez was COO of Tenet Healthcare Corp.’s He held the role for two years after serving as CFO at Tenet’s North Shore Medical Center from 2006 to 2012. Chemed Corp.

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Patient, Staff Satisfaction Biggest ROIs of Trauma-Informed Hospice Care

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This is according to Amber Ash, pediatric hospice and palliative care social worker at Ohio-based Hospice of the Western Reserve. Researchers examined end-of-life outcomes among seniors in a national Health and Retirement Study from 2006 to 2020. Hetu-Robert is also a veteran of the U.S. Navy Reserve.

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Care Dimensions CEO: New Hospice Clinicians Seek Mentorship

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Patel has been chief medical officer for the organization since 2006. You are stepping into this role during a very turbulent time in healthcare. Modern Healthcare last year named Care Dimensions as one of the best places to work in health care and identified empathy for employees as a key differentiator.

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Enhabit Appoints General Counsel; The Denver Hospice Gets New Medical Director

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Howe is passionate regarding education as he leads teams of specially trained clinical staff, including nurse practitioners, registered nurses, social workers, chaplains and certified nurse aides, all of whom he believes are experts in the care of patients with advanced and terminal illnesses.”.

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Hospice in Prison Part 1: An interview with Michele DiTomas and Keith Knauf

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We start off part one by interviewing Michele DiTomas, who has been the longstanding Medical Director of the Hospice unit and currently is also the Chief Medical Executive for the Palliative care Initiative with the California Correctional Healthcare Services. We have medical social workers who support the patients.

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How State and Local Agencies on Aging Help Older Adults: Susan DeMarois, Greg Olsen, and Lindsey Yourman

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I’m a geriatrically trained social worker and it was my grandmother. Started as a direct case manager, worked in a variety of different places including the state legislature and I’ve been with the state office now since 2006. Greg: Yeah, great question. I got into this 31 years ago. Eric: And Susan?