Hospice News

MARCH 18, 2025

The goal of the BreatheEazy program is to actively manage symptoms, maintain patients in the comfort of their home and reduce hospitalizations and emergency room visits, Madlem and Mastrojohn told Palliative Care News in an email. All of CHCs nurses are trained in pediatric palliative care delivery.

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Pallimed

MARCH 22, 2021

by Vickie Leff ( @VickieLeff ) Another year, another study proving the value of the palliative care social worker. This adds to what we already knew: involvement of social work impacts quality of care and patient satisfaction (Auerbach, 2007; O’Donnell et al., Broadly, we provide psychosocial care to patients and families.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 11, 2022

Today we have the honor of interviewing Susan Block, MD, one of the pioneering leaders in the fields of palliative care, particularly psychosocial aspects of palliative care. Myself personally, I was in PCEP at Harvard, I think like 2007 or something with Rachelle Bernacki and a bunch of other great people. Susan: I do.

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2023

AccentCare is a portfolio company of the private equity firm Advent International that provides hospice, palliative care, personal care, non-medical services, home health, care management and high-acuity home care. Among the hospices making investments in analytics is Wisconsin-based Sharon S.

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1-800-HOSPICE

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

They were 37% more likely to say they needed more help with personal care. Families who said the hospice referral occurred too late were 119% more likely to express concerns about care coordination. Medicare and most other insurances require that people not receive cure-oriented care while in hospice. 2007; 34: 120-125.

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