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Hospice News
APRIL 23, 2024
Palliative care has become a more sought-after treatment plan in recent years, and one agency in California has led the charge in advancing palliative care support among its population. Cotter has been a board certified physician in family medicine since 1981 and worked as a hospice medical director from 1988 to 1989.
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Given the critical role of family caregivers in home-based care, hospices have a vested interest in expanding their access to support. Families caring for seriously ill loved ones face systemic barriers that could threaten patients’ ability to receive care at home, including at the end of life.
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Hospice News
APRIL 15, 2024
Lagging supportive services around social determinants of health and limited access to hospice and palliative care are driving disparities among rural family caregivers. These determinants, along with the natural stressors of palliative and end-of-life caregiving, disproportionately impact their emotional well-being.”
Hospice News
JUNE 28, 2023
Hospice of the Chesapeake Appoints New CMO Maryland-based Hospice of the Chesapeake recently named Dr. Marny Fetzer as its new chief medical officer. Fetzer is currently system medical director for palliative care and hospice services at Illinois-based Ascension Health.
Traditions Health
JUNE 26, 2023
Hospice addresses a person’s mind, body, and spirit as they go through this challenging phase of life. While nurses, chaplains, aides, and therapists all play valuable roles, volunteers form a vital part of hospice services. Volunteers are essential to supporting all facets of hospice care.
GeriPal
AUGUST 25, 2022
People with dementia make up about half of hospice admissions. And yet, we know little about the clinical experience of people with dementia in hospice. Krista Harrison found , to her surprise, that caregivers of people with dementia who died rated hospice as well as similar patients without dementia who died on hospice.
Hospice News
DECEMBER 2, 2022
The National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), for instance, filed an amicus brief with the court. Health care has its own language, and at times the New Yorker and ProPublica appeared to be less than fluent. In 2019, hospice utilization among Medicare decedents reached 51.7%, according to NHPCO.
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