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How California Began Expanding Palliative Care Via Medicaid

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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. He returned to hospice care part time from 2010 to 2014 from his home base in Napa County.

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Systematic Change Needed to Support Family Caregivers of Hospice Patients

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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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‘Elegant, Expert Care’: The Emergence of Neuropalliative Services

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In recent years, more neurologists are realizing the need for specialized palliative care for this population. A budding specialty Guidelines for palliative medicine of any kind are relatively recent, Dr. Farrah Daly, owner and founder of Evenbeam Neuropalliative Care, LLC, told Palliative Care News.

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Private Equity Gobbling Up Hospices plus Hospice and Dementia: Melissa Aldridge, Krista Harrison, & Lauren Hunt

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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. Alex: We’re delighted to welcome back Lauren Hunt, who is a Hospice and Palliative Care Nurse Researcher, an Assistant Professor of Nursing at UCSF.

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