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Hospices Shaking Up Executive Teams

Hospice News

Clark has served as a board member of the nonprofit hospice provider since 2022, and from 2014 to 2018. Prior to that, Clark served as a board member from 2014 to 2018 before returning to her post in 2022. YoloCares Names New Board Chair California-based YoloCares has tapped Jackie Clark as its new board chair.

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Fleece Takes Helm as Empath Health CEO, Begins ‘One Hospice’ Initiative

Hospice News

But what brought him to hospice was the bereavement care he and his family received following a loss. The company’s affiliate Suncoast acquired its PACE program in 2012, prior to the formation of Empath in 2014. This led him to become a hospice volunteer and later a board member at Florida’s Tidewell Hospice, now an Empath affiliate.

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PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

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Naheed 15:56 2014. Eric 15:57 2014. I’m guessing, like here, especially in 2014, almost none of it was. There’s not enough support that goes out to you and there’s a lot of grief, bereavement and loss that is unaddressed. Eric 15:54 What year did you start peach? Naheed 16:05 Yeah, you know. Yeah, yeah.

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Two Hospices Halt Services Amid Staffing Shortages

Hospice News

HHCJ’s additional services included bereavement care, as well as free medical equipment loans for wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, bath benches, bedside commodes or canes. Though this was a 22.26% increase from the state’s rate in 2014, it still fell below the national average of 50.3% Census Bureau. during 2018, according to NHPCO.

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Government Funding Bill Extends Telehealth Flexibilities, Averts Cap Cut

NHPCO

Continued slowdown of hospice caps: The legislation extends the cap calculation methodology implemented by the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act of 2014. There is no requirement for hospices to use MFTs or MHCs and a social worker is still required if needed under a patient’s plan of care. It also directs the U.S.

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Challenges for children’s palliative care

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

There is a belief that the preferred place of death for adults and children is home (Ellingsen et al 2014; Pollock, 2015; Rainsford et al 2018). et al (2014) Being in transit and in transition. In challenging the assumption of home as the preferred place, the challenge for children’s palliative care is about how that choice is offered.

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Why Do Most People Receive Less Time in Hospice than Recommended?

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Bereaved family member perceptions of hospice referral when their family member was on hospice for seven days or less. 2014; doi 10.1007/s00520-014-2397-7. Timing of referral to hospice and quality of care: Length of stay and bereaved family member’s perceptions of the timing of hospice referral. 2014; 28(7): 959-964.