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National Alliance’s Scott Levy: Hospices Need ‘Regulatory Relief’ to Protect ‘Sacred Benefit’

Hospice News

This is according to Scott Levy, chief government affairs officer at National Alliance for Care at Home (the Alliance). Can you share your background in hospice and home over the last decade, starting with your most recent role at Amedisys? I started out in a lower-level government affairs position at Amedisys in August 2015.

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Systematic Change Needed to Support Family Caregivers of Hospice Patients

Hospice News

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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The Forces Driving, Impeding Access to Pediatric Palliative Care

Hospice News

Moving the needle forward will take improved national regulations and strengthen care delivery systems, the organization indicated in a separate report. There are so many things that need to be addressed to improve quality and access to pediatric palliative and hospice care. There is a great unmet need for supportive care at home.

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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). 2015) ‘Problems with preference and place of death for children too’, BMJ , (19th November), p. 2021) What does effective end-of-life care at home for children look like?

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Prognosis Superspecial: A Podcast with Kara Bischoff, James Deardorff, and Elizabeth Lilley

GeriPal

God, it must have been like 2015, 2016. Our goal with this study is to provide clinicians, patients and families with an estimate of when a person with dementia might require the level of care typical for individuals at a nursing home. Eric 10:09 So you’re reassured on that concern there. Kara 10:12 Yep. James 21:05 Yeah.

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Ep.2: The Truth About Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion—And What Agencies Should Be Doing Differently

Home Care Pulse

2015 left, started my own company. You know, if you think about there are too few caregivers, whether you’re talking about, you know, skilled nursing, uh, whether you’re talking about personal care providers, there’s not enough. People were super compassionate, nice, smart, business driven. Ron Ross: ( 10:57 ).