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Children’s Specialized Hospital CMO: Peer Mentors Key to Building a Pediatric Palliative Care Workforce

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Children’s Specialized Hospital in 2015 launched its Pediatric Palliative Care Anchor Training Program, which includes interdisciplinary education pathways for professionals to expand their expertise and skills in serious illness care for children and families. We started back in 2015 with the actual conception of this program.

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Key Palliative Care Trends to Watch in 2024

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of the country’s total population, according to a 2015 report by the U.S. Another barrier is the ongoing shortage of trained palliative care professionals — including physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants, nurses, social workers, chaplains and community health workers. Census Bureau.

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Blue Monarch CEO: Hospice Startup Seeks to Raise Bar on Quality

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I began taking care of hospice patients back in 2015 after moving to San Diego and working in a hospital setting for a while. We also have a home health aide, a chaplain, a social worker, a patient intake coordinator and a medical director. I often saw slow response times as patients waited sometimes days for nurses to provide care.

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Oasis Hospice & Palliative Care CEO: The ‘Painful’ Growth of Inpatient Care Delivery

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We obtained our Medicare license in June 2015, and everything really started by faith. From admission to case management, that whole team of doctors, nurses, social workers, volunteers, chaplains and psychosocial support is incredibly important to sustainable care. I was in restaurant management.

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Hospices Partner with After-Loss Services to Bolster Grief Support

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Logistics complicate grief journeys Coping with the logistics of a loved one’s death can complicate the grief process, said Deneale White, a clinically trained chaplain with more than 30 years of experience in social and ministry services. White serves as bereavement coordinator and chaplain at Kansas-based Interim HealthCare of Topeka.

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How Hospices Are Diversifying Their Services in 2024

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In the United States, about 177,360 children have conditions that warrant palliative care on an annual basis, according to the 2015 report “Dying in America: Improving Quality and Honoring Individual Preferences Near the End of Life,” published by the National Academies Press.

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Palliative Rehab?!?: Ann Henshaw, Tamra Keeney, and Sarguni Singh

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We’re both in my mind, and I’m biased, great team players, the palliative care team, the chaplain is a great, everybody’s super. I moved to Boston in 2015 to start my PhD and I’ve always worked clinically at MGH during the process, but I was very interested in this notion of measuring function and frailty.

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