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Data Trends Point to Palliative Care’s Return on Investment

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Researchers examined 345 hospitalized HCC patients who underwent palliative locoregional therapy between January 2015 and December 2022. Researchers examined 345 hospitalized HCC patients who underwent palliative locoregional therapy between January 2015 and December 2022. Nearly half, or 46.1%

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

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Summary Transcript Summary Often podcasts meet clinical reality. That’s why we do this podcast- to address real world issues in palliative care, geriatrics, and bioethics. But rarely does the podcast and clinical reality meet in the same day. Lynn Flint, author of the NEJM perspective titled, “Rehabbed to Death,” joins Eric and I as co-host.

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New CMOs for Hospice of the Chesapeake, Care Synergy; HopeWest Taps New VP

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She has also presented and published literature on the different types of supportive services, including palliative, hospice, acute and post-acute care. “We Hospice of the Chesapeake Appoints New CMO Maryland-based Hospice of the Chesapeake recently named Dr. Marny Fetzer as its new chief medical officer.

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Breaking the Silence: The Mounting Need for Trauma-Informed Hospice Care

Hospice News

A 2015 study analysis published in the journal BMC Public Health found that nearly two-thirds of the female home care workforce experiences some type of workplace violence annually. Victims battle an ever-present landmine of potential triggers as they reach the end of their lives. Sexual harassment and aggression impacted 27.6%

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Challenges for children’s palliative care

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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). When considering the future of children’s palliative care within the UK, it is recognised that an equitable palliative care service is needed (Together for Short Lives 2023).

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How Hospices Are Diversifying Their Services in 2024

Hospice News

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. But it goes both ways.

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Storycatching: Podcast with Heather Coats and Thor Ringler

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Many links: VA Presents: My Life, My Story: George: A Voice To Be Heard on Apple Podcasts. Summary Transcript Summary. Eric and I weren’t sure what to call this podcast – storytelling and medicine? Narrative medicine? We discussed it with today’s guests Heather Coats, palliative care NP-scientist, and Thor Ringler, poet. SPONSOR: