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Hospices Stepping Up Performance on Visits-in-Last-Days-of-Life Measure

Hospice News

Hospices, in aggregate, are showing improvement on the quality measure for visits in the last days of life. In Calendar Year 2021, the share of hospice care days with nurse visits in the last seven days of life rose to 63%, up from 62% year over year, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).

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New Executives Take the Helm at AccentCare, Blue Ridge, Androscoggin, Good Samaritan

Hospice News

Natarajan’s role expanded after previously serving as the post-acute company’s chief medical officer for hospice since 2005. In addition to oversee AccentCare’s hospice and palliative care programs, he will also support its clinical care operations and patient experience initiatives.

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Benefits of Art Therapy During Bereavement

Hospice of the North Coast

Moon, 2016, pp 8-9). Kelly Gelhaar, Art Therapist & Bereavement Counselor at Hospice of the North Coast. Early in her career she worked primarily with children and youth and has been working in Hospice Bereavement for the past four years. Click below for current group offerings. Grief Support Groups.

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Hospice of the Panhandle Taps New CEO; New Strategy Director Appointed at Unity Hospice

Hospice News

Hospice of the Panhandle Promotes New CEO from Within West Virginia-based Hospice of the Panhandle has appointed Chief Clinical Officer Nikki Bigiarelli as its new CEO. The hospice world is constantly changing,” Bigiarelli said. Bigiarelli will work alongside its current CEO Margaret Cogswell before she retires on June 1, 2023.

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Maribel Health Secures $25 Million in Series A Round, Aims to Build High-Acuity Home Care, Hospice Programs

Hospice News

Maribel partners with health care providers to support their efforts to design and expand the services they offer in the home setting, including home health agencies, hospices, palliative care providers and health systems. The Ivy League coach and mother of three died in 2016 at age 41.

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St. Croix’s Strategic Executive Moves; NHPCO’s Ben Marcantonio Named Goodwin Living’s Board VP

Hospice News

Croix Hospice recently made changes to its executive team. Croix provides hospice to nearly 4,000 patients daily across the Midwest. The hospice promoted Eric Lewis to chief accounting officer, who joined St. Croix Hospice since 2018, previously serving as director of marketing and communications. Shake Ups in St.

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Challenges for children’s palliative care

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

Where home is not felt to be a safe place, a hospice can be considered as such (Simpson and Penrose, 2011; Price, McCloskey and Brazil, 2017; Rainsford et al 2018). 2019) Coming “home”: Place bonding for parents accessing or considering hospice based respite, Health & Place, 57, pp. DOI:10.1186/s12904-024-01539-8 Dunbar, H.,