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Lack of Staff, Guidelines Build Hurdles for Hospice Bereavement Care Programs

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Hospices often lack the financial and staffing resources needed to fully support bereaved families. As with nursing, the industry-wide labor shortage has impacted bereavement care, which is an underfunded service, according to Dr. Dawn Gross, palliative care physician at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Health.

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Serious Illness Care Quality, Communications Lacking for Black Hospice Patients

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Additionally, bereaved family members of Black patients rated the quality of communication with hospices as lower than other health care providers. of Medicare decedents in 2018, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. Hospice utilization among diverse populations is sorely lacking.

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St. Francis Reflections Lifestage Care Launches New Florida Inpatient Hospice Center

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Volunteers, social workers, chaplains and bereavement counselors also make up the center’s staff. The Sunshine State in 2018 ranked third nationwide for hospice utilization at 57.9% Seniors are projected to represent nearly a third, or 32.5%, of the state’s overall population by 2030, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Hospice of the Chesapeake to Acquire Maryland-Based Calvert

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The organization in 2021 cared for more than 3,800 hospice patients as well as more than 2,095 on palliative care and close to 500 in bereavement. in 2018, just under the national average of 50.3%, according to the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization. “We

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Hospices Shaking Up Executive Teams

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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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Ohio’s Hospice Expands with New Morrow County Affiliate

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The state in 2018 ranked sixth nationally for hospice utilization among Medicare decedents, reaching a rate of 56.7%, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. Seniors currently represent 17.5% of its overall population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Utah held the highest rate that year at 60.5%.

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Two Hospices Halt Services Amid Staffing Shortages

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HHCJ’s additional services included bereavement care, as well as free medical equipment loans for wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, bath benches, bedside commodes or canes. Hospice utilization among Medicare decedents in Alaska was the lowest in the nation in 2018 at 22.8% during 2018, according to NHPCO. Census Bureau.

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