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Early Telepalliative Care Can Reduce Caregiver Burden, Improve Quality

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Wider utilization of telepalliative services could help ease family caregiver burdens and improve quality among seriously ill patient populations, research has found. The study found no differences in caregiver satisfaction when receiving virtual versus in-person palliative services.

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Palliative Care Providers Build Stronger Referral Relationships to Improve Breast Cancer Patient Outcomes

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per 100,000 females between 2018 and 2022, the research found. Their referral strategies often hinge on how palliative services can help improve outcomes. Palliative care’s major referral hurdles, key selling points More than 3.97 Annual breast cancer-related death rates reached 19.3

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How the U.S. Will Revamp Family Caregiver Support

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Without family caregivers, many hospice patients would be unable to receive care in their homes. To help keep patients at home — the lowest-cost setting of care — the federal government recently unveiled a National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers, which has more than two decade’s worth of advocacy behind it. .

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AlayaCare’s Top Posts of 2018

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It’s hard to believe that 2018 is nearly over — and what a year it’s been! In the meantime, here are the top-9 posts for 2018: Canesto Systems acquisition In June, AlayaCare acquired Canesto Systems Inc. The post AlayaCare’s Top Posts of 2018 appeared first on AlayaCare. billion USD by 2022.

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How Advance Care Planning Affects Caregivers, Health Care Costs

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Greater access to advance care planning services can lead to improved caregiver satisfaction and reduced health care costs at the end of life. of 955, 777 Medicare decedents who died between 2017 and 2018 utilized these services, a JAMA Health Forum study found. Only 10.9%

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Specialized Palliative Pharmacists Have Key Role in Interdisciplinary Teams

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A number of research papers and stakeholders have advocated for the inclusion of these pharmacists in the interdisciplinary care team, including the fourth edition of the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, published in 2018.

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Hospice Quality, Access Concerns Abound Among D-SNP, Advanced Cancer, Native Hawaiians Patients

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million decedents from January 2018 through December 2019, and hospice quality data from November 2020 through August 2022. Communicating how hospice services can help alleviate caregiver burden and stress can go a long way toward improved end-of-life outcomes among Native Hawaiian seniors, the research found.