Hospice News

JUNE 1, 2022

Hospice and palliative care need greater recognition among disciplines across the board, beyond medicine and nursing, according to Eunju Lee, palliative care social worker at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. But clinical education will need a much larger boost to ensure a sustainable workforce, according to many providers.

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Hospice News

MARCH 14, 2024

The number of registered nurse and social worker visits during a patient’s final week is one of the seven quality measures that CMS uses to evaluate providers. In 2019, for example, the percentage was 66%. Social worker visits in the last days of life also rose to 9% in 2021, up from 7% in 2020.

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Hospice News

MAY 31, 2023

Researchers have identified a number of clinical benefits, including reduction of anxiety, depression and improved acceptance of mortality, according to a 2019 literature review in the journal Current Oncology. What hospices need to be aware of is that it’s not just the big picture, but also the little picture,” Ballentine told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 7, 2024

We’ve communicated with local school counselors and social workers in the area to get the word out to the kids they work with and ask them what they see in their schools and what we can do with our grief programs specifically to better serve those kids.”

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Hospice News

JULY 2, 2024

In addition to quantifiable financial pressure, in-home elder care has other costs for caregivers, according to Ellen Carbonell, LCSW, caregiver programs consultant in the department of Social Work and Community Health at RUSH University Medical Center, told Palliative Care News.

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Hospice News

APRIL 22, 2022

Volunteers, social workers, chaplains and bereavement counselors also make up the center’s staff. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reported in 2019 that more than 140,700 patients utilized the Medicare Hospice Benefit statewide, with reimbursement totalling more than $1.9 A team of St. Formerly Hospice of St.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

If enacted, PCHETA would support hospice and palliative care training programs for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers and chaplains. The legislation was developed in response to July 2019 reports on hospice quality from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) in the U.S. Jimmy Panetta Rep.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 14, 2022

This marks the home health and hospice provider’s fourth acquisition since it became a portfolio company of private equity firm Revelstoke Capital Partners in 2019. The Care Team offers home-based care that includes hospice, nursing and occupational, physical and speech therapy services, as well as medical social workers.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Payment barriers to building, sustaining doula, community worker collaborations Death doulas and community health workers have important roles to play in connecting terminally ill patients with hospices and other resources, according to Jamil Rivers, CEO and founder of The Chysalis Initiative.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 22, 2022

On average, the tenures of more than a third of hospice chaplains in the United States lasted only one to two years between 2010 and 2019, according to research from Zippia. More than 7,768 chaplains were employed by hospices nationwide in 2019, according to the Zippia report. Limited opportunities for training.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In 2019 the Minnesota-headquartered hospice provider began utilizing a predictive analytics tool from Medalogix. Back in 2019 we were really looking at how we could enhance our presences, and how using end-of-life technology could help guide us to being at the right spot at the right moment for our patients,” Arnold told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

MAY 31, 2022

Encouraging a model of self-care can help employees feel more valued and develop stronger relationships between employers and staff, according to Christy Taylor, a social worker at Florida-based Hospice of Health First.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2023

“We are very excited to welcome Dr. Howe is passionate regarding education as he leads teams of specially trained clinical staff, including nurse practitioners, registered nurses, social workers, chaplains and certified nurse aides, all of whom he believes are experts in the care of patients with advanced and terminal illnesses.”.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Anderson is charged with overseeing Our Hospice’s team of clinicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, home health aides, social workers, chaplains and volunteers, as well as building relationships with referral sources. “I Agape Care Group Appoints M&A VP. Our Hospice of South Central Indiana Appoints Medical Director.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 18, 2024

Formerly known as Catskills Area Hospice and Palliative Care, the organization rebranded as Helios in 2019. We’ve got several social workers working within the medical center with the palliative care director. The hospitals are trying to reduce hospital mortality rates, 30 day readmissions and get better bed utilization.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Social workers saw an average 4.07% hourly wage hike, and medical directors saw the lowest rate of increase at 0.6%, the report indicated. in 2019, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) reported. Leaders of other companies have voiced similar optimism, but other providers may take a different view.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Today’s podcast is both similar and different. Similar in that the underlying theme of the power of stories. Different in that these storytelling initiatives, the Nocturnists and the Palliative Story Exchange , are focused on clinicians sharing stories with each other in small groups to heal. Transcript Eric 00:01 Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast.

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AJN Off the Charts

APRIL 7, 2023

The study found that more than half of ED visits among patients with cancer, 51.6%, were identified as potentially preventable, with the absolute number of potentially preventable ED visits increasing substantially between 2012 and 2019. Palliative care could prevent many ED visits. were made by patients with cancer.

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Pallimed

MARCH 22, 2021

by Vickie Leff ( @VickieLeff ) Another year, another study proving the value of the palliative care social worker. It surprises me that despite much research and team role development, palliative care team members may not be aware of the importance of the palliative care social worker. I was not the only one.

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The Bucket-List Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2022

I’ve been his caregiver since November 2019, when Hospice Care Plus started caring for him in our home. And Kristy, our social worker, was busy with a few surprises. For most of them, we were married. Then came the divorce, which was more about circumstances than our feelings. Afterward, we stayed close. She agreed to officiate.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

JUNE 6, 2024

As I look at the inspirational leaders who have been named in the 2014 and 2019 cohorts, I am humbled and honored to be included in the 2024 group. Sachin Kale, MD MBOE FAAHPM has been recognized as one of the exceptional individuals chosen as a 2024 AAHPM Emerging Leader in Hospice and Palliative Care. It is quite an honor!

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

So they looked at those that died in 2019, did a year back look at total cost of care that showed at six months, if somebody lives six months on average, those in hospice cost the Medicare trust fund 11% less than those who never enrolled. What is the role of the physicians, the nurses, the social workers in hospice?

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GeriPal

AUGUST 25, 2022

I had looked at a research article that had recently evaluated the prevalence of private equity transactions in the hospice market and noted that there was a pretty substantial uptick in the past decade, and really over the course of say around 2015 to 2019. We are delighted to welcome Melissa Aldridge to the GeriPal Podcast. Lauren: Hi.

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GeriPal

MARCH 9, 2023

In our prior podcast with Ira Byock on psychedelics in 2019 we talked primarily about the potential of psychedelics. Legalization is moving forward in several states , following the lead of Oregon and Colorado. FDA is considering approval, shifting away from Schedule I restrictions, paving the way for use in clinical practice.

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NHPCO

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Norman served on the NHPCO Board of Directors from 1997 to 2002, later returning to the Board and serving as Vice President from 2019 to 2020, and Chair from 2021 to 2022. Caring for the widow of a Veteran, an MJHS social worker learned of the patient’s dying wish to be buried with her husband at the Calverton National Cemetery.

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Palliverse

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

The knowledge and skills also need to be transferred to other healthcare trainees including nurses, pharmacists, social workers, counsellors, physiotherapists and occupational therapists. We curated Palliative Care materials on the [link] website and on other social media platforms.

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Hospice News

MAY 23, 2023

Researchers have identified a number of clinical benefits, including reduction of anxiety, depression and improved acceptance of mortality, according to a 2019 literature review in the journal Current Oncology. In recent years, research into the potential medical uses of psychedelics and ketamine has abounded.

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