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Hospice of the Chesapeake Achieves 145% Census Growth Since 2020 Charles County Acquisition

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Hospice of the Chesapeake has exceeded its growth expectations since its 2020 acquisition of Hospice of Charles County. Since the acquisition of each affiliate, residents of Charles and Calvert counties have benefitted along the entire care continuum that includes supportive, hospice and grief care,” Chesapeake indicated in a press release.

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The Potential of Psychedelics in Bereavement Care

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Others can experience heightened feelings of loss and sadness that can complicate their grief, he indicated. Those who undergo challenging or distressing experiences during their psychedelic journeys may see their grief worsen.

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Hospice of the Chesapeake Unifies Brands Under Single Identity

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In addition to providing hospice, the organization offers grief support and palliative care services at the Chesapeake Supportive Care and Chesapeake Life Center. Calvert Hospice affiliated with Hospice of the Chesapeake in June last year, not long after Hospice of Charles County in fall 2020.

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New Executives Tapped At Hospice Organizations Across Country

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He first joined that company as its executive vice president of clinical services and CMO in 2002 while holding a similar role at Hospice of the Piedmont from 2019 to 2020. The hospice also offers a summer grief program for bereaved children, Wing Camp, which launched in 2000.

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How Hospices Can Effectively Rebrand

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California-based Hospice by the Bay has rebranded as By the Bay Health to recognize that it now offers more services than end-of-life care, including palliative care, comfort care, grief counseling, pediatric care, and skilled home health care as well as hospice services.

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Hospice C-Suite Shakeups at Alive, Angela, Trinity; New Day Taps Strategic Executive

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Established in 1985, the faith-based nonprofit also offers palliative care, grief support and virtual telehealth hospice services to caregivers and patients. She’ll be charged with expanding Angela Hospice’s scope of hospice, grief care and educational services.

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Systematic Change Needed to Support Family Caregivers of Hospice Patients

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More than a third (34%) of family caregivers were Baby Boomers in 2020, according to a report from AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC). About 21% indicated that their own health was poor in 2020, up from 17% in 2015. Is that a barrier that then needs to be addressed and is being addressed?”

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