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HHS Unveils National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers

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This strategy presents a vision, along with recommendations for achieving it. Terminally ill patients who lack care from family or friends are often less likely to choose hospice, a 2020 study found. “At some point in our lives, most of us will either be a family caregiver or need one.

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The Value of Palliative Care Consults in the Hospital Emergency Department

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ED-palliative partnerships present a quadruple aim opportunity to improve care for seriously ill patients.” For a 12-month period starting August 2020, researchers set up an embedded palliative care consultation service in a 350-bed urban community hospital that saw around 45,000 ED visits annually. ROI,” the authors found. “ED-palliative

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Elara Caring Acquires of Assisted Daily Living

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The acquisition presents opportunities for Elara Caring to fill gaps between its adjacent markets in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Roughly 265,000 adults will be 60 or older by 2040 statewide, representing nearly a quarter (23%) of the state’s overall population, according to projections from the 2020 Rhode Island Health Aging Data Report.

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Growing Neuropalliative Care: Overcoming Barriers to Scale

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On the research end of things, the International Neuropalliative Care Society (INPCS) was founded in 2020 to help address these challenges and to bring attention to the specialty. We were able to fund 13 junior investigators to come to Denver to present research into neuropalliative care.”

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Some Families May Not Access Hospice Without Caregiver Support

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Even when a caregiver is present, that person may be elderly or ill themselves, or be unable to be in the home around the clock due to work or other obligations. The financial burden on caregivers is associated with a range of negative outcomes , according to a 2020 BMC Palliative Care study. founders of Mettle Health.

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How the Digital Health Investment Slump May Affect Hospices

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Investors poured heaps of money into digital health in 2020 and 2021, but this year they are clutching their purse strings a little tighter. Hospices may be somewhat insulated from the digital health downturn due to the ever-present need for in-person services, Booker said.

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4 Hospices Tap New Executive, Clinical Leaders 

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Prior to that, Bond was national medical director for Seasons Hospice and Palliative Care, which was acquired by AccentCare in 2020. Through compassion, medication, education, listening, and just being present, we can alleviate suffering and preserve one’s dignity in their last earthly days.”