Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2024

Set to open this summer, the hospice facility will feature 15 patient beds at Lourdes Senior Community in Waterford, Michigan. Expanding hospice care in the senior community will allow for improved support and care collaboration, according to Angela Hospice President and CEO Marti Coplai.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Bereavement counseling will be available to families at the center for 13 months following the death of a loved one, as well as respite services for caregivers. The PeaceHealth Richard Nau Hospice House opened on Jan. We recognize how important hospice care is to the community.” Construction began in the spring of 2022.

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Hospice News

MAY 13, 2024

Research trends can help hospice providers improve their understanding around the impacts of their services and where quality gaps may exist. Their research found that coordinated telehealth visits with hospice interdisciplinary staff helped ease care transitions among young adults and children.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 20, 2023

Eden Health recently announced plans to acquire Washington state-based Community Home Health & Hospice’s (CHHH) inpatient programs. Eden Health will take over Community’s inpatient services effective May 1, 2023. The home health, hospice and palliative care provider operates 36 locations and serves roughly 1,540 patients annual.

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Hospice News

MARCH 14, 2024

In Calendar Year 2021, the share of hospice care days with nurse visits in the last seven days of life rose to 63%, up from 62% year over year, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). Through the predictive analytics data, hospice patients at St.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

As of 2020, Miami-based VITAS is the nation’s largest hospice provider by market share, operating 50 locations in 14 states. Through the third quarter of 2023, the company’s 10,443 employees cared for 19,047 patients daily. Meanwhile, its parent company Chemed has named a new CFO.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The organization began as a home health agency and added a hospice segment in 2022, according to Vicki Owens, CEO of Emmaus Catholic Hospice, DBA under the nonprofit Dominican Home Health Agency. The home health organization has provided care in Denver, Colorado, since 1923. That was a really foundational year for us.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 23, 2024

The organization planned to begin construction in 2022 and open by the end of 2023. Julia Hospice & Palliative Care is holding a fundraising event on October 5 to garner support to refuel construction efforts. The nonprofit has provided hospice care to nearly 3,000 patients at the four-room center since its opening in 2002.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 13, 2023

In 2011, he co-authored the book “The New Age: The Future of Health Care in America,” with the futurist David Houle, which examined the ways the system could evolve in the coming years. . But what brought him to hospice was the bereavement care he and his family received following a loss.

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Hospice News

MAY 19, 2023

Hospice of the Panhandle Promotes New CEO from Within West Virginia-based Hospice of the Panhandle has appointed Chief Clinical Officer Nikki Bigiarelli as its new CEO. Bigiarelli will work alongside its current CEO Margaret Cogswell before she retires on June 1, 2023. The hospice world is constantly changing,” Bigiarelli said.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The nonprofit first launched the camp in 2023 with a second iteration planned for this year. The organization expects 10 to 12 participants in 2024, compared to about 30 for their more general grief programs for children, according to Ryan D’Amato, family support manager for Hoffmann Hospice.

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NHPCO

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Alexandria, VA) Congress has released the text of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, an omnibus funding package that will fund the government through Fiscal Year 2023. As NHPCO advised its members in a Member Alert this morning, the legislation contains measures that will affect hospices positively and negatively.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The renovated space signifies a “fresh start” and “sets a new standard” for community-based health care services, according to Hospice of the Chesapeake leaders. The hospice received the green light last April to renovate the structure on a local hospital campus. Home Health & Hospice Care Pours $2.5

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NHPCO

JUNE 21, 2023

For Immediate Release June 21, 2023 (Alexandria, VA) – The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) published the following statement in response to a recent NBC News story on HCA Healthcare hospitals, suggesting that HCA hospitals may be inappropriately pushing patients toward hospice care.

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GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

[link] Kensington Hospice & ‘Radical Love’ Equity-Oriented Hospice Palliative Care Naheed Dosani also serves as the Medical Director of Kensington Hospice, Torontos largest hospice. So we did a podcast on aging and homelessness with Margot Kushel in 2023. those experiencing homelessness).

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NHPCO

JUNE 13, 2024

Making meaningful benefit improvements to increase access and advance health equity by addressing workforce crisis by allowing practitioners to perform at the top of their licensure, reforming the outdates six-month prognosis barrier, enabling concurrent care, and advancing health equity by removing structural barriers to care.

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Hospice Valley

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

12 total views, 12 views today Last Updated on February 2, 2023 by Frank Davis Kaiser Permanente Hospice Provider (Hospice Valley) is a nonprofit that provides care, comfort and support to those who are living with life-limiting illnesses.

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Hospice of the North Coast

AUGUST 2, 2024

Many of the anti-seizure medications Dr. Foster-Barber recommended, which are controlled under international law, are unavailable in lower- and middle-income countries. This is an important area for IAHPC advocacy at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna.

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Home Care Pulse

DECEMBER 20, 2022

You know, either they’ve come to the end of a disease trajectory or, you know, it may be something acute that hospice can step in, help the family with sort of making closure or getting as comfortable as they can with death and bereavement. Linda Leekley ( 04:01 ): Okay.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 29, 2022

We want to make sure that access to this care continues at the forefront, and that people with serious and terminal illnesses are getting their needs met. We know about 50% of all Medicare beneficiaries who are eligible for hospice care receive it. Another piece of legislation is a bereavement bill. That’s a key priority.

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