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7 ‘Hidden Gem’ Hospice News Stories in 2024

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billion acquisition of LHC Group in 2023. Anatomy of Hospice Grief Camps for Children Many hospices offer summer grief camps for bereaved children and adolescents, which come with a host of operational and logistical considerations. The company initiated two of the largest hospice and home health transactions in recent memory.

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Hospice Savannah Fuels Expansion of CAPABLE Program to Enable Aging in Place

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Launched in 2023, the CAPABLE program aims to improve seniors ability to safely age in place. In addition to the CAPABLE program, Hospice Savannah operates a hospice inpatient unit, as well as a Center for Education & Grief Support, The Steward Center for Palliative Care and The Edel Caregiver Institute.

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2023’s Most Impactful Hospice Regulatory Moves

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Program integrity issues that have heated up in the hospice space during the past five years reached a boiling point in 2023. Hospice providers have seen an array of increased regulatory oversight in 2023. It’s a reason to be very active about compliance and understanding the regulatory landscape you’re working within.

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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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Lack of Staff, Guidelines Build Hurdles for Hospice Bereavement Care Programs

Hospice News

Hospices are not reimbursed enough to support grief care teams,” Gross told Hospice News. Having clinicians more involved in grief programs allows families’ a continued interdisciplinary support after a loved ones’ through that direct connection, Gross explained. Gross is also a medical director at ANX Hospice Care.

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A Pediatric ICU Nurse Finds Relief in Not Compartmentalizing Hard Emotions Like Grief

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Editor’s note: Hui-wen Sato is a pediatric ICU nurse in California and a regular writer for this blog who has gone deeply into the topic of grief, her own and that of patients and their families. Her insights reverse our usual ways of understanding grief, finding a generative energy instead of a wasteland.

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Angela Hospice’s New Inpatient Facility; Hosparus Opens PACE Center

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Angela Hospice provides adult and pediatric hospice, palliative care and grief support across Oakland County in southern Michigan. Hosparus Health in January 2023 applied for licensure , recently receiving a greenlight from the U.S. Apex Design Build began construction of the facility in 2023.

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