Hospice News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

He previously served as chief strategy officer at the hospice organization since April 2023. Established in 1981, Blue Ridge offers hospice, palliative care and community grief support services. She was also a human resources business consultant at consulting firm CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen) from 2016 to 2023.

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Hope Hospice

JANUARY 9, 2023

For immediate release: January 9, 2023. Hope Hospice has opened registration for its 2023 Hike for Hope, which will take place on Saturday, May 6, at Del Valle Regional Park in Livermore. Saturday, May 6, 2023. The post 2023 Hike for Hope Registration Open appeared first on Hope Hospice and Health Services.

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2025

Calvert Hospice and Hospice of Charles County in 2023 unified under the organizations current brand. Prior to that, Posega held her current role at AccentCare from May 2020 through February 2023. Her unwavering dedication, proven expertise and deep passion for our mission will undoubtedly propel our fundraising efforts to new heights.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The nonprofit also offers adult and pediatric palliative care and grief support services in eastern Washington and surrounding regions. million in 2023, a rise from $5.33 Last year the hospice provider expanded its grief support services across five cities in Washington. Its overall revenue reached more than $6.22

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Hospice News

JANUARY 25, 2023

The organization is also set to build a new grief counseling center during 2023, with construction expected to begin in March or April, Cook said. These efforts will help ensure that seriously ill patients who are not yet hospice eligible don’t slip through the cracks in the health care continuum, according to Cook.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 26, 2024

While consolidation slowed in 2023, many industry observers expect a rebound in 2024, though perhaps not to the record-breaking levels seen in 2021. Rebranding a hospice company following a merger or acquisition is a more complex process than it may seem at first blush.

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Hospice News

MARCH 2, 2023

But in late 2022 and early 2023, providers are seeing signs of recovery. This can include more robust grief programs or palliative care, among others. They’re really important to maintaining that community voice, along with resale support and revenue.”

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

At the same time, the ratio of potential caregivers to seriously ill seniors is expected to shrink to 4-to-1 by 2023, a “sharp decline” from 7-to-1 in 2010, AARP reported. Caregivers need practical support and guidance for their experience of taking care of this person, and for their emotional, anticipatory grief they’re feeling.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 18, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled in July 2023. Caregivers of patients with longer prognoses face difficult emotional challenges, including feelings of guilt, frustration and grief, she stated. Now, some emerging payment models are including caregiver support as a key component.

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Hospice News

JULY 13, 2023

“This study confirms that hospice care adds value to patients, family members, and caregivers by increasing satisfaction and quality of life, improving pain control, and reducing both physical and emotional distress in patients and prolonged grief and other emotional distress in their family and caregivers,” NHPCO indicated.

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Hospice News

APRIL 1, 2024

” Empath Health Jonathan Fleece speaks at Hospice News’ 2023 Elevate Conference Empath Health, in its current form, emerged in 2020 from a merger with Stratum Health, where Fleece was previously CEO. The combined organization later unified their businesses under the Empath Health brand.

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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. For Immediate Release. December 20, 2022 . It also directs the U.S. This package is a mixed bag for hospices.

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Solace

JANUARY 20, 2023

It took me a long time to unpack my grief,” she says. But Altman says she had been an artist “before she could walk and talk,” and so she began using her art as a vehicle for healing, “making meaning of her experience with grief and loss.” She says her grief, like her art, was multi-layered and complex.

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Hope Hospice

MAY 17, 2023

2023 Hike for Hope Exceeds Goal With $153k Raised Fundraiser benefits Hope Hospice patient care and community programs DUBLIN, CA – Despite drizzly weather, nearly 850 supporters of Hope Hospice gathered at Del Valle Regional Park on May 6 for the nonprofit organization’s signature Hike for Hope.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2024

The organization serves 13 counties in southeast Texas and offers hospice, grief support services and a veterans program. Houston Hospice in October 2023 began opening up its inpatient unit for use to other providers across its service region. Established in 1980, the nonprofit hospice is also part of the Texas Medical Center.

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NHPCO

APRIL 17, 2023

For Immediate Release April 17, 2023 (Alexandria, VA) The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) published the following statement in response to a recent Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule that would update key components of hospice reimbursement and regulations in Fiscal Year (FY) 2024.

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Nurse.com

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Nurses are processing the grief and suffering that they had to witness at that time with such sick patients. Nurses who were on COVID-19 units really need additional time and support to process that grief, put closure on the pandemic, and make sure their mental health is okay. A: I have three goals.

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Hope Hospice

JULY 6, 2022

The 2023 event is tentatively planned for May 6. Registration will open in spring 2023 at TheHikeForHope.com. Money raised through registrations and peer-to-peer supporting donations benefits patient care and helps keep grief support, dementia education, and family caregiver resources available to the public at no charge.

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Minority Nurse

JUNE 14, 2024

In this post-pandemic world, with severe nursing shortages putting increased pressure on healthcare staff, nurse burnout and professional stress are incredibly high, not to mention the grief and trauma that comes from caring for patients. As a nursing leader, how are you working to overcome this challenge?

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The Caregiving Years Training Academy

MAY 28, 2023

They care for clients during their last years, including during their last days, and yet receive little support for their grief. According to HCP’s 2023 benchmarking report, the home care turnover rate is 77.1%. It seems direct care workers can only count on long hours, low pay and the same job every day for years.

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Hope Hospice

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Participants in the 2023 event encountered residual rainy weather from that season’s unprecedented storms. Money raised through registrations and peer-to-peer supporting donations benefits patient care and helps keep grief support, dementia education, and family caregiver resources available to the public at no charge.

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Hope Hospice

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

November 30, 2023 — By the Bay Health, Mission Hospice & Home Care, and Hope Hospice today announced they will merge to become the largest independent not-for-profit hospice network in Northern California, uniquely positioned to provide compassionate care and impactful community services to more patients and families throughout the region.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

California-based Hoffmann Hospice has established a grief camp designed for children and teens who are mourning a first responder. The nonprofit first launched the camp in 2023 with a second iteration planned for this year. The post Hoffmann Hospice Creates Grief Camp for Children of First Responders appeared first on Hospice News.

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Palliverse

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Despite many attempts, I couldn’t slow down 2023, it raced away from me. The highlights, the lowlights and everything in between. The successes and failures can be replayed to consolidate what was learned. Children grew taller, new life was welcomed into the world. There were many goodbyes and many missing people from family feasting tables.

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Hospice News

MARCH 11, 2025

Empath Health Jonathan Fleece speaks at Hospice News’ 2023 Elevate Conference Empath Health has grown into one of the largest hospice providers in the nation. Today, in a time of financial and workforce challenges, we should be expanding access to care at home, not cutting it.

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Minority Nurse

JUNE 28, 2023

Lunsford is an important nursing leader , and we’re pleased to profile her as part of the Champions of Nursing Diversity Series 2023. The series highlights healthcare leaders who are prominent figures in their organizations and are making transformational impacts in nursing. Meet Cara Lunsford, RN, CPHON, VP of Community at Nurse.com.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 9, 2023

The bereavement care tech platform Grief Coach has rebranded as Help Texts and is expanding its services to include support for health care workers who are contending with stress or burnout. The company convened a group of professionals with experience in grief care to develop the content, from a variety of disciplines.

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Hospice News

JULY 24, 2024

The grief care startup Betterleave has established partnerships with two Texas Hospices, Sonder Hospice in Austin and LoveWell Hospice in the Dallas-Fort Worth region. It also connects families with support groups and workshops; materials such as articles, videos and journals and a network of grief experts.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 11, 2022

The language appears in the 2023 appropriations bill for the departments of Labor, Health & Human Services, Education, and related agencies. And some people are going to refuse grief and bereavement services, and no hospice should be penalized for that,” Gurian said. The legislation “encourages” the U.S.

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Hospice News

APRIL 7, 2023

An estimated 6 million children in the United States will experience the death of a parent or a sibling by the age of 18, according to data from the Child Bereavement Estimation Model (CBEM) 2023. Around 1,192 children became “newly bereaved” each day in 2021 due to the death of a sibling or parent, the 2023 CBEM report found.

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The Caregiving Years Training Academy

JANUARY 11, 2025

You’ll become a Caregiving or Grief Facilitator. Become a Caregiving or Grief Facilitator Our Certified Caregiving Facilitator training program provides you with the skills and tools you need to effectively lead a support group meeting for family caregivers and former family caregivers. Her father died in July 2023.

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Hospice News

MARCH 11, 2024

The hospice and palliative care provider also offers advance care planning and grief counseling services. They may have strong emotions, and it’s important to be able to grieve, mourn and experience that anticipatory grief in the context of faith. Effective Jan.

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GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

[link] Toronto Star Feature [link] CityNews Toronto Feature [link] Psychosocial Interventions at PEACH In addition to medical care, PEACH also runs two key psychosocial interventions for our clients: PEACH Grief Circles Structured spaces for workers in the homelessness sector to process grief. Eric 00:34 I’m excited for this.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The film provides a window into what hospices actually do, as well as the experience of families whose loved ones are nearing end of life, the challenges of caregiving and grief that often begins long before the patient dies, according to Jonathan Fleece, CEO of Empath Health. “I

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Hospice News

MAY 8, 2024

They also experience emotional and mental health issues due to lack of sleep, grief and watching the suffering of a family member. In 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced the GUIDE model for at-home dementia patients and their family caregivers.

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Hospice News

MARCH 28, 2024

YoloCares has an adult day program and offers caregiver and advance care planning services, along with grief support. YoloCares provided care to 592 hospice patients and roughly 234 palliative patients in 2023, according to its annual report. Its palliative care program launched in 2016.

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Hospice News

MAY 19, 2023

Bigiarelli will work alongside its current CEO Margaret Cogswell before she retires on June 1, 2023. Proceeds from the stores fund its grief program, Wings of Hope Family Bereavement Camps, and also help support hospice patients and families with special needs. Cogswell has led the organization for the past 36 years.

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