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New Pediatric Center Aims to Improve Patient, Family Support

Hospice News

Construction of the new building is anticipated to complete by the end of this year or early spring 2026, according to Annie Tuttle, executive director of the foundation, which supports Florida-based Community Hospice & Palliative Care, part of Alivia Care.

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Hospice Executives Retire as New Leaders Rise

Hospice News

Addus president, COO retires Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS) President and COO Brad Bickham recently announced his retirement, effective March 2026. The nonprofit hospice offers bereavement care, caregiver resources and supportive care for pediatric populations.

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Voices: Melissa Kozak, Founder and Head of CitusHealth

Hospice News

Care coordination is essential to hospice care plans, as they require the interdisciplinary team (IDT) to collaborate on creating, regularly updating, and maintaining a plan of care (POC) that addresses the patient and family’s needs and goals, including bereavement support after the patient’s passing.

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Key Research Trends: Telehealth Impacts, Global Gaps in Hospice, Goal-Concordant Care

Hospice News

Patients, caregivers and family members surveyed rated the telehealth hospice services as “highly satisfactory,” including those from bereavement staff members along with clinicians. A bill recently introduced to Congress proposed to extend these telehealth flexibilities until 2026. Congress extended the flexibility through Dec.

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Ep.8: What Providers Need to Know About the Hospice Quality Reporting Program

Home Care Pulse

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. Jennifer Kennedy ( 10:42 ): I think it has room for improvement.

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