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Advocacy Program Pushes for Improved Pediatric Hospice, Respite, Palliative Care

Hospice News

He also serves on the Administration for Community Livings Recognize, Assist, Include, Support, & Engage (RAISE) Family Caregivers Act Advisory Council, as well as the steering committee for the National Alliance for Caregiving. Parents are thrust into becoming very specialized caregivers at the highest level.

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2024’s Most Read Palliative Care News Stories

Hospice News

The following are the most-read Palliative Care News articles of 2024. Topping the list of trends to watch in the last year was rising demand among swelling aging populations with chronic conditions, many of which lack the caregiving and family support to manage their symptoms in the home.

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Adopting Tomorrow’s Tech: 5 Steps to Effective AI Training in Hospice

Hospice News

By managing these time-consuming processes, AI allows caregivers to focus more on direct patient care — the cornerstone of hospice services. It analyzes patterns in patient needs and staff availability, optimizing schedules to assign the right caregivers, to the right patients, at the right time.

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How Personalized In-Home Care can Improve Seniors Quality of Life

Freedom Home Care and Medical Staffing

In this article, we’ll explore how personalized in-home care, including freedom home care and the role of in-home caregivers, can significantly improve seniors’ quality of life. Beyond physical safety, caregivers offer valuable companionship to seniors. These caregivers develop meaningful relationships with seniors.

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Why Don’t Family Caregivers Ask for Help and Support?

The Caregiving Years Training Academy

Why don’t family caregivers ask for help and support? A NPR article published last week shared how two researchers approached that question: “In 2009, two researchers proposed an explanation for why caregiving for an adult who is ill or disabled can be so profound. Many judge family caregivers as resistant to help.

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Breast Cancer Patients Often Lack Access to Palliative Care

Hospice News

Palliative care services can help reduce family caregiver burnout and burden and also assist with mental health support to address the different emotional stages of shock, denial, anger, sadness and acceptance of a breast cancer diagnosis, TR indicated in a OnManorama article.

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National Caregivers Day: “I Feel Guilty.”

The Caregiving Years Training Academy

Family caregivers rate their stress at 4.09 On National Caregivers Day, I think it’s helpful to know what it’s like to live with that kind of stress. Family caregivers tell us about their stress in our Caregiving Stress Survey: “All the smiling ads and articles that make caregiving sound romantic, wonderful, etc.