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St. Croix’s New Minnesota Location Supports Staff Amid Growth

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You have a nurse, you have a chaplain, you have a social worker, you have a hospice aide. Its launch was in part driven by rising demand for hospice in the area, including more referrals from hospitals, assisted living and skilled nursing facilities and community members. Launched in 2008, St.

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Integrating Social Determinants Into Palliative Care

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In addition to palliative and hospice care, the health system provides hospital-based and outpatient rehabilitation, skilled nursing, assisted living and home health care. Assessing social determinants of health in community-based palliative care can be particularly challenging, according to Romanello.

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‘Small But Significant’ Keys to Amplifying Hospice Grief Support

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Angela Hospices grief team collaborates with local school systems and educators, faith-based and religious organizations, legal resources and funeral homes, as well as assisted living and skilled nursing facilities.

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End-of-Life Doulas’ Growing Value Proposition in Hospice

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Collins is also a certified hospice and palliative care nurse and end-of-life doula. Other health care providers, upstream of hospice, are also engaging doula services as well, such as assisted living and skilled nursing facilities, she said. There’s a huge variety even within the scope of what makes a doula who they are.

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EdenHill Senior Living Communities Starts In-House Hospice Business

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The senior living operator launched the new business line to ease care transitions and improve care collaboration, according to Rachel Clark, hospice director of EdenHospice. The EdenHospice team includes a hospice physician, director of nursing, chaplain, social worker, aides and volunteers.

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Hospice Organizations Appoint New Leadership, VPs

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Established in 1988, AAHPM is a professional organization for hospice and palliative care clinicians, social workers and other health and spiritual care providers in the space. Smith-Lopez has more than 26 years of experience in hospice and palliative care, beginning her career as a registered nurse before taking on leadership roles.

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Capital Caring Health to Expand Home-Based Primary Care Service

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Patients in assisted living facilities, group homes and other facilities received 3.2 The program includes house calls by doctors, nurse practitioners, and social workers who specialize in caring for seriously ill seniors, home-based diagnostic testing, telehealth and other services.

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