Hospice News

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Southwestern Palliative Care & Hospice provides home-based end-of-life and serious illness care to communities in Yuma, Arizona. Founded in 2013, the hospice and palliative care provider also offers bereavement services and veteran programs. Seniors 65 and older represent 18.8% Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Patients at the hospital-based center receive care in a home-like clinical setting that includes overnight accommodations for friends and family. An interdisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains, volunteers and bereavement experts provide 24/7 care.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Shaw’s large staff includes eight board-certified doctors, an advanced nurse practitioner, a social worker, a mental health therapist, a bereavement coordinator, a bereavement counselor, a psychologist, a nurse coordinator and a medical assistant. There is also liaison work with the hospital chaplaincy and child life.

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2025

The nonprofit hospice offers bereavement care, caregiver resources and supportive care for pediatric populations. Maryland-based Montgomery Hospice & Prince Georges Hospice provides grief support and spiritual counseling, veteran services and pediatric hospice care.

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2024

The faith-based nonprofit organization also has a telehospice program, which offers virtual telehealth support to hospice caregivers and patients. Terminally ill residents at the Lourdes facility who are unable to remain at home or lack caregiver support will be eligible to receive care at the inpatient hospice.

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Hospice News

JUNE 1, 2023

In addition to inpatient care, Hospice Ministries also offered respite services for family caregivers. Due to many changes in health care, the board of directors of Hospice Ministries, Inc. The hospice provides home- and facility-based end-of-life care. The renovated inpatient space cost an estimated $2.4

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 19, 2022

HHCJ’s additional services included bereavement care, as well as free medical equipment loans for wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, bath benches, bedside commodes or canes. Patients and caregivers have been educated on when to call 911 for immediate life-threatening illness. Seniors 65 and older represent 13.6%

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Hospice News

MARCH 25, 2024

Arizona-based Stoneridge Hospice launched services in 2020 with an aim to address a swelling aging population’s growing need for end-of-life care. The hospice provider also offers palliative care, veteran and bereavement services, and durable medical equipment (DME) and supplies.

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Hospice News

JULY 19, 2024

Patients at the new 30,000-square-foot facility will have access to 24/7 general inpatient hospice care. Our enhanced capacity to accept more acutely ill patients offers our partner hospitals a vital discharge alternative, ensuring patients receive the support, dignity and comfort they need during end-of-life care.”

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

JULY 3, 2017

This episode features the work of Professor David Currow et al (Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia) who describes a study which aimed to compare characteristics, expressed unmet needs and outcomes for spousal caregivers, with other caregivers at the end of life, by gender and age.

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NHPCO

JUNE 13, 2024

It’s about sharing why hospice holds personal significance and why serious illness and end-of-life care policy should resonate with our lawmakers,” said Logan Hoover, NHPCO’s VP of Policy & Government Relations. “The cornerstone of effective advocacy is storytelling.

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Changing Lives Podcast

JULY 2, 2024

Hospice Quinte provides individuals, their families, and caregivers with compassionate end of life care, by attending to their physical, psychosocial, and practical needs, and offering empathetic care to those who are grieving through visiting hospice services and support groups.

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Seasons Hospice

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Hospice Care For Everyone Hospice care is a specialized form of healthcare that focuses on providing support and comfort to individuals facing life-limiting illnesses. It is designed to enhance patients’ and their families’ quality of life by addressing physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.

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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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Seasons Hospice

MARCH 23, 2021

Personal care support aides can provide non-medical care for your loved one. Your work as a caregiver can be taxing. Our aides can also help caregivers with chores around the house, giving you a moment of rest. . Chaplain services : We designed spiritual support to help your loved one through end-of-life questions.

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Traditions Health

APRIL 14, 2024

When the time comes to make profound decisions about end-of-life care for a loved one, every question becomes a quest for the exceptional. Length of Service Traditions Health has consistently demonstrated that superior clinical care can align seamlessly with every aspect of our patients’ needs.

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The Bucket-List Blog

JUNE 9, 2016

Hospice’s bereavement program stayed in touch with Sue to offer support. Sue and Charlie surrounded by all the littles ones they love. “He He told me, ‘you love to dance and you love to sing. When I’m gone, you go on living. Find someone to dance with and keep on singing,’” remembers Sue.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 16, 2025

Swelling incarcerated aging populations with unmet end-of-life care needs are straining prison systems worldwide. More countries have adopted peer caregiving as a way to provide improved support for terminally ill incarcerated individuals, according to researcher Barry Ashpole.

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Hospice News

JULY 16, 2024

Fraudulent activity in the hospice space may be leaving some families without sufficient bereavement support. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires hospices to offer bereavement care for a minimum of 13 months following a patient’s death.

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The Bucket-List Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

For those who have since passed, we share these in their memories with deep appreciation for what they have taught us about life and living. Our stories about meaningful experiences are written as they unfold. Therefore, most stories are in the present tense. Some of the patients in these stories are no longer with us.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Its] thinking of how the next generation of employees, family caregivers and volunteers receive and process information. Carters hospice experience illustrated a tremendous need for change around end-of-life care delivery while elevating a larger conversation about these services in the public eye, according to a spokesperson at Enhabit Inc.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 23, 2024

The new location will allow for improved support for serious and terminally ill patients that lack caregiver support or need higher levels of care, said Dr. Christopher Strzalka, medical director at Julia Hospice & Palliative Care. Delaware Hospice also provides bereavement support and nonmedical transitional services.

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Hospice News

JULY 22, 2022

Many come striving for change after witnessing loved ones receive poor end-of-life care or enduring bereavement without support. A death doula is a non-medical provider trained to care for a terminally ill person and their family physically, emotionally and spiritually during the process of death.

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Hospice News

MAY 13, 2024

This article details recent key research findings on hospice care, including the effects of telehealth utilization among terminally ill pediatric patients, along with barriers to improved goal-concordant end-of-life care in Asia, Canada and Europe. This compared to 35% of caregivers who prioritized life extension.

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Hospice News

JULY 6, 2023

They established Mettle to provide a unique model of patient and caregiver support — counseling by interdisciplinary palliative care clinicians. We go beyond the norm of palliative, hospice or caregiving support programs, so we don’t really have a box to define and label ourselves,” Dolan told Hospice News. “We

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Solace

JANUARY 6, 2023

In 2023, some new laws will impact those at the end of life or the people caring for, or grieving, them. Bereavement leave and caregiving. California has a new law requiring most private and public employers grant employees up to five unpaid days of bereavement leave after the death of a family member.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Bereavement counseling will be available to families at the center for 13 months following the death of a loved one, as well as respite services for caregivers. Patients at the reopened inpatient hospice will receive 24/7 end-of-life care. Construction began in the spring of 2022.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary The proportion of people living with dementia who identify as Black/African Americans is on the rise , and so too are the proportion of caregivers who identify as Black/African American. Why a focus on Black/African American caregivers and people with dementia? We talk in particular about: Terminology.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Jeri Vaughan: I have experience as a consumer of hospice benefits, as a leader of a hospice agency, and now as a vendor in the post-acute care industry, which provides me with a unique perspective. My mother had pancreatic cancer, and I served as her primary caregiver while also managing a hospice agency.

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Hospice News

JULY 2, 2024

Trauma-informed care challenges Recognition of the training gaps in trauma-informed end-of-life care delivery drove NPHI to establish a guide for providers, CEO Tom Koutsoumpas stated. The resource is intended to help providers prepare to support a swelling aging population with diverse needs, he said.

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Hospice News

MARCH 10, 2023

Croix Hospice continues to grow in response to the need for expert hospice care throughout the Midwest,” Bartness said in a statement. Mark Marjala is a proven leader who we are excited to bring on board to support and grow the best hospice caregiving team in the industry.

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Hospice News

JULY 1, 2022

Good Shepherd Hospice is an affiliate of Chapters Health System and provides care to more than 4,200 patients across three counties in the Sunshine States. This will make the organization’s third center for youth bereavement in the area, with additional locations in Auburndale and Sebring, Florida. Census Bureau.

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Seasons Hospice

JUNE 7, 2022

Tulsa End of Life Care. Seasons Hospice is here to provide the best possible Tulsa end-of-life care for you and your loved ones. With our Tulsa end-of-life care, you can spend more time with your family and create memories that will last a lifetime. End Of Life Care Services In Tulsa.

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Hospice News

JULY 13, 2023

Through the new location, Aveanna provides advanced palliative care and hospice to community-based patients. The home health and hospice provider will also offer bereavement and family support services to the community, as well as 24/7 on-call clinical support for emergencies, medication management and assistance obtaining medical equipment.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 24, 2023

New Hospice Facility Launches in Arizona Bonnie Irr, a retired hospice nurse, is launching a new inpatient facility in southwestern Arizona to improve end-of-life care access to families in need. The inability to hire a caregiver can be “debilitating” for patients and families facing life’s final stages, according to Irr. “I

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Through the arrangement, Goodwin Hospice staff, primarily social workers, refer families to Present for You’s death doula services, particularly when caregivers may need more respite or families are in need of greater touch points and communication, Eulers stated.

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