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

Hospice News

“[They] can provide so much support from advance care planning to vigil assistance, and out in the community they can do early grief and bereavement support and can provide household support [and] respite caregiving.” Galloway-Salazar is also an end-of-life doula.

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Two Hospices Halt Services Amid Staffing Shortages

Hospice News

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. Personal care and social work referrals will also end.

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Counseling Awareness Month

AT Home Care & Hospice

A multidisciplinary team can include your doctor, spiritual counselor, social worker, and bereavement counselor to name a few. Three of these services in particular include social work, bereavement, and chaplain services.

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What Services Does Hospice Provide?

Seasons Hospice

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. . Home health and personal care aid: Our care aides and volunteers give caregivers a break from the tiring care that hospice patients usually require.

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Bereaved Families Face ‘Devastating’ Impacts of Hospice Fraud

Hospice News

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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Palliative Researcher Oliver: Family Caregivers Are Also Patients

Hospice News

In many instances, hospices will not be able to provide care if patients lack the support of a family caregiver. Louis, is currently researching behavioral interventions to enhance the lives of caregivers for family members with advanced illnesses. You’ve personally been a caregiver yourself.

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How Hospice, Behavioral Health May Cross Paths

Hospice News

In some respects, the two sectors are already inextricably linked, given the holistic nature of hospice care, including attention to patients’ psychosocial and spiritual needs as well as bereavement support for families. These conditions also put a burden on family caregivers, just as many medical ailments do.

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