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

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Croix offers advance care planning support, bereavement services and a North Star program for dementia symptom management. The new office will aid in operational efficiency by providing a space for clinical teams to gather supplies and complete patient documentation, as well as areas for interdisciplinary team meetings.

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Tech Companies Empathy, Sharecare Partner to Add Bereavement Support to Employment Benefits

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Technology firms Empathy and Sharecare (NASDAQ: SHCR) have partnered to expand the benefits that companies can offer to bereaved employees. Through this partnership, employees will be able to access Empathy’s bereavement support services through ShareCare’s home home-oriented product, CareLinx.

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Hospice of the Foothills Rebrands With Eye on Access

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Thrift store revenue is allocated to support its Sierra Community Palliative Care program and bereavement services as well as to fund caregiver grants. million, the organization’s tax documents show. Net assets for the calendar year 2022 totaled roughly $8.55 The rebranding comes at a time of change at the organization.

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New Executives Tapped At Hospice Organizations Across Country

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Over the years, Mrs. Whitley has led the organization through many challenges and opportunities to improve clinical care, documentation and operational efficiencies,” Harkey said in an announcement. The hospice also offers a summer grief program for bereaved children, Wing Camp, which launched in 2000.

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Culture, Compensation, Education Are Keys to Hospice Chaplain Turnover

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While spiritual care falls under the bereavement assessment as part of the four core hospice services, reimbursement streams for chaplain staff are extremely shallow, according to George Handzo, director of health services research and quality at the HealthCare Chaplaincy Network.

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Voices: Melissa Kozak, Founder and Head of CitusHealth

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The most common deficiencies are non-personalized care plans, missed direct-care visits, substandard visit documentation, incomplete care plans, and a lack of updates to care plans. Digital resources also encompass support group details for bereavement and specific health conditions, which help maintain strict adherence to the POC.

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Care Planning Issues Top Lists of Hospice Survey Deficiencies

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A common refrain in discussions of health care quality and compliance, the issue often lies with incomplete or inaccurate documentation, according to Susan Mills, a registered nurse and senior program director for the Home Health, Hospice and Home Infusion Accreditation Programs at ACHC.

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