Traditions Health

JANUARY 5, 2025

Your healthcare team will use an extensive evaluation process to determine whether you or your loved one are medically eligible for hospice care. Continuous home care provides a healthcare provider for 8-24 hours per day. Of course, every patient is unique. Continuous home care is short-term in nature.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

VITAS Healthcare Expands Hospital-Based Inpatient Hospice Center Chemed Corp. NYSE: CHE) VITAS Healthcare recently expanded its inpatient hospice care unit at the Florida-based Broward Health Medical Center. An interdisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains, volunteers and bereavement experts provide 24/7 care.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 13, 2025

Empath Health offers hospice, home health, palliative care, bereavement support, adult day services, Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) programs, and primary, elderly and geriatric care. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii. The nonprofit organization has grown into one of the largest hospice providers in the nation.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Like, would you include the doctors that I work with, healthcare providers where I live in Marin? They do the homework they talk about then with their doctor or their healthcare provider. And then we did interviews with bereavement caregivers and we asked about distress and goal concordant end of life care. Yael 21:10 Yeah.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

VITAS Launches New Florida Location VITAS Healthcare has opened a new location in Florida, expanding the hospice provider’s footprint in its home state. Its most recent de novo features a wraparound porch and meeting spaces for community events and bereaved families. of the county’s overall population, the U.S.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 9, 2023

The bereavement care tech platform Grief Coach has rebranded as Help Texts and is expanding its services to include support for health care workers who are contending with stress or burnout. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) requirement that hospices provide bereavement care for 13 months following a patient’s death.

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Hospice News

MAY 9, 2022

This growing need has spurred the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI) to recently develop its Community Counseling Guide to help member providers structure bereavement services, including best practices for billing. Demand for mental health care skyrocketed during the pandemic.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Cameron Muir Named NPHI’s New CMO Dr. Cameron Muir has been named as the new CMO of the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI). The hospice also offers a summer grief program for bereaved children, Wing Camp, which launched in 2000. Whitley joined the organization 29 years ago as a visiting nurse. “I

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The organization operates a general inpatient care facility, the Alexander Cohen Hospice, which also provides respite services.CHHS additional services include bereavement support and outpatient mental health services, as well as a youth grief program, Camp Wokini.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2023

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. chief innovation officer for the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI).

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Traditions Health

JANUARY 12, 2025

You can also complete a health care power of attorney which appoints a loved one to make healthcare decisions on your behalf if needed. It can include instructions on things like organ donation, refusal of specific treatments, and use of a breathing machine. Meeting the Traditions Health Team Many individuals make up your hospice care team.

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Hospice News

JULY 1, 2022

This will make the organization’s third center for youth bereavement in the area, with additional locations in Auburndale and Sebring, Florida. The Hosparus Health Resource Center will extend bereavement services and education to underserved communities in that area. Building a resource center was part of that goal.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Illinois-based Great Lakes Health Partners, an Interim Healthcare franchise, is launching a grief support group for employees aimed at helping hospice workers deal with the stress of providing bedside end-of-life care. What do anticipate as far as those different benefits of providing hospice workers with expanded bereavement support?

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Public awareness campaigns that illustrate how bereavement services and dementia care programs help improve quality of life can also lead to greater discussions about hospice, according to Malko.

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Hospice News

JULY 2, 2024

The global anti-violence advocacy organization NO MORE in concert with the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI) recently unveiled a resource guide to help strengthen hospice providers’ understanding of traumatic experiences and their impact on end-of-life outcomes. .

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Hospice News

JANUARY 20, 2023

Eden Health is a subsidiary of Washington-based EmpRes Healthcare, which provides management and consulting services to rehabilitation and post-acute care centers, assisted and independent living communities and home health, home care, palliative care and hospice agencies in nine Western states.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

VITAS Healthcare, a subsidiary of of Chemed Corp. In her new position, Husted will oversee the company’s volunteer and bereavement programs, working to improve the patient and family experience and foster growth. NYSE: CHE), has brought up from its ranks three new executive leaders.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Founded in 2013, the hospice and palliative care provider also offers bereavement services and veteran programs. Earlier this year Pennant also acquired Benefit Home Healthcare and Benefit By Your Side, a Colorado-based company that offers home health care, private duty and community health services.

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Hospice News

JULY 13, 2023

Aveanna Opens Hospice De Novo Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. 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. has opened a new inpatient unit at St.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Trauma-informed education equips staff with the tools and information needed to understand and avoid a potential crisis situation, said Larry Hetu-Robert, bereavement manager and veteran liaison for VITAS Healthcare, a subsidiary of Chemed Corp (NYSE: CHEM). Hetu-Robert is also a veteran of the U.S. Navy Reserve.

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Hospice News

JUNE 17, 2024

Edwards previously served as a fund development specialist at the Blue Ridge HealthCare Foundation. She was formerly the CEO of the California Correctional Healthcare Facility Stockton and California Medical Facilities (CCHS), which serves roughly 5,000 incarcerated patients annually.

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Hospice News

MAY 19, 2023

His prior work includes a stint as COO of Texas Health Partners, a hospice specialist for Odyssey Hospice, the CEO of Culberson Hospital District and partner and psychologist at Metroplex Healthcare Systems. The organization provides legal services to low-income hospice patients with terminal illnesses and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

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Hospice News

JUNE 7, 2024

We began offering palliative care, and strengthened our community grief counseling services, which we provide to anyone on the island in addition to individual bereavement support. Our aim is to help patients and family navigate the healthcare system and coordinate care to prevent fragmentation of services.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2023

Opportunities exist within risk-based payment models to improve coordination among providers and transitions of care between settings, according to Dr. Joseph Shega, executive vice president and chief medical officer for VITAS Healthcare, a subsidiary of Chemed Corp. NYSE: CHEM).

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Hospice News

AUGUST 22, 2022

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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Hospice News

MARCH 19, 2024

Connecticut’s statewide Palliative Care Advisory Council (PCAC) plans to work collaboratively with DPH to develop the pediatric hospice program plan, according to Tracy Wodatch, president and CEO of the Connecticut Association for Healthcare at Home. The ability to build care collaborations is a large part of improving access, she stated.

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HPNA podcast

JANUARY 2, 2025

Together, these experts discuss how our knowledge and actions must evolve in the face of new information, and how we can foster a healthcare environment that not only acknowledges but celebrates individual identity and culture.

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High Peaks Hospice

APRIL 12, 2023

High Peaks Hospice is accepting applications for a Hospice Bereavement Administrator. Position Overview High Peaks Hospice is seeking a highly organized, person-centric, and mission-driven individual to fill the role of Hospice Bereavement Administrator. Ensure the bereavement team is following agency policies and guidelines.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The word bereavement means robbed. Holly: That is so insightful because I think people don’t get that or is that a lot of the fear that bereaved people have, who get stuck in grief, is they’re afraid they’re going to forget that person. In fact, in bereavement, they’re likely to all co-occur at the same time.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 1, 2024

VITAS Healthcare,a subsidiary of Chemed Corp. In addition to hospice and palliative care, the new offices will provide veterans services, music therapy, pet visits, memory bears and bereavement support, as well as specialized sepsis care. NYSE: CHE), has expanded in California with two new locations.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 18, 2024

Helios Care is working to change the face of hospice in its update New York service region, with a new partnership with the Bassett Healthcare Network as a cornerstone of its strategy. Late last year, Helios established a new kind of collaborative partnership with Bassett with no money changing hands or any change of ownership.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

For one, addressing the psychosocial and emotional aspects of dying and bereavement has been an intergral part of the hospice mission since the beginning. Behavioral health care is a rising star in health care in terms of growth and demand, and the trend is leading some hospices to invest in the space.

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Hospice News

APRIL 24, 2024

Funding palliative, bereavement care Illinois-based Endeavor Health serves more than 1.3 Legacy brands NorthShore University HealthSystem, Edward-Elmhurst Health, Northwest Community Healthcare and Swedish Hospital have recently unified under the Endeavor Health umbrella. Philanthropic support drives our ability to grow this program.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

“Stepping into 2024, I’m excited to share news that marks the beginning of a fresh chapter for Blue Ridge Hospice and those in our community in need of serious and chronic illness care, palliative care and bereavement support services,” Richard Kennedy, board of directors chair at Blue Ridge Hospice, said in an announcement.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Addressing the psychosocial and spiritual needs of patients and families — including bereavement care, social work and chaplain services — have long been integral to the hospice model.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The worth of these professionals in hospice is something of a celebrate, they can be part of that bereavement team, they can be working as liaisons in hospitals or other facilities, or they can just be with someone when they’re dying and their families can’t be,” Johnson told Hospice News.

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AT Home Care & Hospice

APRIL 25, 2023

Counseling in the Post-Acute Healthcare Setting In acute healthcare settings, such as an inpatient stay at the hospital, the quality care delivered to patients is facilitated by readily available resources such as multidisciplinary healthcare teams all operating out of one facility.

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