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

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Three independent providers — By the Bay Health, Mission Hospice & Home Care and Hope Hospice — will merge, becoming the largest nonprofit hospice network in northern California. To be able to combine our organizations, hospice and home care, it really does expand that mission even further.

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Hospice News

MAY 17, 2024

The company provides bereavement services, dietary, physical, occupational and speech therapies, as well as child life specialist, among other services. The provider also offers care to adult populations, with a service region that spans Las Vegas and surrounding areas.

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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.

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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

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Hospice and Home Care of Juneau shutters. Alaska-based Hospice and Home Care of Juneau (HHCJ) recently announced its closure, citing high staffing costs and lack of clinicians. HHCJ had two hospice and 17 home health patients on its services when the closure took effect on October 19.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

California-based Butte Home Health & Hospice ranked seventh in the “At-Home Care” workplace category. Among the key areas in which the hospice organization has stood out is their management approach, according to Robert Love, executive director, Butte Home Health & Hospice.

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Hospice News

JUNE 1, 2023

MercyOne will continue to provide in-home hospice care through its Des Moines, Iowa location. The health system will also continue inpatient services at other centers, as well as routine home care and respite care. the facility has 20 private patient rooms and offers 24/7 care.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 4, 2023

The hospital sought hospice licensure in the certificate of need state after Hospice and Home Care of Juneau (HHCJ) halted services last October, citing high staffing costs and insufficient nursing resources. The news came shortly before the retirement and resignation of the hospital’s CEO and COO.

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Hospice News

MARCH 25, 2024

Stoneridge Hospice provides home-based hospice and also contracts with other providers to offer facility-based services. The hospice provider also offers palliative care, veteran and bereavement services, and durable medical equipment (DME) and supplies. We are starting a palliative care program in the state of Arizona.

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Hospice News

MAY 5, 2022

Amedisys cited Muscato’s integral roles in strategic investments such as the joint venture strategy the company is pursuing with its Tennessee-based subsidiary Contessa Health, which grew its reach into the high-acuity home care space. It also welcomed a new hospice aide, Meagan York.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The company merged with Illinois-based Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care in 2020. AccentCare provides hospice, palliative and personal care, along with home health, non-medical services, care management and high-acuity home care.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 18, 2024

Bassett Healthcare Network is an integrated health system that includes five hospitals, a home health agency and two skilled nursing facilities, as well as dozens of community-based health centers and school-based health centers. Formerly known as Catskills Area Hospice and Palliative Care, the organization rebranded as Helios in 2019.

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Hospice News

MAY 12, 2025

The company provides hospice, palliative care and bereavement in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania. The provider is a portfolio company of Transitions Group, which serves 38 across Illinois and offers hospice, medical equipment, home health and home-based services.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Care coordination is essential to hospice care plans, as they require the interdisciplinary team (IDT) to collaborate on creating, regularly updating, and maintaining a plan of care (POC) that addresses the patient and family’s needs and goals, including bereavement support after the patient’s passing.

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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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Freedom Home Care and Medical Staffing

DECEMBER 5, 2023

November is National Home Care and Hospice Month, a time to honor the millions of home care professionals who provide essential health care services to patients and families in their homes. Home care and hospice care are vital for many people who face chronic illnesses, disabilities, or terminal conditions.

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Freedom Home Care and Medical Staffing

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

November is National Home Care and Hospice Month, a time to honor the millions of home care professionals who provide essential health care services to patients and families in their homes. Home care and hospice care are vital for many people who face chronic illnesses, disabilities, or terminal conditions.

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Freedom Home Care and Medical Staffing

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

November is National Home Care and Hospice Month, a time to honor the millions of home care professionals who provide essential health care services to patients and families in their homes. Home care and hospice care are vital for many people who face chronic illnesses, disabilities, or terminal conditions.

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Hospice News

APRIL 19, 2023

Hospice of the Midwest’s services within the Marshalltown community include assistance with medical equipment and medication order and delivery, developing patient care plans, providing home assessment consultations and a veteran honors program. has launched a new inpatient hospice facility. “We

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CareAcademy Blog

APRIL 30, 2025

To operate as a hospice agency, you must provide four levels of care: Routine home care This type of care is similar to standard home health services, with caregivers visiting patients regularly to monitor health and nutrition, offer physical therapy, manage medications, and document a patients well-being and quality of life.

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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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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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Sahara Hospice Care

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The four levels of hospice care are: Routine home care: routine care is the basic regular hospice care that could be provided by home or a hospice facility. This includes all services a hospice care has such as, bereavement and spiritual support, medication, and more.

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Responsive Home Care

JANUARY 9, 2024

You may feel hopeless to help an older adult who is grieving, but […] The post How to Help an Older Adult Who Is Grieving appeared first on Responsive Home Care. These bonds are crucial to our quality of life, and when they are severed, it inevitably leads to feelings of deep loss.

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Traditions Health

DECEMBER 19, 2023

It is important to assure them that as their illness progresses, so will the level of care they receive to meet their clinical needs. What are the four levels of hospice care ? Routine home care: Intermittent care that is provided in a home setting, which could be a private residence or facility.

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AT Home Care & Hospice

MAY 5, 2023

Counseling, bereavement, and support group therapy are some of the many mental health services offered by our hospice care providers. We offer hospice services that are personalized for every patient based on their mental, physical, spiritual, and emotional health needs—including mental health treatment.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 23, 2024

After five years of planning, the post-acute services provider AccentCare recently re-organized its bereavement care services, which are now coordinated from a national center. The company operates more than 250 locations in 31 states and the District of Columbia, caring for roughly 200,000 patients and families annually.

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Hospice News

MARCH 15, 2023

The company indicated in a press release that, to date, it has facilitated more than 15,000 hospital-at-home admissions, helped design eight advanced home care programs, advised over 100 hospitals and health systems, and designed technology used in the care of more than 8,000,000 patients.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The house is designed for terminally ill patients whose residences are not suitable for routine or continuous home care, or those whose care needs are too complex for family caregivers to manage. In addition to general inpatient care (GIP), bereavement support and respite services will also be available at the new facility.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Greater education and preparation around the logistical aspects of death and bereavement is needed to better support grieving families. Marylander is also a licensed clinical social worker and practiced law for 35 years prior to stepping into health care.

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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. The company convened a group of professionals with experience in grief care to develop the content, from a variety of disciplines.

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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. Hospices also lack quality measures associated with bereavement care.

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Hospice News

MAY 8, 2024

The caregiver support company ianacare provides tools, support, and empowerment for at-home care as part of employment benefits. In 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced the GUIDE model for at-home dementia patients and their family caregivers.

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Hospice News

MARCH 10, 2023

Goodwin also has a memory care program and provides personal services to help seniors age in place, such as assistance with care coordination, home repairs and housekeeping. Patients at the hospice house receive 24/7 inpatient end-of-life care from nurses and aides.

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Hospice News

JULY 31, 2024

Technology has played an increasingly important role in providers’ end-of-life care approaches, according to RJ Gagnon, CFO and COO of Andwell Health Partners. Leveraging technology has been pivotal to expanding patient reach, building operational efficiencies and ensuring interdisciplinary teams’ safety, Gagnon stated.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

LeadingAge also recommended that: Congress create a hospice room-and-board level of care that allows patients to die outside their homes without qualifying for general inpatient care or inpatient respite care Congress instruct CMS to allow patients to receive the respite level of care in their homes Federal lawmakers clarify minimum standards and the (..)

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