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Blue Ridge Hospice Testing Gamified Bereavement Care Model

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Blue Ridge Hospice has developed a unique, gamified approach to bereavement care that the agency will test in partnership with seven other providers across the country. Blue Ridge Hospice is leading this program and the disbursement of the funding to the partner sites, Thomas told Hospice News in an email.

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Blue Ridge Care Expands Bereavement Care with New Center for Hope & Healing

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The Virginia-based nonprofit hospice, palliative care and PACE provider financed the center through philanthropic donations. At the center, Blue Ridge bereavement care staff will offer specialized programs, workshops, support groups and individual counseling. “The

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‘Small But Significant’ Keys to Amplifying Hospice Grief Support

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Grief support service lines can be an important pathway for hospices to reach communities outside of their patient populations. Building strong bereavement programs comes with myriad considerations around community outreach, collaboration development and strategic planning. Grief does not happen in a vacuum, Rhiannon said.

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Shoring Up the Next Generation of Hospice Chaplains

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Hospice chaplains often have little recourse for upward mobility along their career ladders. More professionals from a wider range of interfaith groups are entering the field, according to Shana Sullivan, bereavement coordinator of Texas-based Heart to Heart Hospice. He has also held hospice chaplain roles at St.

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7 ‘Hidden Gem’ Hospice News Stories in 2024

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Hospice News explores the issues garnering growing attention in end-of-life care delivery in seven of this years hidden gem stories. Topics span trends related to program integrity, workforce development, health equity, service diversification and the keys to hospices growth strategies. Optum completed its $5.4

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Hospice Providers Increasingly Using Bereavement Support as Employee-Retention Lever

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Hospices competing for sparse staffing resources are increasingly recognizing the retention value of including grief care support in their benefits packages. Having bereavement services built into employee benefits packages has a two-pronged impact on hospice worker retention and recruitment, according to Betterleave CEO Cara McCarty Abbott.

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Mahogany CEO: Hospice on Cusp of ‘Tremendous Revolution’

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Mahogany Home Health and Hospice recently launched services in southwestern Ohio. The new hospice startup is the first Black-owned hospice and home health organization statewide with a drive to improve utilization among underserved populations. Couzens has also held hospice chaplain roles at St.

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