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Hospice Pet Therapy Programs Can Boost Patient, Staff Satisfaction

Hospice News

In addition to visiting patients and families, the pet therapy program is also featured in the hospices summer bereavement program for children, Camp Forget-Me-Not. Alive Hospice also uses therapy dogs in its monthly support program for bereaved families, PAWS for Grief.

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Hospice Programs Slated for Closure Remain Open

Hospice News

“There has been some confusion and an assumption by some that hospice services were no longer available in our county,“ FOCH Executive Director Elena Twiss told local news. “At At present, Hospice of Central New York & the Finger Lakes is providing hospice care to patients in Oswego County.

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Fleece Takes Helm as Empath Health CEO, Begins ‘One Hospice’ Initiative

Hospice News

In 2011, he co-authored the book “The New Age: The Future of Health Care in America,” with the futurist David Houle, which examined the ways the system could evolve in the coming years. . But what brought him to hospice was the bereavement care he and his family received following a loss.

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Sangre de Cristo Taps New CEO, YoloCares Names Palliative Care Director

Hospice News

In addition to hospice and palliative care, YoloCares also offers adult day services and operates caregiver and bereavement support centers. YoloCares is among the nonprofit hospices that make up the California Hospice Network, joining the coalition last year.

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Helping Hands | The Importance of Hospice Volunteers | Cindy Outlaw

Hospice of the North Coast

Hospice care can be a challenging and emotional experience for patients and their families. Hospice volunteers play a critical role in supporting patients and their loved ones during this time. But hospice volunteering isn’t just about helping patients. HNC : Why do you choose this work specifically?

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Hospice and Breast Cancer

Traditions Health

If that happens, you may talk with your doctor about the choice to stop treatment, and whether hospice care is the right option for you. In observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, here we consider the experience of hospice and breast cancer. What is hospice care? Most people choose to get hospice care at home.

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Global Challenges Persist in Bringing Hospice Care to Incarcerated Populations

Hospice News

It presents real challenges for underresourced health care services and prison staff who are not trained to address end-of-life care needs. Through the caregiving programs, hospice volunteers are trained to address some of the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of incarcerated individuals with a terminal diagnosis.