Hospice News

MARCH 31, 2023

Hospice programs in central New York remain open, despite local legislators previously indicating staffing-related closures. In 2022, legislators in Oswego County in New York state voted to shutter its hospice services within the year. The post Hospice Programs Slated for Closure Remain Open appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

MARCH 14, 2024

Hospices, in aggregate, are showing improvement on the quality measure for visits in the last days of life. In Calendar Year 2021, the share of hospice care days with nurse visits in the last seven days of life rose to 63%, up from 62% year over year, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Hospice and behavioral health care could increasingly intersect in coming years as demand for specialized care grows. 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.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

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. For one, addressing the psychosocial and emotional aspects of dying and bereavement has been an intergral part of the hospice mission since the beginning.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The foundation is an independent, nonprofit hospice and palliative care research and advocacy organization. It will serve as a hospice and palliative care “education and training hub” for patients, families, providers, and other stakeholders, according to the HAP Foundation. The HAP Foundation has officially begun operations.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary In todays podcast we were delighted to be joined by the presenters of the top scientific abstracts for the Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine ( AAHPM ) and the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Nurses Association ( HPNA ). Eric 00:42 Great. Eric 11:52 Yeah.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 20, 2023

The deal expands Eden Health’s home health and hospice footprint in Washington, one of eight states in its service region. The home health, hospice and palliative care provider operates 36 locations and serves roughly 1,540 patients annual. Community Home Health & Hospice did not respond to Hospice News requests for comment.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

This blog provides a summary of preliminary findings regarding bereaved parents’ decision making about their child’s place of death. For one family, the mother wanted her daughter’s place of death to be the hospice, but the daughter wanted to be at home (she died at home).

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Hospice News

MARCH 10, 2023

Croix Hospice recently made changes to its executive team. Croix provides hospice to nearly 4,000 patients daily across the Midwest. The hospice promoted Eric Lewis to chief accounting officer, who joined St. Croix Hospice since 2018, previously serving as director of marketing and communications. Shake Ups in St.

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HPNA podcast

JANUARY 2, 2025

In this episode, three HPNA Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging (DEIB) Committee members reflect on their lived experience- how positionality impacts the way they show up to their work as hospice and palliative care clinicians and researchers and how they've shifted from cultural competency toward cultural responsiveness.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In many instances, hospices will not be able to provide care if patients lack the support of a family caregiver. Her work is informed not only by her career of more than 20 years as a hospice professional but also by her experience as a caregiver for her husband. You’ve personally been a caregiver yourself.

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NHPCO

JUNE 13, 2024

For Immediate Release PHOTO LINK June 13, 2024 (Alexandria, VA) – More than 100 hospice and palliative care advocates from across the country met with over 150 congressional offices this week to discuss key legislative and regulatory priorities for ensuring and expanding access to hospice and palliative care.

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Hospice of the North Coast

APRIL 15, 2021

When members of a group make art, they create shared experiences in the present. Kelly Gelhaar, Art Therapist & Bereavement Counselor at Hospice of the North Coast. Early in her career she worked primarily with children and youth and has been working in Hospice Bereavement for the past four years.

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Seasons Hospice

JULY 29, 2022

Grieving Loss While Your Loved One is In Hospice Care. If your loved one is in hospice care, you may find yourself grieving their loss before they have passed away. Strive to live in the present moment. Bereavement is a difficult process, but there is hope on the other side. This is called anticipatory grief.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Where home is not felt to be a safe place, a hospice can be considered as such (Simpson and Penrose, 2011; Price, McCloskey and Brazil, 2017; Rainsford et al 2018). 2019) Coming “home”: Place bonding for parents accessing or considering hospice based respite, Health & Place, 57, pp. DOI:10.1186/s12904-024-01539-8 Dunbar, H.,

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1-800-HOSPICE

JANUARY 18, 2022

On the other hand, the trend of more Americans dying at home also presents challenges for families that we may have not seen for a century. Hospice Supports Families as Well as Patients. In 1984, there were only 31 Medicare-certified home hospice agencies. Caregiver Education in Hospice. 24/7 On-call Hospice Nurse.

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EAPC (European Association of Palliative Care)

JUNE 26, 2023

The theme of the seminar ‘A Human Rights based approach to Palliative Care: Towards Solutions for Public Health Palliative Care’ is highly relevant as 2023 marks 75 years since the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights was proclaimed by the United Nationals General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948.

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Minority Nurse

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The same study also cited a bereaved families survey that found “African Americans were less satisfied with the quality of end-of-life care.” Actionable Community Knowledge Palliative care doesn’t always occur within hospice facilities. This is far more than their white counterparts. Nurses can also treat patients in their own homes.

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Traditions Health

JANUARY 23, 2023

Common Questions About Hospice Care Coming to terms that a loved one may require hospice care to manage symptoms and provide social and psychological support at the end of their life can be difficult. Below are common questions you should ask to determine whether hospice care is the appropriate fit for your loved one.

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Traditions Health

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

The frequency and severity of symptoms often vary, making it difficult at times to determine life expectancy and the need for hospice care. This means that many patients may miss out on the vital physical and emotional support that hospice provides. What Does Hospice Do for Heart Disease Patients?

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Kindful Hospice

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

It might mean you are physically present with a hug or simply holding their hand. Reassure the bereaved, and let them know you respect them — and their own personal process of healing. Our stories can also give the bereaved new stories to treasure as they move through their own process of grief. Some might take years.

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Hospice of the North Coast

JULY 14, 2023

In other words, Dr. Worden selects the term “task” for his bereavement model because he wants to increase the mourners’ sense of taking action in the mourning process. This is all understandable if we can understand what is really going on inside the bereaved, who has a story to tell.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

Where Hospice Patients Die. However, as a home hospice nurse, you are more likely to perform death visits in the patient’s personal residence or nursing home. However, as a home hospice nurse, you are more likely to perform death visits in the patient’s personal residence or nursing home. Pronouncement During End-of-Life Care.

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AT Home Care & Hospice

APRIL 25, 2023

A multidisciplinary team can include your doctor, spiritual counselor, social worker, and bereavement counselor to name a few. Three of these services in particular include social work, bereavement, and chaplain services. The primary purpose of bereavement counseling is to help families navigate their grief following a loss.

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Changing Lives Podcast

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Working at Hospice Quinte In our organization we believe that compassion, collaboration, and accountability lead to excellence. We believe Hospice Quinte is an organization where staff and volunteers can learn and grow. This belief can be seen in the daily work and activities of Hospice Quinte staff and volunteers.

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Hospice of the North Coast

MARCH 1, 2022

The closer and deeper a relationship is, the higher the probability of anticipatory grief being present. On one level, it allows one to start processing the loss prior to the start of bereavement. In summary, anticipatory grief exists and can be the precursor to grief and bereavement. Daniel Miller, M.D.,

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The Bucket-List Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Therefore, most stories are in the present tense. How can you honor life during National Hospice & Palliative Care Month? Contact us at hospice@hospicecp.org or 859-986-1500 or visit our website. Our stories about meaningful experiences are written as they unfold.

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The Bucket-List Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Therefore, most stories are in the present tense. His home-hospice team worked to manage pain and symptoms and to support him and his family. On Halloween day, he and Anthony’s Hospice Care Plus team drove to Anthony’s home in a car filled with Christmas gifts wrapped by our volunteers. Anthony is a young man under our care.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

JUNE 6, 2024

Elizabeth Hart, MD Androscoggin Home Healthcare + Hospice AAHPM reached out to the 2024 Visionaries to gain insight into what motivated them to pursue leadership positions and what they find more fulfilling in their experiences. What is the significance to you of being recognized as a “Visionary” in Hospice and Palliative Medicine?

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Kindful Hospice

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

OneRoom offers a way to mimic the experience of having a bereavement ceremony with a room full of people. More than just a digital scrapbook, LifeWeb allows you to collect the threads present in your loved one’s life. That way you can receive support from family and friends — and more importantly, be present.

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Seasons Hospice

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

It may be helpful to connect with a grief support group or a therapist who specializes in bereavement counseling. Working Through Anticipatory Grief With a Loved One in Hospice Care When a loved one is in hospice care, it can be difficult to witness their decline. May the peace of God be with you in the days and weeks ahead.

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Seasons Hospice

APRIL 30, 2021

This article presents an outline of the psychological and biological effects of losing a child. On the psychological side, one study mentioned that depression or symptoms of depression from parental bereavement could last for long periods after the child’s passing. Familial Issues from Parental Grief.

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Red M.D.

OCTOBER 8, 2020

It’s twenty-six years later and I’ve managed to use this tragedy to inspire a career focused on both trauma and hospice and palliative medicine. My hospice attending provided some cursory instruction and assured me she was available if I had questions, and that was that. For me, it works. Could we have caused less suffering?

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Shining Light Hospice

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Hospice for Dementia. Let’s take a closer look at this condition, what hospice is , and what the benefits of hospice care for dementia-related diagnoses are. When certain criteria are met, a patient with dementia can qualify for hospice benefits. Speech may or may not be present. What is Hospice?

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Hospice News

JANUARY 16, 2025

Ashpole has been an educator and communication consultant in hospice and palliative care since the 1980s. He previously served as a board member for the International Association of Hospice & Palliative Care (IAHPC), compiling its monthly Literature Search journal.

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

We also invited Beth Klint to speak about the doula’s role within a traditional hospice organization. We are delighted to welcome Jane Euler, who is lead doula and co-founder of Present for You, which is a benefit LLC company that provides doula support at the end-of-life. Hospice volunteers do lots of things. Why Beth?

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Home Care Pulse

JULY 25, 2023

And to do that, we’re joined by hospice pioneer, Barbara Karnes. She has won the N H P C O Hospice Innovator Award in 2018, and she was the 2015 International Humanitarian Woman of the Year. She has won the N H P C O Hospice Innovator Award in 2018, and she was the 2015 International Humanitarian Woman of the Year.

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