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Lack of Staff, Guidelines Build Hurdles for Hospice Bereavement Care Programs

Hospice News

Hospices often lack the financial and staffing resources needed to fully support bereaved families. As with nursing, the industry-wide labor shortage has impacted bereavement care, which is an underfunded service, according to Dr. Dawn Gross, palliative care physician at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Health.

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New Executives Tapped At Hospice Organizations Across Country

Hospice News

Muir also has served as the medical director for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovations’ (CMMI) high-needs Accountable Care Organization Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health (ACO REACH) program. The hospice also offers a summer grief program for bereaved children, Wing Camp, which launched in 2000.

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Homeland at Home Launches Community-Based Palliative Care Program

Hospice News

The provider’s palliative care team includes a physician medical director, social worker and nurse practitioners who now offer in-home palliative care to adult patients 18 and older facing a serious illness. “As Homeland previously provided facility-based palliative services and is now stepping into the home.

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Stoneridge Hospice Owner Rollie Seebert: Hospices Help Address the ‘Demographic Tsunami’

Hospice News

The hospice provider also offers palliative care, veteran and bereavement services, and durable medical equipment (DME) and supplies. It comes with hiring the right medical directors and clinicians to make sure patients are eligible. Stoneridge Hospice launched in 2020.

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Hospice and Breast Cancer

Traditions Health

Benefits for you, your caregiver, and your family include: Grief support: Bereavement counselors help you process emotions and face loss. However, inpatient hospice facilities, hospitals, and some nursing homes also provide services. Holistic approach: Physical, emotional, and spiritual needs are all considered.

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What Services Does Hospice Provide?

Seasons Hospice

Here is a breakdown of our teams at Seasons Hospice: Medical directors oversee your loved one’s care at Seasons, ensuring they receive care tailored to their needs. Bereavement counseling : Seasons Hospice offers bereavement counseling for the families of our patients who have passed.

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The Tangled Web of Pediatric Palliative Care Payment and Policy

Hospice News

Regulatory questions Lagging reimbursement and complicated regulations have made it difficult to sustain community-based pediatric palliative care programs, said Dr. Tom McNally, medical director of George Mark Children’s House.