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Right now, all of our bereavement support groups are in English only,” Wild told local news. ““We Children represent another underserved population on the hospice’s radar, including bereavement support. The organization recently held its first Spanish-speaking group for families at a local church. We are working with St. Census Bureau.

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OCTOBER 25, 2024

Shaw’s large staff includes eight board-certified doctors, an advanced nurse practitioner, a social worker, a mental health therapist, a bereavement coordinator, a bereavement counselor, a psychologist, a nurse coordinator and a medical assistant. And that’s really palliative care.”

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AUGUST 19, 2022

In addition to palliative, Homeland at Home provides facility- and home-based hospice, home health, personal and skilled nursing care, along with bereavement support. Pennsylvania-based Homeland at Home recently added community-based palliative care to its repertoire of services in response to rising demand for this care.

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DECEMBER 21, 2023

Last year, Helios Care served more than 580 hospice patients across four New York counties in addition to 90 palliative care patients and more than 550 bereavement care clients. The two providers are collaborating to establish a “more cohesive and seamless continuum of care” across Bassett’s eight-county service region.

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DECEMBER 19, 2024

The nonprofit offers hospice, respite services, spiritual and bereavement support, as well as assistance with housekeeping, medical equipment and other supplies. Brand was previously senior vice president of hospice and palliative care at New York-based VNS Health, holding a similar role at CareCentrix prior to that.

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The hospice provider also offers a veterans program, bereavement services and specialized care programs. The hospice provider also offers a veterans program, bereavement services and specialized care programs. In the future, we hope to expand the services and resources to our home-based palliative care program, Kaleidoscope.

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

Founded in 2013, the hospice and palliative care provider also offers bereavement services and veteran programs. (NASDAQ: PNTG) has inked a deal to acquire Arizona-based Southwestern Palliative Care & Hospice for an undisclosed amount, adding to its existing presence in the state.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 13, 2025

Empath Health offers hospice, home health, palliative care, bereavement support, adult day services, Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) programs, and primary, elderly and geriatric care. The nonprofit organization has grown into one of the largest hospice providers in the nation. The hospice provider topped Inc.

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JANUARY 27, 2023

In addition to hospice and palliative care, YoloCares also offers adult day services and operates caregiver and bereavement support centers. New CEO Takes Reigns at Sangre de Cristo Community Care Colorado-based Sangre de Cristo Community Care named Melinda Egging as its new CEO. This marks her return to the organization.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

HAP Foundation includes a Pediatric Palliative Care program, involving a network of providers that also offers bereavement care services. HAP Foundation includes a Pediatric Palliative Care program, involving a network of providers that also offers bereavement care services.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

The organizations announced their intent to affiliate last October, with leadership citing a shared goal to provide sustainable hospice, palliative care and bereavement services to communities across their combined geographic Florida footprint. The nonprofit provides hospice, palliative care and bereavement services.

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JULY 5, 2022

Along with administrative offices, the location will be home to Hospice of Washington County’s outpatient palliative care clinic, along with its bereavement and grief counseling offices. Iowa-based Hospice of Washington County is rebuilding and relocating its administrative offices, which also houses the provider’s palliative care clinic.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The KITES program helps provide continued support for children when their condition improves beyond palliative or hospice care needs, as well as provide connections to Community Hospice & Palliative Care’s bereavement services for those experiencing a loss. The Florida-based provider is an affiliate of Alivia Care Inc.

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Hospice News

MARCH 7, 2025

Our services will include the standard hospice functions such as individual bereavement care and volunteer-based therapy, but we also have grief support groups. How do you anticipate this scope of services to take shape? So our scope of care includes home health, both skilled and non-skilled, and it includes hospice.

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JANUARY 22, 2025

In addition to hospice, Agrace offers adult day services, bereavement care, dementia support and an Age at Home program, which provides nonmedical personal care services. Wisconsin-based Agrace recently opened a new office location in its home state as a hub for its interdisciplinary staff providing a range of home-based services.

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JULY 18, 2022

Additionally, bereaved family members of Black patients rated the quality of communication with hospices as lower than other health care providers. When it comes to communication and quality of care for Black patients, recent data reinforces the notion that hospices have room to grow. African Americans made up a mere 8.2%

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APRIL 18, 2025

The hospice offers adult and pediatric care care, bereavement, veterans services and Programs of ALL-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), among other services. Adaptability is a providers hallmark in todays current hospice landscape, according to Greg Wood, executive director at Hospice of the Ozarks.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The organization operates a general inpatient care facility, the Alexander Cohen Hospice, which also provides respite services.CHHS additional services include bereavement support and outpatient mental health services, as well as a youth grief program, Camp Wokini.

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Hospice News

MARCH 8, 2024

Phoenix Children’s palliative program began in 2009 and includes nine physicians, social workers, mental health therapists, child life specialists and bereavement support professionals. Communication skills are among the most significant components of shaping a sustainable pediatric palliative care workforce, Shaw said. “A

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Hospice News

MARCH 21, 2023

The hospice in 2021 cared for more than 3,800 hospice patients as well as more than 2,095 on palliative care and close to 500 in bereavement. Services available at the updated facility include end-of-life, palliative and bereavement care. Both facilities will retain their individual names following the brand unification.

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OCTOBER 10, 2024

The hospice also offers a summer grief program for bereaved children, Wing Camp, which launched in 2000. The hospice also provides outpatient mental health counseling services and bereavement support, including its youth grief program, Camp Wokini. Muir joined the organization in 2019 as its chief of clinical innovations.

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Hospice News

MARCH 27, 2024

They can also provide education, services and advocacy related to grief and bereavement in mass-casualty incidents, as well as assist with public health surveillance and reporting. However, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed gaps in preparedness when it comes to hospice and palliative care.

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APRIL 22, 2025

However, it goes a step further by also offering bereavement support for families and end-of-life planning. Two terms that often arise in these conversations are palliative care and hospice care. While they share similar philosophies centered around comfort rather than cure, they serve different purposes and stages of illness.

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AUGUST 1, 2024

The nonprofit provides hospice, palliative care and bereavement services in Ashland, Knox and Richland counties. “We are excited to welcome Hospice of North Central Ohio to the Hospice of the Western Reserve family,” Finn said in a statement shared with Hospice News. Photo by Pixelate Photography.

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MAY 14, 2024

They] can provide so much support from advance care planning to vigil assistance, and out in the community they can do early grief and bereavement support and can provide household support [and] respite caregiving.” Collins is also a certified hospice and palliative care nurse and end-of-life doula.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Thrift store revenue is allocated to support its Sierra Community Palliative Care program and bereavement services as well as to fund caregiver grants. California-based Hospice of the Foothills unveiled a rebranding strategy aimed at better communicating its expanded suite of services. Net assets for the calendar year 2022 totaled roughly $8.55

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JULY 18, 2023

Affiliating our two organizations is a step forward in achieving a shared ambition of sustainable palliative and end-of-life care and bereavement services, for patients and families in the communities that we serve,” Hospice & Community Care President and CEO Steve Knaub said in a statement.

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

An interdisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains, volunteers and bereavement experts provide 24/7 care. Established in 1883 as a Visiting Nurse Association (VNA), HHHC provides home care, hospice and bereavement services, as well as caregiver resources. Service animals are permitted at the inpatient hospice.

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Traditions Health

JANUARY 5, 2025

Traditions Health understands how stressful it can be to opt for end-of-life care. Here is a guide to understanding the hospice admissions process. Why hospice care?

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DECEMBER 9, 2022

The Hosparus Health Grief Counseling Center is also located in the facility, offering mental health and bereavement care. . Hosparus Health has cut the ribbon on a $1.7 million Community Center in Campbellsville, Kentucky, expanding its clinical service area and the range of services available to that community.

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APRIL 24, 2024

Funding palliative, bereavement care Illinois-based Endeavor Health serves more than 1.3 Bereavement programs are another area of hospice care that require ample funding to sustain, according to Melissa Ward, post-acute care executive at Adventist Health, and its Chief Mission and Philanthropy Officer Alex Bryan.

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OCTOBER 13, 2023

Through an affiliation, our organizations will have the opportunity to achieve a shared goal to provide sustainable palliative and hospice care along with bereavement services for patients and families in the communities that we serve,” said St. Francis Reflections CEO Joseph Killian, in a statement. “By By joining forces, St.

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APRIL 11, 2025

The nonprofit hospice offers bereavement care, caregiver resources and supportive care for pediatric populations. Two executive moves take shape at Hospice of the Chesapeake Hospice of the Chesapeake has seen two executive-level shifts recently take place. Posega in the last 35 years has held various leadership, consulting and clinical roles.

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AUGUST 19, 2024

Established in 2006, the hospice provider also offers palliative care, a veterans program, sleep assistance services, bereavement support and a dementia care program dubbed Bright Moments. Before that, he served as president and chief strategy officer. In that role, he led the company’s efforts to establish de novos.

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JUNE 21, 2024

Established in 2006, the hospice provider also offers palliative care, a veterans program, sleep assistance services, bereavement support and a dementia care program dubbed Bright Moments. The Mid-Delta acquisition expands Utah-headquartered Bristol Hospice’s geographic presence across 18 states.

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APRIL 22, 2022

Volunteers, social workers, chaplains and bereavement counselors also make up the center’s staff. The unit allows for expanded access to inpatient hospice care in the community during a time of increasing need, according to Ron Gicca, president of Melbourne Regional Medical Center. A team of St. Formerly Hospice of St. billion.

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OCTOBER 25, 2024

Its most recent de novo features a wraparound porch and meeting spaces for community events and bereaved families. The locally-owned and operated organization’s services include hospice, bereavement care, medication management and assistance with durable medical equipment. De novos have been a core of VITAS’ growth strategy.

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