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AUGUST 19, 2022

Pennsylvania-based Homeland at Home recently added community-based palliative care to its repertoire of services in response to rising demand for this care. Homeland previously provided facility-based palliative services and is now stepping into the home.

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APRIL 13, 2023

Idaho-based Hospice & Palliative Care of the Wood River Valley has initiated Spanish-speaking services in an effort to reach underserved Latino patients and families. Right now, all of our bereavement support groups are in English only,” Wild told local news. ““We We are working with St. Census Bureau.

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

(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. Southwestern Palliative Care & Hospice provides home-based end-of-life and serious illness care to communities in Yuma, Arizona.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The foundation is an independent, nonprofit hospice and palliative care research and advocacy organization. The foundation aims to identify and address gaps in the health care continuum to help improve the quality of life for the seriously and terminally ill.

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JANUARY 27, 2023

New CEO Takes Reigns at Sangre de Cristo Community Care Colorado-based Sangre de Cristo Community Care named Melinda Egging as its new CEO. Egging will oversee operations of the hospice, home health and palliative care organization. This marks her return to the organization.

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JULY 5, 2022

Iowa-based Hospice of Washington County is rebuilding and relocating its administrative offices, which also houses the provider’s palliative care clinic. electing the benefit, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. By 2030, seniors are projected to make up more than a quarter or 26.9%

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Despite obstacles to expanding pediatric hospice care, Community Hospice & Palliative Care, has seen its program’s census and workforce grow. The Florida-based provider is an affiliate of Alivia Care Inc. Its pediatric program, dubbed Community PedsCare, has been more than 20 years in the making.

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JUNE 29, 2023

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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MARCH 18, 2025

The goal of the BreatheEazy program is to actively manage symptoms, maintain patients in the comfort of their home and reduce hospitalizations and emergency room visits, Madlem and Mastrojohn told Palliative Care News in an email. All of CHCs nurses are trained in pediatric palliative care delivery.

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APRIL 29, 2025

In addition to hospice, Kirva is in the process of stepping into the palliative care space, according to Hamilton Fried. She recently joined the organization with more than 32 years of health care experience. Its additional services include pediatric, dementia and veterans care.

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DECEMBER 19, 2024

National Alliance for Care at Home Announces New COO National Alliance for Care at Home (the Alliance) recently announced Sherl Brand as its new COO, who will ascend into the role in January. She was also on the board of directors at the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC).

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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. Advocate operates 69 hospitals and more than 1,000 health care locations and has roughly 155,000 employees.

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OCTOBER 25, 2024

Health care providers should take a more expansive view of how they care for patients and families, according to Dr. Tressia Shaw, the new division chief for palliative medicine at Phoenix Children’s Hospital. Shaw rose to lead the Phoenix, Arizona-based hospital’s palliative care program in early October.

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MARCH 8, 2024

Arizona-based Phoenix Children’s Hospital has developed a pediatric hospice and palliative care fellowship program that is positively impacting access to these services. 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

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The hospice and senior care provider Helios Care is partnering with the integrated health system Bassett Healthcare Network to bring more extensive access to hospice and palliative care to patients in central New York.

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APRIL 18, 2025

The Arkansas-based nonprofit is affiliated with Baxter Health and provides hospice and palliative care in a predominantly rural region of the Ozark Mountains. The hospice offers adult and pediatric care care, bereavement, veterans services and Programs of ALL-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), among other services.

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Two terms that often arise in these conversations are palliative care and hospice care. In this months blog post, well break down the key differences between palliative care and hospice care, explore how they are delivered, who can benefit from them, and when each type of care is appropriate.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

Francis Reflections Lifestage Care and Treasure Coast Health on Tuesday completed their affiliation, a move nearly a year in the making after the two Florida-based nonprofits signaled they would join forces. Combined, the two organizations provide hospice and palliative care to more than 7,000 patients annually across Brevard, Martin, St.

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JULY 18, 2022

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

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FEBRUARY 11, 2025

He oversaw its daily operations as Calvary integrated services with parent organization ArchCare, the health care ministry of the Archdiocese of New York. Calvary is the only hospital in the United States thats specifically dedicated to providing hospice and palliative care.

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MARCH 7, 2025

So our scope of care includes home health, both skilled and non-skilled, and it includes hospice. Eventually, we hope to do palliative care. Our model of care across all of those service lines is built around an offering acronym, CARE. How do you anticipate this scope of services to take shape?

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JANUARY 22, 2025

Agrace provides hospice, palliative and supportive care across 19 counties in Wisconsin. Additionally, the office will be the central hub for Milwaukee-based patient care coordination, administrative support, team meetings, volunteer coordination and staff training and education. Established in 1978 as HospiceCare Inc.,

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MAY 14, 2024

Collins is also a certified hospice and palliative care nurse and end-of-life doula. She serves as vice-chair of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s (NHPCO) End-of-Life Doula Advisory Council.

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AUGUST 1, 2024

This partnership marks an important milestone in our mission to deliver exceptional hospice and palliative care. The nonprofit provides hospice, palliative care and bereavement services in Ashland, Knox and Richland counties. Photo by Pixelate Photography.

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MARCH 21, 2023

The unification will “allow for greater consistency across the Hospice of the Chesapeake service area,” the hospice and palliative care provider indicated in an announcement. In addition to providing hospice, the organization offers grief support and palliative care services at the Chesapeake Supportive Care and Chesapeake Life Center.

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OCTOBER 10, 2024

NPHI is a national advocacy organization with more than 100 nonprofit advanced illness care providers, including those offering hospice and palliative care services. The hospice also offers a summer grief program for bereaved children, Wing Camp, which launched in 2000.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Rebranded as Foothills Compassionate Care, the hospice provider also offers palliative care, caregiver and grief support services as well as community education and resources. Thrift store revenue is allocated to support its Sierra Community Palliative Care program and bereavement services as well as to fund caregiver grants.

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MARCH 27, 2024

However, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed gaps in preparedness when it comes to hospice and palliative care. They were at best insufficiently supportive and at worst partially obstructive to provision of hospice care in disasters.” COVID-19 caused widespread disruption across the health care system, including among hospices.

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APRIL 22, 2022

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. The compassionate palliative care services that are available to the Melbourne community are so greatly appreciated,” Gicca said in an announcement. “We

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APRIL 11, 2025

The Maryland-based hospice and palliative care provider has announced the retirement of Shauna Chabot, its chief advancement officer, effective April 15. The nonprofit hospice offers bereavement care, caregiver resources and supportive care for pediatric populations. and MedStar Health.

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AUGUST 30, 2024

“We have found them exhausted, frustrated and discouraged with communications and keeping track of all the moving parts in health care.” Hospice of the Ozarks provides palliative care and facility- and home-based hospice across two counties in Arkansas. Far too long we have seen last-minute referrals to hospice care.

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JULY 18, 2023

Joining forces will also allow the two Pennsylvania-based nonprofit hospice and palliative care providers to realize cost-savings potential when it comes to purchasing durable medical equipment, pharmaceuticals and other medical supplies.

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JUNE 17, 2024

Its current census hovers around 340 patients, with expectations to swell this volume up to 400 through expanded hospice and palliative care services and its new Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) set to launch this year. In addition to hospice, Empath offers home health, personal and palliative care.

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2024

Angela Hospice provides adult and pediatric hospice, palliative care and grief support across Oakland County in southern Michigan. Oasis Hospice & Palliative Care Announces New Facility Plans Oasis Hospice & Palliative Care Inc. has opened a new inpatient center in Illinois.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In addition to oversee AccentCare’s hospice and palliative care programs, he will also support its clinical care operations and patient experience initiatives. Prior to joining AccentCare, Natarajan founded Chicago Primary Care Sports Medicine.

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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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DECEMBER 9, 2022

This extends the nonprofit hospice and palliative care provider’s Green River location, which cares for patients in five Kentucky counties. “We The facility includes an outpatient palliative clinic operated by Hosparus’ Pallitus Health Partners brand. Hosparus Health has cut the ribbon on a $1.7

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