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Shoring Up the Next Generation of Hospice Chaplains

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More professionals from a wider range of interfaith groups are entering the field, according to Shana Sullivan, bereavement coordinator of Texas-based Heart to Heart Hospice. We need chaplains trained in hospice and palliative care philosophy who know tons about medical ethics, goals of care and complex bereavement.

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Blue Ridge Hospice Brings Services Under New Unified Brand

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This includes Blue Ridges hospice and palliative care programs, its Center for Hope & Healing bereavement center and its subsidiary Blue Ridge Independence at Home Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE). Blue Ridge Hospice is rebranding under the name Blue Ridge Care to signify its expanded mission and scope of services.

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

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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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Hospices Navigating a New World of Quality

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The hospice provider has a triage 24/7 call line for patients and caregivers to connect with clinical and social worker teams. 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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Hospice & Palliative Care of Wood River Valley Works to Reach Underserved Latino Populations

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Right now, all of our bereavement support groups are in English only,” Wild told local news. ““We In the past year, the organization has grown its interdisciplinary team with the addition of a new social worker and three registered nurses, Wood River indicated in a recent newsletter. We are working with St. Census Bureau.

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Mahogany CEO: Hospice on Cusp of ‘Tremendous Revolution’

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A dire need exists to be able to better support physicians, hospital discharge planners and social workers on culturally relevant approaches to care at home and having end-of-life conversations with minority families and patients. You cant just pick up a model of care and drop it into a different city or region.

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Homeland at Home Launches Community-Based Palliative Care Program

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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.