Hospice News

MARCH 19, 2024

The legislation comes at a time of critical need for supportive services, according to Kerry Moss, palliative care division head at Connecticut Children’s. The pediatric provider launched its palliative care services roughly a decade ago, Moss said. So expanding the bill to include palliative care will be important.”

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Greater education and preparation around the logistical aspects of death and bereavement is needed to better support grieving families. Marylander is also a licensed clinical social worker and practiced law for 35 years prior to stepping into health care.

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Hospice News

MARCH 14, 2024

The number of registered nurse and social worker visits during a patient’s final week is one of the seven quality measures that CMS uses to evaluate providers. Social worker visits in the last days of life also rose to 9% in 2021, up from 7% in 2020. In 2019, for example, the percentage was 66%.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 1, 2022

introduced legislation this morning to create a National Strategy on Grief and establish grants to fund trauma-informed care for the bereaved. The massive loss of life due to the COVID-19 pandemic — more than 1 million deaths since 2020 — has spurred demand for bereavement care and was a partial impetus for the legislation. .

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Hospice News

JUNE 20, 2024

Common threads among children grief programs Youth summer grief camps often integrate bereavement counseling and therapeutic elements into their programs. The Michigan-based hospice provider launched its summer grief program three years ago for bereaved children 5–18 years old across communities in its service region.

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Hospice News

MAY 8, 2024

Given the crucial role that caregivers play in families, their well-being is central to palliative care, and providers need to assist these caregivers by developing sustainable models of support for them. In the United States, more than 40 million adults provide palliative care for family members.

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High Peaks Hospice

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

High Peaks Hospice has an immediate opening for a Hospice Social Worker in our northern catchment area. As a member of the Hospice interdisciplinary team, the primary focus of the Social Worker is to respond to the emotional and psychological needs of the patients, their families, and hospice staff. 454 Glen street.

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Hospice News

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

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Shaw rose to lead the Phoenix, Arizona-based hospital’s palliative care program in early October. For Shaw, the new position is familiar: She has been instrumental in building the hospital’s childhood palliative care program for the past 20 years. And that’s really palliative care.”

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Hospice News

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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Hospice News

JUNE 7, 2024

Providing hospice and palliative care to patients in remote regions can come with significant challenges alongside innovative opportunities to improve quality, according to Cathy Stauffer Wozniak, executive director at Hospice & Palliative Care of Martha Vineyards (HPCMV).

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2023

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. Hospices also lack quality measures associated with bereavement care. This is such a big issue.”

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The ability to build a trusting relationship with patients and their families is a key skill set for any hospice professional to possess, but one that takes on a profoundly different meaning when caring for survivors of abuse, violence and trauma. Hetu-Robert is also a veteran of the U.S. Navy Reserve.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 22, 2022

While spiritual care falls under the bereavement assessment as part of the four core hospice services, reimbursement streams for chaplain staff are extremely shallow, according to George Handzo, director of health services research and quality at the HealthCare Chaplaincy Network. Limited opportunities for training.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 18, 2024

In 2022, 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. Formerly known as Catskills Area Hospice and Palliative Care, the organization rebranded as Helios in 2019.

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Hospice News

MAY 5, 2022

Amedisys cited Muscato’s integral roles in strategic investments such as the joint venture strategy the company is pursuing with its Tennessee-based subsidiary Contessa Health, which grew its reach into the high-acuity home care space. Recent hires also include nurse case managers Caitlin Cunningham and Annette Drouin.

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High Peaks Hospice

MARCH 2, 2022

High Peaks Hospice Celebrates National Social Worker Month from March 1-31st. Hospice Social Worker. As a hospice social worker, it is common to have conversations that revolve around anticipatory grief. Hospice Social Worker. Hospice Social Worker and Circle of Care Supervisor.

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Hospice News

JULY 1, 2022

Good Shepherd Hospice is an affiliate of Chapters Health System and provides care to more than 4,200 patients across three counties in the Sunshine States. This will make the organization’s third center for youth bereavement in the area, with additional locations in Auburndale and Sebring, Florida.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

These community partnerships have become a key strategy to address social determinants of health, improve health equity, and educate the public about hospice and palliative care. Among the health system’s first steps was to develop a standardized [social determinants of health] assessment that evaluates patient needs.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

This was actually a bereaved person, and they said that because their person had planted those tulips it reminded them constantly of them. Then finally, we’re doing the same kind of thing with problem-solving in palliative care, trying to move our research up upstream outside of hospice a bit. Is that an additional cost?

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 24, 2023

I was a palliative care nurse at [a] hospital and I found a great need when we had trouble discharging patients who were actively dying and their families couldn’t take care of them,” Irr told local news. Irr serves as executive director at The Hansen House.

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1-800-HOSPICE

APRIL 11, 2023

Writing for the Mayo Clinic, Mary K Buss, MD, MPH made an interesting observation: “Many PCPs already engage in primary palliative care but may not recognize their actions as palliative care.” 1 In fact, general practitioners, not hospice or specialists, provide most palliative care.

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NHPCO

JUNE 21, 2023

For Immediate Release June 21, 2023 (Alexandria, VA) – The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) published the following statement in response to a recent NBC News story on HCA Healthcare hospitals, suggesting that HCA hospitals may be inappropriately pushing patients toward hospice care.

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Hope Hospice

JULY 12, 2022

But the decision is also empowering, because an array of supportive care and assistance becomes available to both the patient and family. Hope’s hospice program also provides: Social workers to assist with medical paperwork and resources. Home health aides for personal care. Nursing is just the start. Grief support.

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Hospice of the North Coast

AUGUST 25, 2023

What exactly does hospice care entail? In this article, we’ll delve into the unique attributes of hospice programs, differentiating them from other end-of-life treatments, such as palliative care. Bereavement specialists offer counseling, support groups, and resources to help loved ones navigate their grief.

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Hope Hospice

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Through the new organization’s integrated, trans-disciplinary team-based approach to health care, patients and families will have comprehensive access to a clinically trained, compassionate team including physicians, nurses, social workers, spiritual support and bereavement counselors, home health aides, and physical and occupational therapists.

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Shining Light Hospice

JUNE 4, 2023

Social workers offer emotional support to both the child and family, helping them navigate through the challenging emotions accompanying the situation. The Importance of Family in Pediatric Hospice Care The child’s family plays an integral role in pediatric hospice care.

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Seasons Hospice

MARCH 23, 2021

Social workers can help you and your loved one resolve any lingering end-of-life planning. Physician services : Physicians help oversee the care of hospice patients. . Pain management : One of the biggest goals of hospice care is to help reduce the symptoms associated with end-of-life illnesses.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

JUNE 6, 2024

Elizabeth Hart, MD has been recognized as one of the exceptional individuals chosen as a 2024 AAHPM Visionaries in Hospice and Palliative Care. The nurses, aides, chaplains and social workers on our team teach me daily. This innovative work is increasing access to Palliative Care throughout our region.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Here you are listening, listening to these former caregivers, these bereaved caregivers tell their stories and giving them an opportunity to give back and contribute. ” Or for a social worker, “Where are we going to discharge them to?” Isn’t anybody listening?” ” Right? I love that.

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Seasons Hospice

JUNE 27, 2023

Offering Palliative Care Services Palliative care focuses on improving the quality of life for individuals with serious illnesses, including those nearing the end of their lives. Answer: Various resources are available to provide emotional support during end-of-life care.

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Traditions Health

JANUARY 23, 2023

Hospice care provides a holistic way of managing feelings of pain and loneliness by allowing an individual to live as comfortably and as fully as possible. What Is Included in Hospice Care? Hospice care involves palliative care, such as symptom and pain relief, as opposed to curative measures.

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Traditions Health

APRIL 14, 2024

Experienced Care Teams Our care teams are made up of a wide range of professionals and volunteers who care for the whole person, which means that we recognize and address emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual needs.

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The Nurse Break

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Not just for the bereaved, Bearing the Unbearable will be required reading for grief counselors, therapists and social workers, clergy of all varieties, educators, academics, and medical professionals. To expect or require only grief-stricken behaviour from the bereaved does them harm. Rando, Ph.D.,

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Summary Transcript CME Summary If palliative care was a drug, one question we would want to know before prescribing it is what dose we should give. On today’s podcast, we talk about finding an evidence-based answer to this dosing question with three leaders in palliative care: Jennifer Temel , Chris Jones , and Pallavi Kumar.

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

Despite this, in my 20-year career as a palliative care physician, I have yet to see a death doula in the wild. We’ve invited two death doulas, Jane Euler and John Loughnane (who is also a family doc and palliative care physician), to talk about the role of a doula at the end of life. Why Beth? John: Nice to be here.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 29, 2022

Hospice News recently sat down with Ben Marcantonio, chief operating officer and interim president and CEO of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), to discuss how hospice providers are navigating a sea of challenges. What are some of the key issues that hospice and palliative care providers are facing?

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