Hospice News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Given the critical role of family caregivers in home-based care, hospices have a vested interest in expanding their access to support. Families caring for seriously ill loved ones face systemic barriers that could threaten patients’ ability to receive care at home, including at the end of life.

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NHPCO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 20, 2024 Photo Link (Alexandria, VA) – The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) hosted its annual leadership conference (ALC2024) in Denver, Colorado September 14–18, 2024. Monday, September 16 was the first full day of the main conference.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The company provides continuing education credits to health care providers in other settings, such as assisted living facilities, to help spread awareness about the benefits of hospice care. that year, reported the National Alliance for Care at Home. De novos have been a core of VITAS’ growth strategy.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 23, 2022

I think the last area that’s been important to us to recruit outside of our physicians, and our nurse practitioners have been in our palliative medicine area and our primary care practice. It’s hospice, palliative medicine, primary care at home, and our grief support.

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NHPCO

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Award presentations began on Sunday, September 15 with the NHPCO Founders Awards , honoring exceptional individuals whose pioneering vision, leadership, and innovative spirit have significantly contributed to the advancement and success of the hospice and palliative care community.

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Hospice News

MARCH 11, 2025

Today, in a time of financial and workforce challenges, we should be expanding access to care at home, not cutting it. The organization currently provides home health care, palliative care, grief services, Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), adult day services, primary care services and more.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Hospices’ public outreach efforts have evolved in recent years, with providers finding new strategies to dispel myths that have long impeded access to care. Nearly half, or 49.1%, of all Medicare decedents utilized hospice services in 2022, reported the National Alliance for Care at Home.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Among the most significant data was a report finding that longer hospice stays have reduced health care costs in the last year of life by as much as 11%. The report was a joint effort from the National Alliance for Care at Home and NORC at the University of Chicago. We cannot let off the pedal on that awareness, its constant.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

In this week’s blog, the 5th and final of our CYP series, Gilda Davis @GildaMDavis, Senior Lecturer in Children’s Nursing at the University of Worcester discusses challenges affecting children’s palliative care. As such, the services that are currently available are going to find themselves under further increasing pressure.

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NHPCO

JULY 28, 2023

The study was funded by the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). With hospice, you can provide that care at home.” billion less than it would have been had they not received hospice care. To learn more, visit nahc.org.

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NHPCO

MARCH 21, 2023

The study was funded by the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). Key findings from the study include the following: NORC estimates that Medicare spending for those who received hospice care was $3.5

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Palliverse

MAY 7, 2022

Then I was called by the ward team specialist, an Older Persons Health specialist who had done some Palliative Care training. Dad wanted to take her home, he knew that he could feed her food she would like, and that home rehabilitation could be considered. After another week, Mum went home.

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