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3 Quality Keys Driving Hospice Staff, Family Caregiver Satisfaction

Hospice News

Research has uncovered common threads of quality impacts among the largest hospices nationwide as providers employ a range of initiatives to uproot the underlying causes of staff and family caregiver dissatisfaction. The study examined areas such as pain and symptom management, emotional and spiritual support, communication and respect.

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2024’s Most Read Palliative Care News Stories

Hospice News

Clinical trial research in recent years has increasingly pointed to a range of benefits that patients have experienced with alternative therapy utilization Psychedelic- and cannabis-guided therapies have been found to alleviate post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, grief symptoms, migraines, chronic pain and other medical conditions.

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Palliative Care’s Most Disruptive Forces in 2025

Hospice News

Weve got to support these caregivers, the patients and their families more effectively, but then theres a cost curve. Palliative care providers are taking varied routes to address the most disruptive forces they are encountering this year, rising to challenges that have been persistent across the sector.

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Palliative Care Integration Expanding, Diversifying Across Continuum

Hospice News

The Washington-based provider offers adult and pediatric hospice, palliative care, grief support and senior living services. Potential is mounting for deeper integration of palliative care delivery across the continuum, with some health care settings better poised than others for evolving opportunities.

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Hospice Savannah Fuels Expansion of CAPABLE Program to Enable Aging in Place

Hospice News

In addition to the CAPABLE program, Hospice Savannah operates a hospice inpatient unit, as well as a Center for Education & Grief Support, The Steward Center for Palliative Care and The Edel Caregiver Institute. Hospice Savannah was recently awarded a grant in the funding category of Older Adults Home Modification Programs.

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Systematic Change Needed to Support Family Caregivers of Hospice Patients

Hospice News

Given the critical role of family caregivers in home-based care, hospices have a vested interest in expanding their access to support. The state of caregiving Many of the barriers are financial. The direct costs of caregiving are substantial, and they multiply as lost wages or missed work days get factored in.

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New C-Suite Executives Tapped to Lead Hospices in 2025

Hospice News

The nonprofit offers hospice, home health, grief support and childrens services. HGA is very fortunate to have Jame on our team Established in 1987, Hospice of Gladwin Area provides services at no cost to patients and their caregivers. The hospice offers a six-week grief and loss support program to community members.

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