Hospice News

MAY 2, 2022

The nation’s health care system is lacking in support for caregivers of the terminally ill, who are often left with a heavy financial and logistical burden. Without assistance or relief, these difficulties can impede access to hospice. For many caregivers, this amounts to 26% of their income, according to AARP.

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Hospice News

APRIL 22, 2025

Underserved patient populations are facing a growing deficit when it comes to accessing quality, inclusive hospice care at the end of life. Claritza Rios and Alicia Bloom at the Hospice News ELEVATE conference. Health equity gaps have swelled in hospice care in recent years. Hospice utilization rates fell by 9.4%

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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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Hospice News

JULY 26, 2024

The most recent iteration of Hospice Care Accountability, Reform and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act, currently in a discussion draft phase, could have some unintended consequences in the future of end-of-life care delivery. What are some of the effects on the business models in terms of profit over patient care?

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Hospice News

AUGUST 19, 2024

If enacted, the Hospice Care Accountability, Reform and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act could open up reimbursement pathways for high-acuity palliative services during a time when demand and costs are rising. The drafted Hospice CARE Act included potential avenues to improve payment for high-acuity palliative treatments.

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Hospice News

MARCH 15, 2024

“It’s challenging when a patient is in a facility-based setting, because they keep their own medical records and sometimes the medication changes don’t transfer to the hospice side. Another really important intervention is making sure patients, families and informal caregivers have sufficient understanding of the medications.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 1, 2024

The Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act, if enacted, would make changes to the ways hospices provide respite care. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) is in the process of drafting the bill that would represent the most significant reforms to date for hospice payment and oversight.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Blue Ridge Care Hospice is partnering with Laurel Ridge Community College to provide greater exposure to hospice care to students in its emergency medical services and nursing programs. The Virginia-based nonprofit expects the partnership to help bolster the hospice clinical workforce.

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Hospice News

JUNE 17, 2024

The Indiana-based Center for Hospice Care (CHC) has unveiled a new palliative care program, branded as Kaleidoscope. Kaleidoscope is designed to provide patients with interdisciplinary palliative care in the home setting. The Center for Hospice Care funded the service through philanthropic donations.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

I will strive to improve programs that enable seniors to receive care at home, increase access to new technologies and telemedicine, and reduce red tape that prevents family caregivers from getting the support they need. Steve Landers in a statement shared with Hospice News. The post New HHS Secretary RFK Jr.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Hospice providers and stakeholders are carefully examining the proposed changes included in the recently introduced Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act as the bill begins its journey through the legislative process. this summer.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Over the years, Hospice of the Valley has grown. When I began 30 years ago, we were caring for about 140 hospice patients on any given day, and we had just shy of 100 employees. Weve expanded our programs beyond hospice care. How has your organization expanded beyond hospice care?

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

A bill to strengthen support for family caregivers is working its way through Congress. If enacted, it would create tax credits to help offset the financial burdens of caring for the seriously ill. Senators recently reintroduced the Credit for Caring Act, first proposed in 2021. The sponsors of the Senate bill included Sens. “The

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HopeHealth

APRIL 30, 2024

Joan’s mother, father and dear friend passed away on HopeHealth’s care. With each experience, she discovered another aspect of hospice — and another way she wanted to pay it forward. The post Daughter, friend, “caregiver to the caregiver”: The path & passion of a hospice volunteer appeared first on HopeHealth.

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Hospice News

JUNE 4, 2024

These individuals also often experience heavy financial burdens tied to expensive health care and medication costs, as well as higher expenses around transportation to medical appointments and caregiving, they added. More focused care and detailed patient screenings could less risk factors associated with suicide, they added.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 30, 2024

Arkansas-based Hospice of the Ozarks has launched a non-medical care training program to improve caregiving support. The hospice’s new Care Coaching program is being offered at no cost to family caregivers. Providing care coaching could ultimately result in improved goal-concordant outcomes, he stated.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 31, 2025

We are very pleased with how technology in concert with caregiver judgment has positively impacted our patient care and engagement, as well as the ability to empower staff throughout the organization to work at the top of their skill set, Arnold told Hospice News in an email.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Forging stronger interdisciplinary relationships with behavioral health experts could help hospice providers ease caregiver burdens that can impact quality of end-of-life care. A growing aging population is putting pressure on today’s family caregivers with competing priorities. Photo by Merz Photography.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Avanlee Care has teamed up with Walmart (NYSE:WMT) to allow families in certain markets to order groceries, health or pharmacy products from the retail giant’s stores through its caregiver support mobile app. Christine said her drive to establish Avanlee grew out of her personal experience with caregiving.

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Hospice News

MARCH 21, 2025

Levy recently sat down with Hospice News to discuss the array of regulatory and legislative evolutions on the horizon in hospice care delivery. Were all pushing on this to make sure that the hospice benefit is protected for those at the heart of it, the patients, families, caregivers and clinicians.

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Traditions Health

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Caregiving for a loved one is an important job. While every caregiver and caregiving situation is different, one thing always rings true: The constant list of duties and demands from giving medication to doing housework and managing finances can lead to exhaustion, frustration, and sometimes, even resentment.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

VITAS Healthcare Expands Hospital-Based Inpatient Hospice Center Chemed Corp. NYSE: CHE) VITAS Healthcare recently expanded its inpatient hospice care unit at the Florida-based Broward Health Medical Center. Miami-based VITAS has provided community- and facility-based hospice care in the Broward County area since 1980.

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Hospice News

APRIL 18, 2025

The barometer is falling in hospice care delivery. Adaptability is a providers hallmark in todays current hospice landscape, according to Greg Wood, executive director at Hospice of the Ozarks. The hospice provider has a triage 24/7 call line for patients and caregivers to connect with clinical and social worker teams.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2025

Weve had some regulatory challenges because of caregivers in these other business lines not understanding the regulatory requirements, Campbell said. Hospices have taken varied approaches to end-of-life care delivery, and that diversity is a key to addressing patients physical, emotional, psychosocial and spiritual needs, Fleece indicated.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 10, 2025

Cheryl Hamilton Fried, CEO, Kirva Hospice Demand grows despite blustery staffing headwinds We will begin to see a more significant increase in utilization in 2025 (vs 2024) as education regarding the benefit, increased [long term care] occupancy versus the pandemic era, and a growing senior demographic all converge on the sector.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The Impact of AI on Hospice Operations AI’s impact on hospice care is accelerating, primarily due to its capacity to streamline processes and reduce the administrative workload for staff. By managing these time-consuming processes, AI allows caregivers to focus more on direct patient care — the cornerstone of hospice services.

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Traditions Health

JANUARY 5, 2025

Although you may have heard of hospice care , you may not know how its actually arranged. Because hospice is for terminally ill patients, it can be difficult to talk about for yourself or your loved one. Traditions Health understands how stressful it can be to opt for end-of-life care. Why hospice care?

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Hospice Promise

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Myth: To get Hospice Care, a patient must have 24-hour caregivers. Truth: 24-hour caregivers are not required for admission to hospice. The hospice team, along with the patient and family, will develop a personalized care plan that meets the patient’s needs as the disease progresses.

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Traditions Health

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

million Americans are members of this group, which refers to being sandwiched between two generations that need care. Most sandwich-generation caregivers are women who are parenting children under the age of 18 while also caring for one or both of their parents. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that 4.5

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Traditions Health

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

If youre a caregiver for someone whos disabled, seriously ill, or in hospice care, you know all too well the conflicting emotions that go along with that role, from fulfillment and joy to exhaustion and, oftentimes, guilt. But you arent alone: The 2020 Caregiving in the U.S. How does caregiver guilt develop?

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AT Home Care & Hospice

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The Importance of Family Caregivers in In-Home Hospice Care: A Year-Round Guide Family caregivers play an essential role in the in-home hospice care setting, serving as the primary source of physical, emotional, and spiritual support for their loved ones during their final stage of life.

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Adobe Hospice & Home Health

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The Importance of Family Caregivers in In-Home Hospice Care: A Year-Round Guide Family caregivers play an essential role in the in-home hospice care setting, serving as the primary source of physical, emotional, and spiritual support for their loved ones during their final stage of life.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2025

Compassus, a portfolio company of the private equity firm Towerbrook Capital Partners and the health system Ascension Health, provides home health, home infusion, palliative and hospice care across 30 states. The home-based provider also offers advanced care management and skilled nursing facility-at-home services.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Doulas can help foster collaborative, goal-concordant care as well as improve quality, according to some hospices. These professionals are able to provide additional bedside services and better understand the challenges that patients and caregivers are facing.

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HopeHealth

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Through our palliative care fellowship, a nursing student explored the causes of caregiver burnout, and how to stop it before it starts. Simple reminders to stop caregiver burnout appeared first on HopeHealth. The post B.U.R.N.

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Hospice News

MARCH 3, 2023

The families of patients who received care from nonprofit hospices give their providers higher marks on quality than those who went with for-profits, a RAND Corp. For six of the seven measures, for-profit and nonprofit hospices had average scores of 94.7% study has found. The post RAND Corp.:

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Hospice News

JANUARY 9, 2025

Photo courtesy of VITAS Healthcare Photo courtesy of VITAS Healthcare VITAS Healthcare Inpatient Hospice Unit in Fort Worth, Texas. Patients at the new facility will receive round-the-clock hospice care. We had to have more nurses and so forth to meet the needs and the care of our growing patient list.

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