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

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Garlock previously provided prison-based hospice care to fellow incarcerated individuals at the Kilby Correctional Facility, part of the Alabama Department of Corrections system. Quality issues are tied to a limited supply of clinicians who are trained to provide hospice care in prison settings, Garlock indicated.

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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

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

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

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

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 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

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

JULY 2, 2024

Established 40 years ago, the Virginia-based nonprofit provides community-based hospice, advanced integrative care and grief support services across predominantly rural regions. Family members and caregivers may also have unaddressed and unique bereavement needs compared to others without trauma or abuse experiences, Walsh indicated.

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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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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

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The data come at a time when hospices are striving to better understand how to improve those groups’ end-of-life trajectories. Technology utilization has gained momentum in health care, including in hospice care delivery. It risks limiting people’s access to the health care and support they need at the end of their lives.

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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

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

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

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In many instances, hospices will not be able to provide care if patients lack the support of a family caregiver. Louis, is currently researching behavioral interventions to enhance the lives of caregivers for family members with advanced illnesses. You’ve personally been a caregiver yourself.

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Hospice News

MAY 3, 2024

Caregiver neglect represents 5.1% The DOJ report estimated that 1-in-57 cases of caregiver neglect are not reported each year, along with a 1-in-20 rate of unreported instances of physical abuse among seniors. Department of Justice (DOJ) reported. of these cases, with psychological and physical abuse impacting 4.6%

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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

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

I was a hospice nurse working in home hospice care, and for most people, it wasn’t going as well. So with my experience, I developed a doulagivers model of care, which is three distinct phases that I identified, of end of life and the interventions families could use in each one of those stages.

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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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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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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Theres real opportunities out there for hospices, and were just barely scratching the surface, Shumway told Hospice News. Its] thinking of how the next generation of employees, family caregivers and volunteers receive and process information. Regardless of length of stay, hospice saves Medicare roughly $3.5

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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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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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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

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Some hospices have recently expanded the reach of their inpatient services while other providers have temporarily shuttered these programs. AMOREM Set to Launch Inpatient Facility North Carolina-based AMOREM will soon unveil a new inpatient hospice care facility to help improve access in its home state.

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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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Traditions Health

MARCH 10, 2025

As caregivers, we want to do everything in our power to support our loved ones. Some hospice patients die within a few days. How caregivers can help Its extremely difficult to watch a person die but finding ways to offer them love and comfort can also be healing for you. Others live for several more weeks.

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