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Shoring Up the Next Generation of Hospice Chaplains

Hospice News

JANUARY 10, 2025

Hospice chaplains often have little recourse for upward mobility along their career ladders. Sullivan is also an end-of-life doula and chaplain. Understanding the priorities of an evolving chaplain workforce will be key to providing quality end-of-life experiences for patients and families amid rising demand, Sullivan indicated.

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Improving Hospice Chaplains’ Goals-of-Care Communication

Hospice News

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Gaps in communication training exist for hospice chaplains, according to Edward Penate, palliative care chaplain-educator at Northwestern Medicine. Additionally, chaplains role in these conversations is often not clearly established interdisciplinary hospice care models.

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Hospices Welcome Expanded Chaplain Services Codes, Seek Clarity on Applicability

Hospice News

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Hospices are seeking greater clarity on updated Medicare rules that allow hospices to document a broader range of chaplain services on claims. Tracking the use and services of chaplains is an important and overlooked data. In recent years, the hospice community has sought better ways to measure and account for chaplain services.

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Culture, Compensation, Education Are Keys to Hospice Chaplain Turnover

Hospice News

AUGUST 22, 2022

The hospice chaplain shortage is reaching a tipping point. As they work to recruit and retain their chaplain labor force, hospices are contending with a barrage of issues that also can impact patient access. More than 7,768 chaplains were employed by hospices nationwide in 2019, according to the Zippia report.

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Knocking on doors: How a silent monk became a hospice chaplain

HopeHealth

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Today, he’s a hospice chaplain. The post Knocking on doors: How a silent monk became a hospice chaplain appeared first on HopeHealth. Denis Lynch was a silent monk for 16 years. Here’s how his path led to HopeHealth, and the lessons along the way.

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3 Quality Keys Driving Hospice Staff, Family Caregiver Satisfaction

Hospice News

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Hotchkiss is also an author, chaplain and psychologist. Insufficient staffing was among the common reasons for lower quality ratings, according to AJHPM researcher Jason Hotchkiss, who is part of the psychology faculty at Cornerstone University. Staffing is so vital to all of this.

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Where do you find the sacred? Reflections of a hospice chaplain

HopeHealth

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Chaplains help patients at the end of life connect to whatever they find spiritually meaningful. Our chaplain explains. Reflections of a hospice chaplain appeared first on HopeHealth. But what does that mean, and how does it help? The post Where do you find the sacred?

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St. Croix’s New Minnesota Location Supports Staff Amid Growth

Hospice News

MARCH 21, 2025

You have a nurse, you have a chaplain, you have a social worker, you have a hospice aide. Croix Hospice grows, the vision is to keep the care feeling like it is coming from a small town office, Beary told local news. Now there is a care team that is expected, and its not just one person whos going to be coming in and out.

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Stillwater Hospice CFO: A Winning Recipe for Improving Rural Hospice Care

Hospice News

JANUARY 23, 2025

For example, we try to buy vehicles for our nurses, home health aides, social workers and chaplains. Allowing social workers and chaplains to do check in with telehealth, that would allow for more mid-level association with patients beyond the physicians involved in their care. That saves us a little bit versus paying for mileage.

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Mahogany CEO: Hospice on Cusp of ‘Tremendous Revolution’

Hospice News

MARCH 7, 2025

Couzens has also held hospice chaplain roles at St. As a hospice chaplain, I was often confronted with the pressure of trying to fit a square peg into a round hole when it comes to how underserved communities are actually reached and cared for. Elizabeth Healthcare and Trustbridge prior to its affiliation with Empath Health.

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Hospice Pet Therapy Programs Can Boost Patient, Staff Satisfaction

Hospice News

MAY 2, 2025

Hospice chaplains are among the professionals increasingly seeking to include their own pets into their professional work, Peters said. Hospices predominantly take two approaches to pet therapy, she stated.

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Michigan Center for Rural Health Working to Expand Rural Palliative Care

Hospice News

JANUARY 29, 2025

Huse and Saint Martin cite interest in a multidisciplinary approach, including physicians, nurses, community health workers, chaplains, and social workers, as well as family caregivers. MCRH and Stratis will work with local community organizations, which will provide care in close collaboration with the local health care provider.

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Navigating Politics in Chaplain Interactions: Nicholas Collura on The Chaplain’s Compass

The Chaplain's Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

The Association of Professional Chaplains has a new podcast series called The Chaplain’s Compass that I highly recommend. It is still very new, with a few bugs being worked out, but the content is all very good so far.

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Hospices Strategize Sustainable Growth for Veteran Programs

Hospice News

JULY 26, 2024

The program has provided services to more than 200 veterans thus far in 2024 and is led by chaplains from various U.S. We made the decision early on to have our chaplains at the forefront of our veterans services,” Bickley said. military branches including the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Navy and Space Force.

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EdenHill Senior Living Communities Starts In-House Hospice Business

Hospice News

JUNE 30, 2022

The EdenHospice team includes a hospice physician, director of nursing, chaplain, social worker, aides and volunteers. Patients have already begun receiving care through EdenHospice, which is currently awaiting Medicare certification.

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NHPCO: CMS Did Not Account for Full Burden of Implementing HOPE Tool

Hospice News

MAY 29, 2024

The agency also did not take into account the work of non-nursing disciplines in complying with the tool, such as social workers and chaplains, NHPCO indicated.

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How Northeast Georgia Medical Center Rebuilt Its Community-Based Palliative Program

Hospice News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Patients can also access chaplain services and complementary therapies such as massage, among others, Dutta said. two full-time social workers, and part-time chaplains and volunteers. According to Dutta, because hospice care is home based and home-focused, it made sense for that group to initiate the in-home palliative care model.

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Three Things to Expect When Heading Home for Hospice Care

Traditions Health

JANUARY 12, 2025

The POC includes information about needed medications, services, medical supplies, and equipment, and outlines a schedule of visits from the doctor, nurse, medical social worker, home health aide, chaplain, and volunteers. As a guide for care, the POC is regularly reviewed and can be adjusted at any time. Enacting an advance directive.

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Coalition ‘Strongly Urges’ Congress to Immortalize Hospice Telehealth Flexibilities

Hospice News

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Signatories also included the Alliance, LeadingAge, the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI), the National Coalition for Hospice & Palliative Care, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and chaplain and nursing associations, among others.

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Thank you, Chaplains!

Adobe Hospice & Home Health

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Clergy and Chaplain Awareness Month Our chaplains provide exceptional spiritual support to our patients and staff. Chaplains are a vital member of our interdisciplinary team, and especially during Clergy and Chaplain Awareness Month, we would like to take the time to express our gratitude for the work they do every day.

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OCTOBER 24, 2023

Clergy and Chaplain Awareness Month Our chaplains provide exceptional spiritual support to our patients and staff. Chaplains are a vital member of our interdisciplinary team, and especially during Clergy and Chaplain Awareness Month, we would like to take the time to express our gratitude for the work they do every day.

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Earlier Palliative Care Yields Higher ROI

Hospice News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The company offers palliative care on an inpatient and outpatient basis in addition to its home-based services, using an interdisciplinary model that includes physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, coordinators, social workers and chaplains.

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Hospice Clinician Wages Rising at Slower Rate; Turnover Falling

Hospice News

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Social worker wages went up 3.78%, as well as a 2.58% increase for chaplains. Other outliers include Massachusetts ($45.08), Connecticut ($45.15) and on the lower end of the spectrum, Tennessee ($33.93). LPNs saw a 4.32% wage increase nationwide in 2023, and aides received a 6.23% pay bump. The effective date of the research is July 1, 2023.

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Senators Baldwin and Capito Reintroduce PCHETA

Hospice News

JULY 11, 2023

If enacted, PCHETA would support hospice and palliative care training programs for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers and chaplains. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) The bill would also expand continuing education and career development programs and incentives in these fields.

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CAPC CEO Brynn Bowman: Palliative Services Are a Fundamental Shift in Health Care

Hospice News

MAY 30, 2023

Palliative care is provided by a specialty-trained team of doctors, nurses, social workers, and chaplains who work together with a patient’s other treating clinicians to provide an extra layer of support. The goal is to improve quality of life for both the patient and the family. Are there ways to mitigate those obstacles?

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Kirva Hospice CEO: Quality Begins with Staff Education, Engagement

Hospice News

JANUARY 7, 2025

We have a rabbi and a non-Jewish chaplain for the patient population. So we’re looking at programs like community-based palliative care and primary care services and some other things that make us unique.

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7 Nonprofit Hospices Form Integrity Care Partners Palliative Care Venture

Hospice News

MARCH 22, 2024

The palliative care program works on a medical model that is led by physicians and nurse practitioners who do home visits, and other services such as social workers and chaplains available as needed, based on the patient’s care plan, according to Krejs.

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The Emergence of Contemplative Medicine in Palliative Care

Hospice News

APRIL 10, 2024

The monks — Koshin Paley Ellison and Chodo Robert Campbell — have spent years working as health care chaplains and educators in medical schools around the world. To advance this approach, two Buddhist monks have developed an evidence-based contemplative medicine fellowship for clinicians through the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care.

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AMOREM’s New Director of Faith Outreach: Build Community Relationships to Boost Hospice Access

Hospice News

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

I was previously a chaplain supervisor, overseeing all of our spiritual care providers. The director of faith outreach position was created shortly after that, with chaplains now having a different supervisor, and my role located in the outreach department. AMOREM AMOREM William Williamson, director of faith outreach, AMOREM.

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HSPN ELEVATE: Leveraging AI and Other Digital Tools in Hospice & Palliative Care

Hospice News

MAY 20, 2025

Social workers, chaplains, case managers, care navigatorsthese are the people who can do it. We need to identify who should be having advance care planning conversations. And those conversations shouldnt be left only to physiciansthey dont have the time.

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Customizing a Palliative Program to Patient, Payer Priorities

Hospice News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Social workers and chaplains provide services on a PRN basis, Gerke said. That would be way too difficult to manage.” The company’s care model is interdisciplinary, with nurse practitioners and registered nurses playing key roles.

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Building a Clinic-Based Palliative Care Program

Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Similar to other palliative care programs, Sincera’s clinics use an interdisciplinary model, including nurse practitioners, registered nurses, social workers, chaplains and volunteers under the direction of board-certified palliative care physicians. The program currently works with 180 physicians in its service area.

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How Palliative Care Is Changing in Today’s Health Care Environment

Hospice News

MAY 29, 2024

Shortages in skilled palliative care professionals, including physicians, nurses, chaplains, and social workers, have the potential to impact the quality of care provided,” Jackson said. She also underscored workforce shortages.

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Adventist Health Expands Hospice Footprint, Services in California

Hospice News

JULY 15, 2022

The program now is staffed by one full-time and one part-time hospice nurse, as well as a chaplain, home health aides, and a medical social worker. AHHMC offers services exclusively in the home setting, but plans to provide care in local nursing facilities and among inpatients at Adventist Health Mendocino Coast Hospital, according to Miller.

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Workplace Safety as an Ethical Imperative in Nursing

AJN Off the Charts

APRIL 29, 2025

Ethical leadership includes engaging interdisciplinary partners (security, behavioral health experts, chaplains, social workers, risk management) to prevent violence and to support a coordinated response.

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St. Francis Reflections Lifestage Care Launches New Florida Inpatient Hospice Center

Hospice News

APRIL 22, 2022

Volunteers, social workers, chaplains and bereavement counselors also make up the center’s staff. Francis Reflections hospice and palliative care clinicians and physicians will serve patients at the center when their care is no longer manageable in other settings.

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More Medical Schools Investing in Palliative Care Education

Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The interdisciplinary program is open to all New Mexico primary care and specialty care providers, chaplains, social workers, and virtually “anyone involved in palliative and end-of-life care,” said university representatives.

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The Question of Palliative Care Sustainability

Hospice News

MARCH 5, 2024

So productivity cannot be as robust for some of the social work, chaplain or nurse visits. “Both Medicare and managed care don’t reimburse appropriately to cover the cost of salaries and education in palliative care,” McInnes said. The time it takes with palliative care visits can be much longer than the typical home health visit.

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Los Angeles Hospice Home Care Launches Scholarship Program for Aides

Hospice News

MAY 30, 2023

Participants included hospice aides, social workers, nurses, clinicians, chaplains and other staff. Hospice aides reported “episodic symptoms” of burnout that were largely driven by workload challenges and administrative demands in a 2020 study from the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

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Role of the Chaplain in Hospice

Hospice Promise

JULY 1, 2023

Let’s take a moment to appreciate the remarkable role of a chaplain in the hospice journey. While a chaplain provides spiritual support, their purpose extends beyond religious affiliations. The post Role of the Chaplain in Hospice appeared first on Hospice Promise.

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New Hospice Locations Unveiled in 2 States as Others Close

Hospice News

MAY 12, 2025

The company is currently in the process of hiring new registered nurses, hospice aides/CNAs, social workers, patient care secretaries, chaplains and community representatives. VITAS average daily census rested at 22,336 patients at the close of the first quarter this year.

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Senate Again Takes Up Hospice, Palliative Staffing Bill

Hospice News

MAY 20, 2022

If enacted, PCHETA would support hospice and palliative care training programs for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers and chaplains. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) The bill would also expand continuing education and career development programs and incentives in these fields.

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Lack of Staff, Guidelines Build Hurdles for Hospice Bereavement Care Programs

Hospice News

JUNE 29, 2023

These are usually chaplains or social workers providing bereavement services, and some hospices also have clinical psychologists or therapists as part of that team. Dawn Gross, palliative care physician at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Health. Gross is also a medical director at ANX Hospice Care.

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Advance Care Planning Billing Rules Impede Equitable Access

Hospice News

MARCH 23, 2023

Numerous advanced care planning tools show that social workers, chaplains and nurses can have those conversations. “If you spend more than 30 minutes, billable providers are limited to physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants. One challenge is that this is not broad enough to include others,” Freeland said.

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Shoring Up the Next Generation of Hospice Chaplains

Improving Hospice Chaplains’ Goals-of-Care Communication

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Knocking on doors: How a silent monk became a hospice chaplain

3 Quality Keys Driving Hospice Staff, Family Caregiver Satisfaction

Where do you find the sacred? Reflections of a hospice chaplain

St. Croix’s New Minnesota Location Supports Staff Amid Growth

Stillwater Hospice CFO: A Winning Recipe for Improving Rural Hospice Care

Mahogany CEO: Hospice on Cusp of ‘Tremendous Revolution’

Hospice Pet Therapy Programs Can Boost Patient, Staff Satisfaction

Michigan Center for Rural Health Working to Expand Rural Palliative Care

Navigating Politics in Chaplain Interactions: Nicholas Collura on The Chaplain’s Compass

Hospices Strategize Sustainable Growth for Veteran Programs

EdenHill Senior Living Communities Starts In-House Hospice Business

NHPCO: CMS Did Not Account for Full Burden of Implementing HOPE Tool

How Northeast Georgia Medical Center Rebuilt Its Community-Based Palliative Program

Three Things to Expect When Heading Home for Hospice Care

Coalition ‘Strongly Urges’ Congress to Immortalize Hospice Telehealth Flexibilities

Thank you, Chaplains!

Thank you, Chaplains!

Earlier Palliative Care Yields Higher ROI

Hospice Clinician Wages Rising at Slower Rate; Turnover Falling

Senators Baldwin and Capito Reintroduce PCHETA

CAPC CEO Brynn Bowman: Palliative Services Are a Fundamental Shift in Health Care

Kirva Hospice CEO: Quality Begins with Staff Education, Engagement

7 Nonprofit Hospices Form Integrity Care Partners Palliative Care Venture

The Emergence of Contemplative Medicine in Palliative Care

AMOREM’s New Director of Faith Outreach: Build Community Relationships to Boost Hospice Access

HSPN ELEVATE: Leveraging AI and Other Digital Tools in Hospice & Palliative Care

Customizing a Palliative Program to Patient, Payer Priorities

Building a Clinic-Based Palliative Care Program

How Palliative Care Is Changing in Today’s Health Care Environment

Adventist Health Expands Hospice Footprint, Services in California

Workplace Safety as an Ethical Imperative in Nursing

St. Francis Reflections Lifestage Care Launches New Florida Inpatient Hospice Center

More Medical Schools Investing in Palliative Care Education

The Question of Palliative Care Sustainability

Los Angeles Hospice Home Care Launches Scholarship Program for Aides

Role of the Chaplain in Hospice

New Hospice Locations Unveiled in 2 States as Others Close

Senate Again Takes Up Hospice, Palliative Staffing Bill

Lack of Staff, Guidelines Build Hurdles for Hospice Bereavement Care Programs

Advance Care Planning Billing Rules Impede Equitable Access

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