Hospice News

JULY 20, 2022

Over time, Unity’s palliative care team began serving more patients in their homes, including those with other diagnoses such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder or advanced dementia, according to Medical Director Dr. Amy James.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 17, 2023

While those who work directly with patients such as nurses and CNAs are more likely to report symptoms of burnout, social workers, grief counselors, doctors and chaplains working with palliative care organizations experience the same degree of trauma and need the same support, Waldrop said.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Medical directors saw the lowest rate of increase at 0.6% Medical social workers saw an average 4.07% hourly increase, but in terms of productivity tended to have larger caseloads, with a national average of 29.15 Chaplains had the largest caseloads of nearly 40 patients. patients compared to 14.12 for nurses.

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GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

We start off part one by interviewing Michele DiTomas, who has been the longstanding Medical Director of the Hospice unit and currently is also the Chief Medical Executive for the Palliative care Initiative with the California Correctional Healthcare Services. Afterwards, we chat with the prison’s chaplain, Keith Knauf.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

She previously served as its associate medical director following her fellowship, then moved on to become its director of pediatrics before ascending to her current leadership position. “It Our Hospice of South Central Indiana Appoints Medical Director. Goode will continue to care for patients on a part-time basis.

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Hospice News

APRIL 8, 2024

Hospice News recently sat down with pediatrician Dr. Rebecca MacDonell-Yilmaz, medical director of HopeHealth’s pediatric supportive services. We have chaplains, hospice aides, social work support and a robust grief support program of counselors that specialize in the loss of a child.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

. “Our expert palliative care providers create a layer of support to improve quality of life and help patients manage all facets of living with a serious illness,” Dr. Sherry Ng, medical director of palliative care at Stamford Health, said in a statement.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 10, 2024

Valley Health’s palliative care model includes a full interdisciplinary team, including physicians, advanced practice nurses, social workers, chaplains and volunteers. Valley Health currently offers palliative care in a number of settings, including inpatient, outpatient, subacute medical facilities and the home.

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Hospice News

JUNE 15, 2023

We have nurses, a social worker and chaplains that donate their time. Our medical director is a volunteer and has been here for 22 years. But it’s a beautiful model because of the lack of complication. Our volunteers actually go through a really lengthy training program and are willing to do that.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

This isolation can be compounded for LGBTQ+ seniors with terminal and serious illnesses, according to Dr. Jennifer Ritzau, vice president of medical staff services at HopeHealth, a Rhode Island-based hospice, palliative and home care provider. She also serves as medical director of palliative care at the nonprofit organization. “I

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

We have a social worker, medical director, chaplain services, nursing care and nursing assistants, and bereavement and volunteer coordinators. I was employee number five when I started at Emmaus Catholic Hospice. We’re now up to 24 or 25 employees over the course of the last year and half. We just admitted our 50th patient.

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Hospice News

APRIL 26, 2022

We also have a home health aide, a chaplain, a social worker, a patient intake coordinator and a medical director. Luckily, we have been able to stay fully staffed. Our staff right now has three nurses — including myself. We’re starting small to be able to manage patients coming to us.

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Hospice News

MARCH 25, 2024

We had several things offered virtually, some of our chaplain services, patient visits and volunteer care. It comes with hiring the right medical directors and clinicians to make sure patients are eligible. So that distance was our biggest issue, that we couldn’t have a direct, more personal touch with patients.

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Hospice News

JULY 1, 2022

Kaweah Health Hospice staff will oversee the hospice facility’s day-to-day operations and medical care, which will be provided by a team of nurses, home health aides, social workers and chaplains.

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Hospice News

APRIL 17, 2023

The whole team of nurses, social workers and chaplains were so committed to their patients,” Sheehan said. Lightways plans to continue developing its services by hiring a full-time pediatric medical director to foster a culture that truly understands palliative care for children. “We’re

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Hospice News

APRIL 25, 2022

We have one thing that is different, I think, from most hospices, which is we have a full-time medical director. At several levels of the organization, for case managers, at the operations level also, the chaplain role, we ended up hiring people that we should have never hired. What disciplines or occupations were you seeing?

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Hospice News

JUNE 2, 2022

We started having palliative care IDGs, where we would have our medical director sit in on case management and case conferences to understand “should we have actually coded this differently than we did?” We have to get away from that in both palliative care and hospice care.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 12, 2023

Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome back to the GeriPal Podcast, Stephanie Rogers, who’s a geriatrician and medical director of UCSF’s, age-friendly health systems. Same for the nutritionist and the chaplain and all these people. Kellie, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. Kellie: Thank you so much.

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Traditions Health

MARCH 30, 2024

As the Traditions Health hospice medical director in Cartersville, Georgia, Dr. Captain gets to live that passion every day. “A A mentor of mine in medical school told me a few things about becoming a doctor that enlightened me at the time and that I’ve never forgotten,” he said. A) The people.

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The Bucket-List Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Chaplain Jim Baldwin and volunteer Tammy Warford Rubin Hicks tunes his fiddle. Halfway through the evening, Sally, Robert’s hospice chaplain, called everyone to attention. The fund was recently named in honor of our former chief medical director, who retired in August. All I want to do right now is paint more.”

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Hospice Nurse Hero

JULY 24, 2022

Members of the IDG include: Medical Director Physicians Nurses (RNs and LPNs) Home Hospice aides Medical Social Workers Chaplains Bereavement Therapists (speech, occupation, physical) Volunteer Coordinator and Volunteers Patient and Family (are not required to attend meetings).

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Seasons Hospice

MARCH 23, 2021

Here is a breakdown of our teams at Seasons Hospice: Medical directors oversee your loved one’s care at Seasons, ensuring they receive care tailored to their needs. Chaplains offer spiritual support to patients who wish to receive it. What staff members are a part of hospice care? Your work as a caregiver can be taxing.

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The Bucket-List Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2022

With Denise Roberts McKinney, Hospice Care Plus chaplain, officiating and her mother in her bed next to them, the bride and groom were married. Our chief medical director, Dr. Hanan Budeiri (known to all of us as Dr. B) donated refreshments for a reception.

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GeriPal

JUNE 29, 2023

On last week’s podcast we interviewed the medical director and the chaplain of the prison’s hospice unit (Hospice in Prison Part 1 ). This week we turn our attention to the inmates.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

JUNE 6, 2024

The nurses, aides, chaplains and social workers on our team teach me daily. The national faculty of the Practice Change Fellows program (particularly Amy Berman, RN, Nancy Wilson, MSW, Rob Schreiber, MD and Eric Coleman, MD,) provided inspiring mentorship and nurtured my efforts to launch the POLST paradigm in Maine.

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Hospice of the North Coast

AUGUST 25, 2023

The hospice care team comprises medical experts, social workers, chaplains, and volunteers who collectively address the needs of patients and their families. Medical professionals work closely with the patient to develop a personalized plan for effective symptom management.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Members of the IDT include: Medical Director Registered Nurse Nurse Practitioner Social Worker Chaplain Bereavement Coordinator Home Hospice Aide Volunteer Coordinator LPN. Interdisciplinary Team. Honestly, you have a team on hospice for a reason so always include them in the care plan when appropriate.

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GeriPal

MAY 9, 2024

He’s a palliative care doctor and he is Medical Director of Palliative Care at Ascension Illinois Palliative Care. We’re a clinician-facing podcast, nurses, doctors, social workers, chaplains, et cetera, primarily researchers. I think your most-watched video is around 750,000 views. Does that sound about right?

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The Bucket-List Blog

JULY 13, 2023

Randy’s hospice chaplain, Sally Iseral, officiated the ceremony. It was a comfortable gathering with Randy’s sister and brother-in-law, Frances and Vernon Baker, and the care team they now regarded as family: nurse Courtney, chaplain Sally, and Dr. Gosha Sears, associate medical director. Everyone took their place.

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