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DayNew Launches Grief Care Platform

Hospice News

Through the app, the traumatized or bereaved receive a customized set of resources and services designed to help guide them through healing and grief, according to DayNew. We’re definitely hinging on hospice centers as being very natural partners for us,” Nissim said.

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

Hospice News

Hospices are not reimbursed enough to support grief care teams,” Gross told Hospice News. Having clinicians more involved in grief programs allows families’ a continued interdisciplinary support after a loved ones’ through that direct connection, Gross explained. Gross is also a medical director at ANX Hospice Care.

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Psychedelics, Cannabis Show Promise in End-of-Life Care, But More Research Needed on the Risks

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Research is growing around how certain substances such as psychedelics and cannabis can aid in treating pain, anxiety, depression, trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), grief, migraines and other medical conditions. There are definitely just basic physiological cardiac risks. I don’t see a lot of focus on the possible harms.

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Standing Out in the Palliative Care Competitive Landscape

Hospice News

Challenges and opportunities exist without a standardized definition or a federally established palliative care benefit in place. It’s a positive and a negative that there’s no standard definition,” Dedes said. “It The nonprofit hospice provider also offers palliative, grief support and advance care planning services.

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Diverse Mix of Opportunities, Obstacles in Palliative Care’s Future Outlook

Hospice News

If palliative care is a common provision of services in the marketplace, then the investor world is definitely looking at that,” Kulik told Palliative Care News. “No The North Carolina-based nonprofit provides hospice and advanced illness care, grief support and caregiver resources. They’re going to try to spur growth.

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Nonprofit Hospices See Rebound in Thrift Store, Resale Revenue

Hospice News

We’re definitely seeing an increase in resale shop sales,” Hospice & Community Care CEO Jennifer Graham told Hospice News. This can include more robust grief programs or palliative care, among others. Some are now seeing those funds trend in positive directions as COVID’s impacts ease.

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Government Funding Bill Extends Telehealth Flexibilities, Averts Cap Cut

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Expanded definition of the IDT: The legislation will allow hospices, starting in 2024, to use marriage and family therapists (MFTs) and mental health counselors (MHCs) as part of the hospice interdisciplinary team. That cut was averted, protecting hospice patients and providers. It also directs the U.S.