Hospice News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The health care community should integrate palliative care into all aspects of post-stroke treatments, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association (AHA). It also follows similar statements calling for greater integration of palliative care into treatments for cardiac conditions, such as heart failure.

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Hospice News

JULY 8, 2024

Increased technology utilization in end-of-life care has come with innovative care delivery opportunities alongside cybersecurity risks. Hospices have faced increased risk of cybersecurity threats that have included incidents of exposed private health information belonging to patients.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 5, 2024

Our measure will empower Americans who are without plans for end-of-life care to be prepared in the event they experience severe illness,” said Blumenthal in a statement. “By If enacted the bill would significantly expand federal resources to support advance care planning and end-of-life care decision making.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Virtual care delivery processes are playing a key role in hospices’ ability to support both patients and staff as end-of-life care expands further upstream. End-of-life care truly needs to be reimagined,” Hamilton Fried told Hospice News at the ELEVATE conference in Chicago. “We

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Hospice News

AUGUST 23, 2024

“For people who don’t have a caregiver in their home, we can put them in our facility and they can live there until their natural death, and they’ll have access to specially trained caregivers in end-of-life care,” Strzalka told local news.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The aim was to break down the most common barriers of access among Asian American communities – misconceptions and fear around end-of-life care, Lin explained. This misconception largely comes from differences in end-of-life care delivery in Asian countries, Lin stated.

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Hospice News

MARCH 22, 2023

“Our research shows that hospice is an essential component of end-of-life care and should be prioritized in any attempts to secure the future of Medicare solvency,” Dianne Munevar, vice president of health care strategy at NORC, said in a statement.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Hospice News explores the issues garnering growing attention in end-of-life care delivery in seven of this years hidden gem stories. The ability to provide quality end-of-life care comes with education and coaching on how to manage individuals expectations and needs alongside clinicians own experiences.

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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. Without greater mental health support for caregivers, access, utilization and quality of end-of-life care can be impacted, she said.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2022

MCCM beneficiaries ultimately appeared to have received better-quality end-of-life care according to established quality measures, such as spending more days at home at the end of life,” CMMI authors wrote in a report attached to the paper.

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Hospice News

JULY 3, 2023

“That is why I have supported legislation that will allow more patients access to the highest quality of end-of-life care.” Access to blood transfusion services is an important option for many patients with life-limiting and serious illnesses, according to Kate Fry, CEO of America’s Blood Centers.

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Hospice News

APRIL 23, 2024

Farrah Daly, owner and founder of Evenbeam Neuropalliative Care LLC, told Palliative Care News that the current demand for neuropalliative care is “just the tip of the iceberg.” “So So many people with neurologic illness become distanced from the health care system,” Daly said.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

On the Frontline of Hospice Care: Physician Leadership’s Laser Focus Navigating the frontlines of hospice includes having clinical leadership who are well-versed in the nuanced challenges in end-of-life care delivery. Hospice News sits down with St.

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Hospice News

MAY 14, 2024

She serves as vice-chair of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s (NHPCO) End-of-Life Doula Advisory Council. Doulas play an “enormous role” in creating spaces for veterans to share their wishes at the end of their lives, she said.

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Hospice News

MARCH 27, 2024

Overall hospice and end of life care was given too little consideration and disaster management policies and actions have been enacted by the larger response community,” Baker Rogers said. Recognition of the importance of palliative and end of life care as provided by hospices in disasters is increasing.”

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Hospice News

JULY 12, 2024

This week, the Congress member received an award from the end-of-life care advocacy group Compassion & Choices recognizing his work in the space during his 30-year tenure in hospice. The post Hospice CARES Act Would Update Medical Reviews, Seek to Reduce Audits appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

APRIL 10, 2024

Interest in contemplative medicine may be rising in the palliative and end-of-life care communities as more practitioners realize the potential benefits for clinicians and patients. Ellison is also co-author of the book, Awake at the Bedside: Contemplative Teachings on Palliative and End-of-Life Care. “At

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 3, 2024

NuHealth is partnering with Hospice of New York to offer inpatient end-of-life care to its patients. Holly Patterson Extended Care Facility. NuHealth was formally known as Nassau Health Care Corp. “By The company operates Nassau University Medical Center (NUMC), and the A.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The decision to join forces with SCAN Group marks a strategic step forward in Guaranteed’s goals of expanding end-of-life care delivery among vulnerable underserved aging adults, according to McGlory. “As The platform also connects patients to in-person end-of-life care services.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

“Rural communities often encounter numerous obstacles in accessing high-quality end-of-life care as they struggle with scarce resources, geographical barriers and a shortage of experienced professionals,” Bartness said in a statement. Croix Hospice Founder and CEO Heath Bartness previously told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 30, 2023

One of the obstacles to this is the layers of bureaucracy that pervade the health care system, he said. Many legislators are “hungry to make a difference” in end-of-life care delivery, including looking at ways to reshape the hospice benefit that allows for a better balance between oversight and quality, according to Blumenhauer.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Combined, the inpatient centers have served more than 25,000 patients and their families, according to the end-of-life care provider. In addition to its inpatient operations, Hospice of Northwest Ohio delivers end-of-life care and support in homes and nursing facilities.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

He recently sat down in a Hospice News Elevate podcast to discuss what pulls workers towards the end-of-life care space — and the factors that are leading them away. These are all important pieces to think about when you think about end-of-life care delivery. Paul, Minnesota and going on to practice in St.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 12, 2024

“A rate freeze would interfere with the progress made through hospice wherein highly patient-centered care, controlled by the patient at the most important point of an individual’s life, offers Medicare with significant financial savings while providing incredible end-of-life care.”

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Hospice News

AUGUST 2, 2023

These individuals’ often have a host of physical, mental and psychosocial needs that palliative care services can help support – a main reason for bridging care gaps with the unit’s establishment, according to Kris Marks, administrative director of palliative care at UHS Hospitals. Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Patients and physicians should always work together to update their plans at the varying stages of life and health. At VITAS Healthcare, we recently conducted a survey to understand Americans’ views on advance care planning and end-of-life care. What is the role of hospices in that process?

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Aging, incarcerated populations often have poor end-of-life care experiences, with a lack of trained hospice workers at the crux of the issue. This means they can be limited in providing end-of-life care support with things such as changing sheets or diapers, bathing or moving the dying person, he stated.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Onboarding processes have an important role in preparing hospice clinicians for the nuances of providing end-of-life care. Developing a peer-support structure is a key part of clinical workforce retention when it comes to clearly defining the expectations of end-of-life care delivery and nuances involved, Guernier said.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 30, 2023

As hospices nationwide develop new services to engage patients further upstream, some are rebranding to reflect their expanded scope and to avoid the word “hospice” in their company names, hoping to ameliorate patients’ anxiety about end-of-life care.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 26, 2023

EOLDs have had a growing presence in the serious illness and end-of-life care space, but their services are not reimbursed by Medicare or other insurance, according to Jane Euler, co-founder and chief doula of Present for You LLC. However, building these collaborations has come with financial barriers.

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2024

Black Americans are frequently denied access to hospice and palliative care due to structural racism, and many of those communities lack sufficient information to make end-of-life care decisions, new research has found. The issues identified in the report exist across the country.

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Hospice News

APRIL 23, 2024

A group of Wisconsin-based organizations, including hospices, are working to improve end-of-life care among homeless populations. Dubbed Solace Home, the four-bed residential facility opened today and will provide end-of-life housing and caregiving for terminally ill individuals living in unstable or insecure situations.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

While many in the hospice space agree that evolution is needed to help ensure quality end-of-life care outcomes, conflicting views swirl around how regulatory requirements and associated processes could get us there. Regulators and hospice providers share a common goal of ensuring quality end-of-life care experiences.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The Terry Schaivo story is not ours to tell, but many of those components affect end-of-life care every day. Families are not always in agreement with what’s the best plan of care. It’s showing how far so much of society has evolved and advanced in those 20 years, including hospice and end-of-life care.”

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

But concerns have mounted around sustainable growth strategies that will keep pace with rising demand amid myriad challenges in end-of-life care delivery. The legislation has the potential to dramatically reshape end-of-life care delivery.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 26, 2024

Case in point, a cross-sectional study in Jordan published in BMC Palliative Care earlier in January found that medical students lack the appropriate knowledge and skills related to palliative and end-of-life care delivery.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

The results also highlighted the need for more communication between patients and providers about individuals’ end-of-life goals and wishes. Though 89% of those surveyed indicated that they felt comfortable talking about death, 81% said that they had never had a conversation about end-of-life care with a health care provider.

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