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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MARCH 21, 2025

Why Our Hospice Care is Unique for Vietnam Veterans The post Compassionate End-of-Life Care for Vietnam Veterans appeared first on AT Home Care & Hospice.

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MARCH 21, 2025

Why Our Hospice Care is Unique for Vietnam Veterans The post Compassionate End-of-Life Care for Vietnam Veterans appeared first on Abode Hospice & Home Health. Our compassionate team is skilled in addressing physical, emotional, and spiritual challenges, including the impact of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

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Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2025

Some hospices have delved deeper into service diversification to improve timely access and expand their patient reach, while others remain focused on end-of-life care delivery. Finding innovative, creative ways to deliver quality services is a significant part of hospice care delivery, he stated.

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Hospice News

MARCH 13, 2025

Hospice nurse, death doula and educator Suzanne OBrien is also seeking to change the conversation about death and end-of-life care. OBrien is the founder of the Doulagivers Institute, which provides education to families facing the end of life and trains professional death doulas.

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AT Home Care & Hospice

MARCH 25, 2025

While medical teams provide expert pain and symptom management, hospice volunteers bring an irreplaceable level of companionship, emotional support, and The post The Heart of Hospice: How Volunteers Enrich End-of-Life Care appeared first on AT Home Care & Hospice.

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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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MARCH 25, 2025

While medical teams provide expert pain and symptom management, hospice volunteers bring an irreplaceable level of companionship, emotional support, and The post The Heart of Hospice: How Volunteers Enrich End-of-Life Care appeared first on Abode Hospice & Home Health.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Individuals with Alzheimers and dementia-related conditions could benefit from stronger caregiver programs upstream of end-of-life care. This is according to recent research findings, which could help inform approaches to care under the new Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) payment model. Fueled by a $2.3

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The most pressing issue facing hospice leaders is fueling a sufficient supply of qualified staff to meet a diverse range of end-of-life care needs among patients and families, according to Robert Love, executive director of California-based Butte Home Health & Hospice.

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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

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The location is set to open in April 2025 and will feature six three-bedroom homes for terminally ill homeless individuals in need of food, clothing, shelter and end-of-life care. The project has been several years in the making, with the homes already built and ready to be placed across a 1.2-acre

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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

JANUARY 8, 2025

The new collaborative includes Hawaii Care Choices, Hospice Maui, Kauai Hospice, Navian Hawaii, North Hawaii Hospice and St. This collaborative represents a new era for end-of-life care in Hawaii, Hawaii Care Choices CEO Brenda S. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaiis hospice program. Ho told local news.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 30, 2024

As Chapters goes, we think of ourselves as a mission-oriented, chronic illness management and end-of-life care organization,” Molovsky said. Some also have value-based payer contracts and partnerships with hospitals and health systems. “It’s It’s a pretty diverse portfolio.

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Hospice News

MARCH 10, 2025

Calvary Hospitals newly appointed president Michael Fosina is embarking on a deeper journey to improve quality and access to hospice care amid rising demand. Research and workforce growth will play large roles in the future of palliative and end-of-life care delivery, according to Fosina. Some people struggle with that.

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Hospice News

MARCH 5, 2025

Providing a Hospice Bill of Rights disclosure could help prevent ineligible patients from unknowingly being signed up for hospice care, Edgeworth indicated. The disclosures would also help provide education around the types of end-of-life care hospice patients are eligible to receive, she added.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 6, 2024

The Harley School is seeking to inspire a new generation of hospice professionals to enter the field with educational programs that highlight the meaningful work involved in end-of-life care delivery.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Many medically complex incarcerated patients do not understand the full scope of their end-of-life care options, recent research found. However, studies show these policies are rarely used or relatively unknown among incarcerated populations, creating barriers to their utilization.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 31, 2025

Millions of Americans are going to live with two or more chronic illnesses, and unless we have key disease-specific programs and nationally recognized societies take this as a key priority, were going to lose in terms of patients that have certain diseases at the end of life, Hiller said.

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Hospice News

MARCH 14, 2025

Rising demand for end-of-life care is pushing hospice growth opportunities to the forefront in value-based reimbursement. Swelling aging populations have fueled rising health care costs across the country, with payers and providers alike seeking ways to ensure affordable access and sustainable services.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

When it comes to end-of-life care, you only have one chance to get it right,” Van Duyne said in a statement emailed to Hospice News. Hospices flagged by the SFP also will be surveyed every six months rather than the current three-year cycle and could face monetary penalties or expulsion from the Medicare program.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

End-of-life care models have increasingly diversified to reach a broader range of patients with different beliefs, values and spiritual outlooks, according to Altonia Garrett, COO of Blue Ridge Hospice. Improved health equity outcomes in part drove Kentucky-based Bluegrass Care Navigators to launch a PACE program in 2022.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

A common challenge in palliative care is overcoming misconceptions. Some patients associate it with hospice and end-of-life care, mistakenly viewing it as giving up. Its a significant need, but its also a passion project for us.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Individuals also receive personal care assistance with meal preparation, medication management, personal hygiene and companionship. Veterans Guest House was founded in the 1990s by Chuck Fulkerson and Dick Rhyno after the two veterans recognized a growing need for end-of-life care among their unhoused peers.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Carters hospice experience illustrated a tremendous need for change around end-of-life care delivery while elevating a larger conversation about these services in the public eye, according to a spokesperson at Enhabit Inc. NYSE: EHAB).

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Hospice News

MARCH 4, 2025

The shelter will offer hospice care and other services for terminally ill homeless individuals in need of food, clothing, shelter and end-of-life care. The location is set to open in late spring or summer of 2025 and will feature a 15-bed, five-cottage facility in South Natomas, California.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Chuang is also a researcher who focuses on community-based end-of-life care and equity topics. CBPR practices allow hospices to ask deeper questions beyond patient and family health care experiences, such as their values, beliefs and daily challenges.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 31, 2025

The locally- and veteran-owned hospice provider saw its first patient in 2023, and has met the challenges of rural hospice care delivery with both resilience and adaptability, according to Michael Brown, co-founder of Headwaters.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 9, 2025

As the nations leading provider of end-of-life care, VITAS has had the privilege of serving Fort Worth for 37 years, Dengler said in a statement shared with Hospice News. We look forward to continuing to develop these deep roots in the community with the opening of this IPU.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Respectful and appropriate end-of-life care is the crux of the hospice benefit under Medicare, said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brett A. The claims resolved by the settlement are allegations only and there has been no determination of liability, according to the U.S. Justice Department.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Hosparus Health utilizes TikTok to engage a more diverse population, as well as to help educate younger generations and foster more conversations about end-of-life care, she added. We’re trying to be as innovative as possible with social media as we can,” Tanner said.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

But regulators may be behind the proverbial curve of innovative technology utilization and how it has impacted patient outcomes, family experiences and sustainable avenues for end-of-life care delivery, he added.

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Hospice News

JUNE 14, 2023

A growing number of patients with various dementia-related conditions will need end-of-life care in coming years. Current regulations around hospice eligibility are among the barriers to improving quality end-of-life care for patients with dementia-related conditions, according to Kramer.

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Hospice News

APRIL 12, 2023

A majority of people in the United States know the types of end-of-life care they wish to receive, but only 22% have documented their wishes. Significant variations in advance care planning utilization also exist among racial and ethnic groups. About 25% of those who have documented their wishes are white.

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Hospice News

MARCH 7, 2025

What do you see as the largest opportunities in hospice care delivery today? How do you foresee these opportunities shaping the outlook of end-of-life care? Having staff that is committed to the vision and mission that we have is very important to delivering a value-based care model.

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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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