Hospice News

JULY 23, 2024

More than half (52.9%) of hospice providers reported undergoing more than one audit simultaneously within a six month period in a survey from LeadingAge, the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI), NAHC and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In recent years, more neurologists are realizing the need for specialized palliative care for this population. The American Board of Medical Specialties and American Osteopathic Association Board of Specialties didn’t recognize hospice and palliative care as a subspecialty until 2006.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 1, 2024

A large aim of the transaction is to expand access to quality, comprehensive end-of-life care across a broader region in the state amid challenges such as rising competition and economic pressures. This partnership marks an important milestone in our mission to deliver exceptional hospice and palliative care.

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Hospice News

JULY 26, 2024

We’ve gotten creative in doing events that benefit veteran causes and raised money through all these different things that are put into the pool of helping us with the costs of running our veteran programs — which is primarily the staffing cost,” Graveran told Hospice News. Empath offers hospice, home health, primary and palliative care.

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Hospice News

MAY 12, 2025

What we take into account is how we can treat the entire person from the time they get diagnosed with a terminal illness, and how we can move that forward into making their end of life, their transition, more comfortable. Hospice of the Midland provides palliative care and hospice across six counties in western Texas.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

He is also director of health care innovation and strategy at Acadian Companies, parent organization of Acadian Health. A lack of awareness among families as to the nature and full scope of hospice and palliative care can cause many to turn to costly emergency services during times of health crises, he said.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The expansion is driven by growing demand for end-of-life care in the northern Tampa Bay area, according to Jalisha Wynn, general manager for VITAS. “At The company most recently expanded in with two new locations in California, which will provide hospice, palliative care and veteran services, among others.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 17, 2023

As Jimmy Carter marks his sixth month in hospice care, the provider community is raising awareness by saluting the former president. The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) convened a group of hospice leaders at Times Square in New York City to commemorate Carter’s hospice experience.

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Hospice News

MAY 16, 2023

The petition cites concerns that a change in ownership could adversely affect quality and access to care among underserved communities. The hospice indicated that any future considerations will not impede the community’s access to end-of-life care, according to Alive Hospice’s executive committee, speaking on behalf of its governing board.

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Hospice News

JULY 27, 2022

The project partners with community organizations and leaders to host events that feature these activities. To date, Project Talk has enrolled 30 hosts in 20 states and completed 10 events thus far with a total of 204 individual participants. . for Hispanics, according to the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2024

The case illustrates the scale of activity occurring among fraudulent actors seeking a profit while providing poor or negligent care and exploiting the vulnerability of specific patient populations. #3: NAHC and NHPCO have since joined forces to form the National Alliance for Care at Home. . #4:

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NHPCO

JUNE 13, 2024

For Immediate Release PHOTO LINK June 13, 2024 (Alexandria, VA) – More than 100 hospice and palliative care advocates from across the country met with over 150 congressional offices this week to discuss key legislative and regulatory priorities for ensuring and expanding access to hospice and palliative care.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 16, 2024

Niagara Hospice is part of The Hospice and Palliative Care Group (HPCG), an organization that provides administrative services. Other providers in the group include Kalos Health, Liberty Home Care, Hospice of Orleans and The Niagara Hospice Alliance. Gordon Hospice and Palliative Care of Tidewater.

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High Peaks Hospice

OCTOBER 26, 2023

This event was chaired by Nappy Marcotte, a graduate of the hospice’s services, who has been an advocate for their mission and fundraiser for the non-profit organization for over a dozen years. November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Awareness month. Once again, we have been honored by their generosity.

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Seasons Hospice

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

What Is Palliative Care? When having a loved one that is dealing with a terminal disease, you may come across the option of Palliative care. Palliative care is a type of medical treatment that helps to improve the quality of life for people living with serious illnesses. Why Choose Palliative Over Curative?

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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). Stroke is often thought of as an event that is over quickly, but that is not true, said Dr. Claire J.

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The Bucket-List Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

A staff member knew someone locally who plays Santa at events, and he agreed to help us. How can you honor life during National Hospice & Palliative Care Month? We found donors and volunteers to help. We were able to source a Christmas tree with decorations and place it in his room.

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The Caregiving Years Training Academy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Through Self-Directed Services, a Medicaid recipient (your caree) can hire a family member to provide care. We need a program, let’s call it the Family Cares Program, in the home health, Hospital At Home, palliative care and hospice spaces, as well. Our caree has a choice when selecting a Medicare Advantage plan.

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Seasons Hospice

JANUARY 7, 2021

Many times we see hardships and trials as obstacles to getting the things we want in life. Difficult life events cause us to rethink how we see the world. “ Wisdom will multiply your days and add years to your life. However, if we view these obstacles as learning opportunities, we gain wisdom.

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Seasons Hospice

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Seniors often need assistance to regain strength and mobility after a surgical procedure or significant health event. End-of-Life Care and Palliative Support In cases where seniors have advanced or terminal illnesses, occupational therapists continue to play a vital role by providing end-of-life care and palliative support.

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Traditions Health

APRIL 16, 2023

An Overview of Advance Directives An advance directive includes the end-of-life information you want your family and healthcare providers to know about your healthcare decisions if you become unable to communicate those choices. Spend time thinking about which care alternative works best for you. Some states ask for both things.

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NHPCO

JANUARY 27, 2022

Alexandria, Va) – The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) today announced it has hired a new Vice President of Quality, Dr. Aparna Gupta DNP, FACHE, CPHQ, CRNP. Gupta said, “I look forward to working with the hospice and palliative care communities to improve the quality of patient care.

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GeriPal

MARCH 13, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary As far as weve come in the 50 years since Balfour Mount and Sue Britton opened the first palliative care at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Quebec, have we lost something along the way? In todays podcast we welcome some of the early pioneers in palliative care to talk about the roots of palliative care.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Anthony House is supported by Wellhouse Ministries, which recently held a community fundraising event as a final push for donations, Spinella said. The Hospice of Baton Rouge will also provide community education events at the new center, which will feature a chapel and resource library as well as counseling and classrooms.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

She is a guest host and she’s a palliative care social worker. Eric 00:15 And we have three guests to help us talk about trauma informed care. Alex 00:41 And returning we have Ashwin Kotwal, who is a palliative care doc and geriatrician and assistant professor at UCSF. So there’s an event or a series of events.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

This trend demonstrates that a general public awareness of hospice care exists, according to Phillip Ward, president and CEO of Florida-based Community Hospice & Palliative Care. Hosparus Health includes details about its disease-specific programs upstream of hospice such as its palliative care services and dementia program.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 23, 2024

Dubbed Julia House, the facility will provide inpatient hospice and serve as an outpatient palliative care clinic. Christopher Strzalka, medical director at Julia Hospice & Palliative Care. The organization planned to begin construction in 2022 and open by the end of 2023. A new opening date has not yet been announced.

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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. Access to hospice and palliative care is perceived as lacking. I’ll say the obvious, racism.

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Hospice News

MARCH 1, 2024

A growing body of research touts the benefits of palliative care for patients, families, and even providers. Palliative Care News spoke with experts in the field to unpack the reasons behind those results and identify the obstacles that are getting in the way of a more effective approach. “It’s not blood pressure.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Globally, the need for hospice and palliative care has been growing faster than people can access them. This was the impetus behind the World Hospice Palliative Care Alliance (WHPCA), which emerged from an Oct. 8, 2005 meeting of health care leaders in South Korea. Case in point, as many as 71% of the U.S.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Summary Transcript CME Summary We recently published a podcast on palliative care for kidney failure, focusing on conservative kidney management. And that biases them because they’re immortal in a sense, until that event happens. And you’re counting that survival time in your analysis. Maria 36:03 Yes.

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GeriPal

JULY 28, 2022

Jennifer’s study is most widely known for the “kicker” – not only did it improve quality of life, palliative care was associated with a couple months longer survival. . Areej’s study is remarkably novel in that it is, to our knowledge, the first study of palliative care during curative treatment. . hint: coping).

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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

JULY 6, 2023

Many patients fall through the cracks of the nation’s health care system, and hospice and palliative care providers can help to fill in some of those gaps, according to Sonya Dolan, director of operations at California-based Mettle Health. RoboToaster, SmugMug RoboToaster, SmugMug Sonya Dolan at the ELEVATE Conference.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 2, 2023

Roughly 78% of hospice and palliative care providers around the globe indicated “less or much less” use of volunteers since the pandemic’s onset, according to a 2022 study in the International Journal of Health Policy and Management. Many hospices saw volunteer volumes dip drastically as they suspended activities during the pandemic.

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Hospice News

MAY 9, 2022

To help move the needle, hospice and palliative care providers can serve as advocates and educators, according to Dr. Dan Morhaim, a retired emergency department physician and Maryland state delegate. “I I think everybody in hospice and palliative care has to be really vocal about this. This is by nature an unplanned event.

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Hospice News

MAY 24, 2024

His experience treating advanced neurological illness opened his eyes to the need for advance care plans and the adverse impact that a lack of planning can have on families. Thanacare CEO Dr. Michael Madison What drew your attention to the issues surrounding the end of life?

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