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CareAcademy Launches Hospice Curriculum

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The online clinical training platform CareAcademy has developed a hospice care curriculum. The new curriculum is designed to offer “foundational orientation training” for hospice aides, nurses, volunteers, social workers, chaplains and other spiritual care providers, as well as physicians.

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Hospices Face ‘Astronomical’ Costs to Attract and Keep Staff

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These one-time retention bonuses were funded through unspent Provider Relief Funds, and were designed to increase VITAS’ clinical staff teams of licensed nurses, nurse managers, home health aides and social workers. Go out and ride with a hospice aide or clinician. Get to the bedside every now and then.

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HopeHealth’s Expanding Scope of Pediatric Hospice, Palliative Services

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I started advocating pretty early on that I thought it would be really beneficial to form a separate, dedicated team of nurses, physicians, social workers and chaplains to take part in this care. We are in the process of adding a massage therapist who specializes in pediatric end-of-life care.

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Hospice of Cincinnati, Adventist Health Expand Hospice; Labor Pressures Shutter Midwest-Based Programs

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“This is a tremendous opportunity to offer experienced, hospital-based hospice care to patients who are too fragile or unstable to be transferred to another location,” Mattson said in a press release. The hospital-based hospice unit marks Hospice of Cincinnati’s fifth inpatient location.

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‘Doing Good by Doing Well:’ Founder Jessica McGlory Launches Guaranteed with $6.5 Million Seed Round

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Hospice News sat down with McGlory to discuss the factors that led her to pivot her career toward end-of-life care, what she designed Guaranteed to achieve, and her strategies for making that happen. Have you previously worked in health care or hospice before? We have a consistent feedback loop.

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Providing Hospice Cares in a Facility during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Quarantine

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Facilities are limiting the amount of visitors, including hospice team members. Hospice Social Workers, Hospice Chaplains and even Hospice Aides are now being asked to work from home, calling in and checking on patients via phone, while many hospices are even laying off team members.

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5 Numbers that Shaped Hospice in 2022

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The national average hourly rate for hospice aides and CNAs rose 9.09% in 2022, compared to a 4.52% increase in 2021, according to the 2022-2023 Hospice Salary & Benefits Report , published by Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service (HCS) in cooperation with NAHC.

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