End-of-life care Hospice volunteer Medicare 
Hospice News
JANUARY 2, 2023
The number of hospice volunteers plunged during the first two years of the pandemic, and many are still working to rebuild their ranks. Many hospices saw volunteer volumes dip drastically as they suspended activities during the pandemic. Providers’ efforts to recruit volunteers could take on renewed urgency when the U.S.
Hospice News
AUGUST 26, 2022
Hospice of the Panhandle has provided end-of-life services in West Virginia for more than 40 years, and also offers palliative care and pediatric hospice and palliative care.
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High Peaks Hospice
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
The Start of End Of Life Care in the Tri-Lakes Area and Expanding Throughout the Adirondacks. Ann Merkel grew up in New Haven, Connecticut where the first hospice in the United States started in 1974. That year Medicare determined that dying was no longer a diagnosis that warranted a hospital admission.
NHPCO
OCTOBER 6, 2023
“We must be courageous about opening windows to new ways of thinking about serious-illness and end-of-life care, new ways of providing that care, and new ways of resourcing the care in the decades ahead.” NHPCO provides education and resources to support that mission.
GeriPal
JUNE 22, 2023
And people are getting life sentences. They’re going to get older, they’re going to struggle with geriatric conditions, and they’re going to need palliative services and eventually end-of-life care. Alex: … in other words, than you might be in a Medicare-regulated hospice facility?
NHPCO
OCTOBER 5, 2023
Judi Lund Person, who currently serves as Senior Advisor of Regulatory and Compliance for NHPCO, is a widely acknowledged and respected hospice champion. In her decades of service, Lund Person has served as a key contact with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and helped ensure that policymakers hear the hospice voice.
Hospice Nurse Hero
JANUARY 11, 2024
The SPIKES Protocol: A Framework for Effective Communication: The SPIKES protocol is a widely recognized framework for delivering difficult news, especially to those with life-limiting illnesses and end-of-life care. You should also utilize your hospice volunteers when you can.
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