Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Guaranteed Health is redefining the end-of-life-care experience by building a-first-of-its-kind technology and AI-enabled platform that supports patients, caregivers, providers and payers. Littlefield was previously Riverside Health System’s executive vice president and chief nursing officer. The funding follows a $6.5

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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

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

If enacted, the legislation would remove co-pays and patient fees for advance care planning (ACP) services, allow social workers to conduct these conversations, expand provider education about associated billing codes, and improve reporting on barriers to ACP utilization. House of Representatives by Rep.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

However, efforts to fill that gap in care often struggle due to limited reimbursement, primarily managed through Medicare fee-for-service, Gentiva COO Nick Stengle said in a panel discussion at the Home Care 100 Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. Palliative can sometimes help bridge that gap that actually exists.

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Traditions Health

JANUARY 5, 2025

Traditions Health understands how stressful it can be to opt for end-of-life care. Why hospice care? Routine home care includes intermittent care such as nursing, aide support for activities of daily living, physical therapy, and more in the place they call home.

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Hospice News

JULY 10, 2024

Palliative care providers can help ensure that these patients don’t “fall through the many cracks” of a fragmented health care system, according to Landon Blankenship, chief nursing officer at Hospice of Southern West Virginia, which provides hospice and palliative care across four counties in the state.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2024

Hospice providers, industry groups and other stakeholders recently penned a letter urging Congress to improve payment infrastructures that would increase access to end-of-life care among rural populations. So, for access to rural care, we’re going to have to depend on smaller rural programs.

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Hospice News

MAY 12, 2025

The company is currently in the process of hiring new registered nurses, hospice aides/CNAs, social workers, patient care secretaries, chaplains and community representatives. The move sparked community outrage amid rising demand for end-of-life care in the area.

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Hospice News

MARCH 8, 2023

“I look forward to partnering with this team and all its employees, immersing myself in the culture and executing on strategies that ultimately contribute to ensuring VITAS as the premier provider of end-of-life care.” VITAS last year implemented a recruitment and retention bonus program.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The health care sector in California must offer higher wages to remain competitive.” Employees covered by the proposed legislature include workers at home-based care companies, hospitals, health systems, skilled nursing facilities and other organizations, including dialysis clinics and inpatient centers.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Not only have daily clinical visits in the last week of life improved, so too have bedside presence from other interdisciplinary team members such as social workers and chaplains, she stated. Having] these unique insights and focus on end-of-life care also helps St.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Patients at the hospital-based center receive care in a home-like clinical setting that includes overnight accommodations for friends and family. An interdisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains, volunteers and bereavement experts provide 24/7 care.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Shaw’s large staff includes eight board-certified doctors, an advanced nurse practitioner, a social worker, a mental health therapist, a bereavement coordinator, a bereavement counselor, a psychologist, a nurse coordinator and a medical assistant. There is also liaison work with the hospital chaplaincy and child life.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 28, 2023

Frequently, these aging populations face a host of social determinants of health needs,and violent crime can impact equitable access to end-of-life care, the HHS report indicated. Hospice workers’ personal biases and perceptions of these communities also contribute to inequities, McCann-Davis said.

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Hospice News

JULY 26, 2024

So if they see a social worker coming in, they may not be receptive. The return on these investments is providing quality end-of-life care that makes an impactful difference in the lives of veteran families, according to Graveran. Some veterans have attached a very bad stigma around mental health support.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Resources are limited among an aging population with high care needs. It’s bringing palliative medicine consults outside of the hospital and into people’s homes, into long-term care centers and cancer or heart failure clinics. This allows for appropriate transition to end-of-life care when that makes sense for families.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

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. It’s a mix of our culture and us taking actions after listening to staff feedback.”.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2023

Board-certified in hospice and palliative medicine, Howe has more than 20 years of experience as a physician and medical director for various health care organizations in the Denver area, including a number of rehabilitation, assisted living and skilled nursing home facilities. Valley Medical Group’s New CMO.

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Hospice News

APRIL 26, 2022

Nurse practitioner Raphael and registered nurse Britt Akobundu, a married couple, launched San Diego-based Blue Monarch Hospice this past March, with the intent of improving the quality of life for not only patients and families, but also health care workers. . The health care system is strained.

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Hospice News

MAY 28, 2025

Palliative care physicians are taking to social media to help educate the public and other clinicians about the care they provide. Just as some hospice nurses have used social media to inform people about end-of-life care, a handful of physicians are doing similar work for palliative care.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

“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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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

For more than 40 years, Community Hospice has grown from an inspired idea by two registered nurses to a respected and leading provider of vital service for those with serious and life-limiting illness in the Central Valley area. I look forward to engaging our talented medical staff to lead the industry in providing end-of-life care.”.

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Hospice News

APRIL 4, 2024

Calls are growing louder for Congress to build stronger reimbursement and workforce incentives aimed at improving the availability and sustainability of rural-based end-of-life care. Nurse practitioners and physician assistants are essential in covering the gap in providers in rural communities,” Hoover said.

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Hospice News

MARCH 1, 2024

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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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Earlier this year, it was awarded the prestigious 2023 Circle of Life Award from the American Hospital Association, which recognizes programs for their efforts in palliative and end-of-life care. Historic run Getting the Global Partners in Care program to this level has been quite the journey for CHC.

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Seasons Hospice

APRIL 22, 2025

Common conditions treated with palliative care include: Cancer Heart disease Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Kidney failure Alzheimers disease or other dementias Parkinsons disease A multidisciplinary team typically delivers palliative care, including doctors, nurses, social workers, chaplains, and therapists.

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Hospice 101

APRIL 11, 2020

They need you to visit, to provide a listening ear, and to provide them with some social interaction. At a time we are being told to avoid others and limit our time with our patients, is a time that hospice nurses should really be increasing their frequency of weekly visits. Care for yourself, love yourself too.

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CareAcademy Blog

APRIL 30, 2025

Given this remarkable shift, it's clear that end-of-life care is growing in demand and with it, a need for residential hospice agencies. Hospice agencies offer a peaceful environment for people nearing the end of their lives. In 2022, 17.3% Statistics indicate that this figure will rise to 22% by 2050.

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AT Home Care & Hospice

APRIL 28, 2023

May Is Nurse Appreciation Month This May, join us in celebration of America’s 4.4 million registered nurses who make a touching difference in the lives of patients and their families. Exceptional nurses often have a true passion for helping others, backed by compassion and empathy.

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The Bucket-List Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Stephanie, the hospice nurse, made sure Jerry felt up to the ceremony. And Kristy, our social worker, was busy with a few surprises. But Junann, our hospice chaplain, said, “God makes a way out of no way.” She agreed to officiate. She worked with the courthouse to get the license. We didn’t want them to go to any trouble.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Furthermore, we also developed certifications of the people who run the programs in the house, career-specific certifications for hospice operations, home health operations, health care sales, and even ongoing coaching and support. The question for me is why wouldn’t it?

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NHPCO

JUNE 16, 2023

Together with our advocacy partner, the Hospice Action Network (HAN), we serve as the leading voice advancing public policy to improve serious-illness and end-of-life care, while our CaringInfo program provides free resources to educate and empower patients and caregivers.

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Seasons Hospice

MARCH 23, 2021

Here is a breakdown of our teams at Seasons Hospice: Medical directors oversee your loved one’s care at Seasons, ensuring they receive care tailored to their needs. If your loved one decides to receive care at Seasons, they can remain with their current primary care doctor as well. Healthcare services.

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Hope Hospice

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

November 30, 2023 — By the Bay Health, Mission Hospice & Home Care, and Hope Hospice today announced they will merge to become the largest independent not-for-profit hospice network in Northern California, uniquely positioned to provide compassionate care and impactful community services to more patients and families throughout the region.

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Seasons Hospice

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Hospice Care For Everyone Hospice care is a specialized form of healthcare that focuses on providing support and comfort to individuals facing life-limiting illnesses. It is designed to enhance patients’ and their families’ quality of life by addressing physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.

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1-800-HOSPICE

APRIL 11, 2023

This fact leads many to conflate palliative care, hospice, and end-of-life care. Hospice can provide that same palliative care and more when patients need visit lengths or a number of encounters that no longer fit the outpatient model. All hospice is palliative, but not all palliative medicine is hospice.

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AT Home Care & Hospice

MAY 23, 2023

Our care providers focus on the following: Hospital-to-home transition following an illness or injury Patient and caregiver education Managing chronic health conditions, such as heart disease, pulmonary disease, or kidney disease What Is Hospice Care?

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