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Agape Care Names New Palliative Medical Director; Silverado Taps New Sales VP

Hospice News

“With her leadership and passion for palliative care, we’ll be able to offer even more comprehensive support for palliative patients, their families, and our team members.” I’m thrilled to join the Silverado team, which continues to set the bar for exceptional patient care,” said Wolda. “In

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Breaking the Silence: The Mounting Need for Trauma-Informed Hospice Care

Hospice News

Traumatized and abused hospice patients and providers often experience an array of lingering physical, emotional and psychological effects that can fall into a silent abyss of unmet needs. These [experiences] really put a barrier up to that wonderful therapeutic relationship between the hospice staff and the caregiver group with the patient.

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Plenary Abstracts at AAHPM/HPNA: Yael Schenker, Na Ouyang, Marie Bakitas

GeriPal

We followed patients until they died or the end of the study period, whichever came first. And then we did interviews with bereavement caregivers and we asked about distress and goal concordant end of life care. And then we also found higher reports of goal concordant end of life care.