Hospice News

DECEMBER 6, 2024

The Harley School is seeking to inspire a new generation of hospice professionals to enter the field with educational programs that highlight the meaningful work involved in end-of-life care delivery. Prince is also a licensed clinical social worker and an adjunct professor at the State University of New York Brockport.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The aim was to break down the most common barriers of access among Asian American communities – misconceptions and fear around end-of-life care, Lin explained. It’s really having the team approach with our nurses, social workers, providers and counselors so that people don’t feel like they’re alone.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The hospice program is overseen by a multidisciplinary team of unit staff, security, medical personnel, social workers, religious services and volunteers. The team is responsible for monitoring the care provided, offering guidance and ensuring the program’s safety and effectiveness.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 13, 2024

Many medical and nonmedical issues can be exacerbated at the end of life among unhoused and homeless seniors compared to others, according to James Patrick Hall, executive director of Rocky Mountain Refuge. The Denver-based nonprofit organization offers shelter for people with end-of-life care needs.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 2, 2023

These individuals’ often have a host of physical, mental and psychosocial needs that palliative care services can help support – a main reason for bridging care gaps with the unit’s establishment, according to Kris Marks, administrative director of palliative care at UHS Hospitals. Census Bureau.

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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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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. The issues identified in the report exist across the country.

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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

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

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Aging LGBTQ+ populations have few options for quality end-of-life care – particularly those in rural areas – and hospices are ramping up efforts to reach them. Access to hospice can be challenging for many seniors in remote or rural regions. Nurses have a right to speak out.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The New Mexico Palliative Care ECHO Program is part of the university’s Project ECHO model, which offers roughly 70 different educational programs to more than 750 organizations across the globe through virtual learning courses. Communication skills are a major component of a palliative care curriculum.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 26, 2023

EOLDs have had a growing presence in the serious illness and end-of-life care space, but their services are not reimbursed by Medicare or other insurance, according to Jane Euler, co-founder and chief doula of Present for You LLC. However, building these collaborations has come with financial barriers.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

. — Beth Klint, CEO, Goodwin Hospice Some of the upfront costs associated with bringing on EOLDs involve those around fine-tuning the referral structure and how these professionals work with care managers, according to Jane Eulers, co-founder and chief doula of Present for You.

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Hospice News

MAY 31, 2022

Self-preservation is “paramount” to working in serious illness and end-of-life care, according to new research published in the Journal of Death and Dying. Furthermore, this may also educate aspiring end-of-life care staff in preparation for the reality of hospice environments.”.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 2, 2024

These deaths can be traumatizing and bring on complicated grief experiences, with some individuals needing greater support compared to other types of losses, according to Laura Suozzo, licensed clinical social worker and bereavement coordinator at Hunterdon Hospice. “We Their sadness is so raw and painful.

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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

OCTOBER 24, 2024

But concerns have mounted around sustainable growth strategies that will keep pace with rising demand amid myriad challenges in end-of-life care delivery. Brubaker Miller entered the field as a social worker in 1993 and has held leadership positions at hospice organizations for the last 14 years.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 9, 2022

Even the phrase “cultural competence” itself may be an oversimplification, according to Joseph Bleiberg, lead licensed social worker with the hospice care team at VNS Health. This also puts the LGBTQ+ community at higher risk for re-traumatization during goals of care conversations, Wetmore previously told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

MARCH 11, 2024

The discriminatory experiences have led to mistrust in the health care system at large, as well as underutilization of end-of-life care, Praver indicated. Spiritual care providers are an important part of addressing historical mistrust issues, according to Praver.

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Hospice News

JULY 10, 2024

If more people were educated in palliative care, and we recognize it as different from end-of-life care, that would be great because we can do more for more people and families over time.” A wider base of palliative social workers can also be a key to improved patient and caregiver support, Brown indicated.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

.” ‘The future of health care is teamwork’ Cruetzfeldt’s team at Harborview Medical Center has been conducting communication workshops to help equip neurologists with the skills mentioned above. Starting specialized palliative care for a neurologic illness sooner also helps with medication management, Daly explained.

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Hospice News

APRIL 22, 2022

Francis Reflections hospice and palliative care clinicians and physicians will serve patients at the center when their care is no longer manageable in other settings. Volunteers, social workers, chaplains and bereavement counselors also make up the center’s staff. Formerly Hospice of St.

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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. The hospice and palliative care provider has an inpatient facility and also offers community-based end-of-life care.

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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

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

MARCH 19, 2024

Pediatric hospice and palliative care providers often require specialized training, and these professionals come with higher wages that are not sufficiently compensated by current reimbursement rates, she indicated. The ability to build care collaborations is a large part of improving access, she stated.

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Hospice News

JUNE 10, 2022

Another consideration is the number of health care workers who believe they have the personal resilience to care for children who are suffering or dying. West Virginia-based Hospice of the Panhandle is growing its pediatric palliative care program. Hospices are also stepping up.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 7, 2023

Jane Schell, section chief of palliative care and medical ethics in, division of Nephrology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), told Palliative Care New. All palliative care, no matter the setting, seeks to alleviate symptoms and pain for people living with chronic illnesses. You need nurses.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

We have patients at roughly 15 different facilities in Denver and provide the full gamut of hospice care to people in their homes. We have a social worker, medical director, chaplain services, nursing care and nursing assistants, and bereavement and volunteer coordinators. Our volunteer program is particularly robust.

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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

JULY 13, 2023

“Hospice is associated with lower Medicare end-of-life expenditures when hospice lengths of stay are longer than 10 days,” an NHPCO representative told Hospice News in an email. “In CMMI analysts examined four payment model demonstrations to determine current barriers to palliative care access and utilization.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

“As California’s aging population grows in the near future, the need for qualified workers will continue to be more dire. Hopefully, this proposed legislation will increase the number of professionals entering the field of end-of-life care, thus relieving some pressures from the nursing shortage.”

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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

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

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

The Phoenix Children’s palliative care program was launched in 2009. 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.

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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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