Hospice News

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Its important that patients can share both their lived experiences and provide feedback about their clinical encounters, Chambers said during the assembly.

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Hospice News

MARCH 12, 2025

Access to palliative care can help support a patient and their family through several iterations of physical, emotional and financial changes as they enter the adult health care space, he stated.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Studies have found that more than half of individuals across the country have experienced at least one traumatic event in their lifetime. While recognition around trauma issues has grown, the needle has much farther to go to address the systemic challenges.

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Hospice News

MARCH 7, 2025

Its also for us to really learn how we can best support them in the event that they eventually need our services. We’re putting together this one-day retreat to really focus on supporting caregivers across the community as a whole. What do you see as the largest opportunities in hospice care delivery today?

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Aging Life Care Association

JUNE 9, 2024

This global event aims to foster a better understanding of the … Continue reading Elder Abuse: Shattering Myths and Taking Action → The post Elder Abuse: Shattering Myths and Taking Action appeared first on Aging Life Care Association.

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Hospice News

MAY 20, 2022

As some events and other fundraisers start to rebound, providers are carrying with them lessons learned during leaner years. When we realized we weren’t going to be able to have the event, we asked our donors to support us through the pandemic. We do events, but it’s not our primary source of fundraising.

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Daily Nurse

JANUARY 23, 2025

Taking CPR to the Next Level in the PICU The CPR coach is at the heart of this innovation: a trained team member who provides real-time, verbal feedback on chest compression quality during cardiac arrest events. “We took it one step further by studying their impact during real compression events.

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Hospice News

JULY 26, 2024

We’ve gotten creative in doing events that benefit veteran causes and raised money through all these different things that are put into the pool of helping us with the costs of running our veteran programs — which is primarily the staffing cost,” Graveran told Hospice News.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 23, 2025

In our early studies in the same nursing home population, we found about 70% of residents had a deprescribing event of antihypertensives during their stay. And unfortunately, that trial was stopped early because of some current concerns about increased adverse events in the deprescribing group.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Unfortunately, most patients do not routinely make advance plans for their care in the event that they are diagnosed with a serious or life-threatening illness,” Collins said in a press release. However, societal factors and poor coordination among health care providers can limit its effectiveness.

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Community Home Health Care

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Consider the following: Plan accessible activities : Look for events that can be enjoyed from a seated position, such as crafting , watching holiday movies, or decorating cookies. Monitor energy levels : Encourage rest and avoid overexertion by limiting the number of events they attend.

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Hospice News

APRIL 12, 2023

A significant contingent of Black, Asian and Hispanic respondents also indicated that current events have influenced whether or not they would document their end-of-life care decisions. Nearly half of African Americans do not know the type of end-of-life care they would choose, and 10% have no plans to document their wishes.

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AJN Off the Charts

JANUARY 10, 2025

This communication should also include environmental services in the event a change is needed in the disinfectant used in a given patient care area. In the event the patient is vomiting, recognize the risk of vomitus aerosolization and initiate additional personal protective equipment use (e.g., mask as a barrier) as needed.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 24, 2022

To develop an engaged board that adds value to an organization, hospices are taking governance activity beyond the standard, periodic meetings and fundraising events. This included social events to build camaraderie and solidify the board as a team, though for a time most of those went virtual due to the pandemic. . “I

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Hospice News

JANUARY 29, 2024

We have tremendous respect for BrightSpring and are thrilled to support the Company and share in this momentous event,” said Max Lin, Partner at KKR. “We Six banks and KKR are also listed in the filing as underwriters. “We

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Hospice News

JANUARY 9, 2025

The new headquarters marks an important milestone in the hospice providers growth trajectory, Jason Rex Casto, administrator at Cherish Hospice, said at a recent event. The hospice has provided care to hundreds of patients since its opening in 2021. This is a great symbol of us, how weve grown, Casto told local news.

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Responsive Home Care

JANUARY 6, 2025

A simple misstep, a slippery floor, or even just standing too quickly can become a life-altering event. Falling is something we hardly ever think about until it happens. And yet, falls are increasing, especially among older adults.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The agency is keeping the provision that other activities should continue to focus on adverse events. The requirement that [home health agencies] and hospices maintain an effective, ongoing, agency-wide, data-driven quality assessment and performance improvement program will remain.”

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

RoboToaster / Home Health Care News RoboToaster / Home Health Care News Barbara Jacobsmeyer at FUTURE, a Home Health Care News event. The company has added 243 full-time nurses to its ranks since its 2022 spinoff from Encompass Health (NYSE: EHC), CEO Barb Jacobsmeyer said in a recent earnings call. Photo by RoboToaster.

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Hospice News

JULY 23, 2024

Issues of fraud in the hospice industry echo events that previously affected the home health space , and providers can learn from that prior experience, he said. Much of the regulatory activity was spurred by a rash of new providers that emerged predominantly in four states : California, Arizona, Texas and Nevada.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 17, 2023

“Once again leading by example, [the Carter family] is showing us how to embrace a stage of life that people don’t want to think about — that people don’t want to talk about,” NHPCO COO and interim CEO Ben Marcantonio said at the Times Square event.

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Aging Life Care Association

JANUARY 9, 2024

Severe winter weather is descending across the United States, which greatly impacts the safety and well-being of the elderly, especially when the weather event is unexpected or comes fast. Here are some tips from the experts in aging well® to help your older loved one prep for winter weather.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 1, 2024

The councils will ensure improved health care access and utilization and help with event and volunteer engagement, among other responsibilities. Hospice of the Western Reserve established two advisory councils to oversee the transition. Hospice of the Western Reserve has been on a strategic growth path across Ohio for several years.

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Hospice News

MARCH 27, 2024

Operators need to be prepared to deliver care and support their communities’ responses to catastrophic events. Many hospices may be unprepared to cope with a large-scale disaster or a future pandemic. Increasingly, this factors into compliance. In 2017, the U.S.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 4, 2023

Reports of] the events together is a mischaracterization, leading the community to believe the events are related.” “The concerns raised by a board member in last week’s board meeting are unrelated to the departure of two senior leaders.

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American In-Home Care

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The constant care and attention required to meet a loved one’s needs can make it hard for you to participate in holiday events or simply to relax. Consider using an in-home care service for a few hours each week or during special holiday events. In-home care services can help bridge this gap.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Applying a broader mix of in-person and online events can help hospices identify caregivers’ specific needs, he stated. “We’ve The home health care consulting company’s recent research dug into the varied outreach efforts that hospice and home-based care providers are employing to grow their census and improve outcomes.

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Hospice News

JUNE 21, 2023

The staffing shortage was a topic of conversation during Hospice Action Week, a lobbying event held by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) and the Hospice Action Network. The bill’s most recent go around was last May, reintroduced by Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.).

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Home is an exciting area for us to continue to grow,” Dr. Sashi Moodley, chief clinical officer for Walgreens Health, said at Home Health Care News’ Capital+Strategy event in March. “We It comes on the heels of prior investments in home-based primary care company VillageMD and the home health and hospice provider BrightSpring Health Services.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 4, 2023

The hospice recently updated local communities on its progress at a local event hosted by Mac Middleton, a former state senator from Charles County. “These benefits include community-based palliative care, community education and awareness, increased options for grief support, and more help in navigating the journey of advanced illness.”

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Home is an exciting area for us to continue to grow,” Dr. Sashi Moodley, chief clinical officer for Walgreens Health, said at Home Health Care News’ Capital+Strategy event in March. “We

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Hospice News

JUNE 24, 2024

The staffing shortage was a topic of conversation during Hospice Action Week, a lobbying event held last week by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) and the Hospice Action Network. The training aspect is crucial to building the hospice and palliative care labor pool, as specialized training is often scarce.

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Traditions Health

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

A heart attack is a major, life-threatening event that can require extensive rehabilitation for weeks, months, or even years after it happens. How home health care helps After a heart attack or other major cardiac event, you must get used to a new normal that involves more medications, diet adjustments, and physical activity.

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Hospice News

JUNE 17, 2022

For example, if a patient who decided to forgo life-extending treatment or resuscitation due to terminal cancer is brought to the emergency department for a different reason, like a cardiac event, staff may assume that their documented wishes do not apply in this other circumstance, Pope told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

JUNE 8, 2022

The events of the past two years have opened the eyes of many patients to telehealth’s potential , according to Fratkin. Many are trying to weigh the benefits of telehealth investments against the possibility that they may soon have to shut down or cut back those programs.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The Wisconsin-based hospice and palliative care provider Unity has designed its program with the intent of seeking value-based contracts in the long term, Alisa Gerke, the agency’s executive director, said at the NHPCO event. A key aspect of this is expanding geographic scale.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Anyone who experiences a life-altering event should receive palliative care,” Cruetzfeldt said. “I Like other chronic illnesses, those diagnosed with neurological illness benefit from palliative care that starts closer to the time of diagnosis.

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