Hospice News

MAY 12, 2025

New hospice locations have opened up across the country amid program closures. VITAS Widens Footprint in Texas Florida-based VITAS Healthcare is opening two new administrative offices in central Texas in response to rising demand for hospice care. The hospice provider now has six locations in the state.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 11, 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 statement. The post Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Break Down Advance Care Planning Barriers appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Improved patient and staff satisfaction are among the most significant returns on investment for hospices that are pouring greater resources into trauma-informed training. This is according to Amber Ash, pediatric hospice and palliative care social worker at Ohio-based Hospice of the Western Reserve.

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Hospice News

MAY 5, 2022

Home health and hospice provider Amedisys Inc. New CFO Takes the Reins at Bristol Hospice. Utah-based Bristol Hospice has named Jerry Copeland as its new CFO. Copeland was most recently CFO of Reliant at Home in Texas and served in the same role for Dallas-based Sage Hospice before that.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

While some palliative care programs mirror the hospice model, more operators are working to tailor their services to patients’ specific needs, with varying intensity. Palliative care is also part of the hospice component of CMMI’s value-based insurance design (VBID) demonstration, which is set to end on Dec.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Hospices seeking to build stronger relationships with other community-based organizations may be able to adapt some of the strategies that health systems and Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) have implemented. Knowing where and how to start has been a hurdle for some hospices as they develop and deploy targeted initiatives.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The American Board of Medical Specialties and American Osteopathic Association Board of Specialties didn’t recognize hospice and palliative care as a subspecialty until 2006. Anyone who experiences a life-altering event should receive palliative care,” Cruetzfeldt said. “I Most of them want to have these skills,” she said.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Wu added that with only 10 members, the palliative care team is “small but mighty” and includes physicians, a nurse practitioner, a nurse social worker, a pharmacist, a chaplain and an administrator. The post How Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Built an Award-Winning Palliative Program appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice Promise

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Hospice Promise’s Social Worker, Nick Farinella, LMSW, shared a few resources and organizations that offer caregiver support. They also provide workshops and events. link] Hospice Promise’s Resource Assistance Program (RAP): RAP offers support for those facing life-limiting illnesses or disabilities.

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Minority Nurse

MARCH 19, 2025

I became a social worker to help people, and nursing offered a more direct way to do it. As a social worker in the Bronx, I mentored kids struggling with family or school issues. That level of flexibility and independence was a blessing when my brother was in hospice care.

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Adobe Hospice & Home Health

MARCH 1, 2024

National Social Work Month Some patients can head home after an office visit or hospitalization, pick up their prescriptions, and manage follow-up appointments and care. When they do, medical social workers can provide valuable insight and access to resources. Others may need a lot more help.

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AT Home Care & Hospice

MARCH 1, 2024

National Social Work Month Some patients can head home after an office visit or hospitalization, pick up their prescriptions, and manage follow-up appointments and care. When they do, medical social workers can provide valuable insight and access to resources. Others may need a lot more help.

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The Bucket-List Blog

AUGUST 17, 2023

When Mr. George Poynter entered home hospice care six months ago, he and his family did not expect to see his 86 th birthday. George’s wife Icie says, “I think it was getting all those visits from hospice. When George’s doctor first suggested hospice care, he and Icie were reluctant.

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Hospice Red River Valley

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Health care professionals are invited to Hospice of the Red River Valley’s upcoming virtual Lunch and Learn as we continue to explore topics related to end-of-life care. This event is free and open to all health care professionals. Utilize GROW Method to increase Lethan Means Safety. Registration is required by March 6 at bit.ly/hrrvlunchlearn.

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Hope Hospice

MAY 15, 2020

Hope Hospice Media Contact: Kendra Strey , cell) 925-997-0873. Get up-to-date event details at HopeHospice.com/townhall. Our panelists will discuss these end-of-life care options and give you insight into how hospice and health systems are adjusting to new demands and needs. Jennifer Hansen, Hope Hospice CEO.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

JULY 18, 2024

Benjamin Thompson, MD has been recognized as one of the exceptional individuals chosen as a 2024 AAHPM Emerging Leader in Hospice and Palliative Care. I wouldn’t have been able to engage in any of this national work without the local support of Lauren King, social worker and dear friend.

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Seasons Hospice

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Palliative care teams often include doctors, nurses, social workers as well as counselors who specialize in spiritual and emotional support. Palliative care teams are composed of doctors, nurses, social workers, and other professionals who provide round-the-clock care. Why Choose Palliative Over Curative?

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

VNS Health has developed community education programs to boost awareness and hospice utilization among Chinese populations in New York City. It’s important that you have staff who speak their own language and dialects, because even just in the Chinese language there are so many different dialects,” Lin told Hospice News. “We

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GeriPal

MARCH 13, 2025

Justin Sanders wants to be sure the newer generations of palliative care clinicians understand the early principles and problems that animated the founders of hospice and palliative care, including: Origins of the word palliative – its not what I thought! Ive got a name. No, you dont need to be Canadian. Canadians are welcoming.

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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. Access to hospice and palliative care is perceived as lacking. I’ll say the obvious, racism. were Hispanic; 1.8%

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Hospice News

JUNE 7, 2024

Providing hospice and palliative care to patients in remote regions can come with significant challenges alongside innovative opportunities to improve quality, according to Cathy Stauffer Wozniak, executive director at Hospice & Palliative Care of Martha Vineyards (HPCMV). Back then it was just Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard Inc.

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High Peaks Hospice

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Become a member of our growing Hospice Team! High Peaks Hospice has an immediate opening for a Hospice Social Worker in our northern catchment area. The culture of High Peaks Hospice is mission-driven and community oriented. We are proud to be the exclusive hospice provider for Warren and Essex Counties.

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GeriPal

MAY 22, 2025

So I got introduced to it when I was rotating through Connecticut Hospice here, and they were implementing that new program where you have patients who are agreeable with having ipods and listening to their favorite music. So I feel like this really goes hand in hand with what Tyler is bringing in. Eric 28:10 Eric, it’s been 20 years.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Clinicians face relatively high rates of burnout “due to the secondary trauma and emotional exhaustion that develops from working with death and dying daily,” Aprille Waldrop, social services manager for Florida-based Hospice of Health First told Palliative Care News. Nursing is not the same kind of work it used to be.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 9, 2024

This article is based on a virtual discussion with Kathleen Benton, President and CEO of Hospice Savannah. Hospice News: I’m now pleased to introduce our speaker. Dr. Kathleen Benton is the CEO at Hospice Savannah. This article is sponsored by CareXM. This discussion took place on October 3rd, 2024.

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GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary In the early 1990’s, California Medical Facility (CMF) created one of the nation’s first licensed hospice units inside a prison. Keith per many reports, is the heart and sole of the hospice unit and oversees the Pastoral Care Workers. Eric: Wait, so Bonnie Raitt sang a song about hospice in prison?

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GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

link] Kensington Hospice & ‘Radical Love’ Equity-Oriented Hospice Palliative Care Naheed Dosani also serves as the Medical Director of Kensington Hospice, Torontos largest hospice. And this is really traumatic event for his street family and the street community that he knew. People who.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 5, 2023

This means some hospice and other providers may face audits or other forms of scrutiny that could ultimately require them to return payments they received for ACP services. Medicare needs to step up advance care planning messaging not only to providers, but also to beneficiaries,” Haselhorst told Hospice News.

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High Peaks Hospice

JUNE 27, 2023

Become a member of our growing Hospice Team! High Peaks Hospice has an immediate opening for a Part-Time Hospice Social Worker in our Northern Clinical Care Team serving Essex County, Northern Hamilton County, Southern Franklin County, and the Southeast corner of St. Reports to the Hospice Services Manager.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Hospice News spoke with Dr. Benjamin Kornitzer, agilon’s chief medical officer and a co-author of the study about the workings of their palliative care model, the results it achieved and the company’s plans to grow the program in 2024. We can co-invest in resources, whether they’re nurses, care managers, social workers.

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GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

It used to also be a social worker and myself who would actually go to clinic and spend some time up there. Said social worker has left since then, so it’s now just me. The majority of these folks have some sort of encephalopathic event, so making sure that they have a person and that person knows their wishes.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

We additionally discussed hospice care as an option for care that might follow the trial of rehabilitation. Many of them aren’t enrolled in hospice before they die. And so I think a lot of it is we have no place else to send them, and so we just keep sending them because they’re not ready for hospice.

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GeriPal

MARCH 9, 2023

Psilocybin, the most commonly used psychedelic, increases heart rate and blood pressure, which may potentially lead to cardiovascular events. To Brian’s point, that we are also integrating chaplains, social workers, it’s not necessarily two psychotherapists. Most participants are White and well-resourced.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 5, 2024

It was like kind of a co op with this common space that different groups could rent for events and meetings and things like that. And Rachel Rush, who is a pediatric social. A palliative care social worker now at Colorado. So the very first show was in this Victorian house. There was a living room that you could rent.

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Hope Hospice

JULY 12, 2022

Why should someone start hospice sooner than later? Making the decision to start hospice care for your loved one is overwhelming. Hope’s hospice program also provides: Social workers to assist with medical paperwork and resources. Registered dietitians for counsel on needs of the hospice patient.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 3, 2024

In this episode, we share the joy of talking with Wendy MacNaughton (artist, author, graphic journalist) and Frank Ostaseski (Buddhist teacher, author, founder of the Metta Institute and Zen Hospice Project) about using drawings and images as tools for creating human connections and processing death and dying. This is Eric Widera.

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Seasons Hospice

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

This is where hospice care can step in and help you and your loved ones on this journey. Let’s look at what hospice care is and how it can help. What Is Hospice Care? Hospices provide palliative care that focuses on improving the quality of life for those with serious illnesses. How Did Hospice Care Start?

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