Hospice News

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Hospice chaplains often lack formalized education in fostering goals-of-care discussions with patients and families, he said at the Annual Assembly of Hospice & Palliative Care , an event by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA).

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The hospice has participated in health fairs and hosts Senior Summits, which are community events designed to educate seniors about various aspects of medical, nonmedical, practical, financial and psychosocial support available to them as they age. We kind of piggyback on that to then engage as many people as possible.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 23, 2025

Weighing the staffing, patient needs The new pediatric center will include features such as a sensory therapeutic playroom, a family gathering and events area, a child life specialist center and creative arts room, a music therapy room, a bereavement counseling space, a chapel, meeting rooms and a family office center.

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Hospice News

JUNE 9, 2022

These teams provide medical assistance during catastrophic events, such as hurricanes, tornadoes, floods or human-caused disasters like the 9/11 attacks. Peitzer spoke with Hospice News to discuss the ways the field has changed since he entered in 1988, as well as the nation’s preparedness for pandemic-level events.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Hospices need careful consideration when implementing more equitable patient data collection methodologies that lead to impactful change, according to Brittany Chambers, director of health equity and special initiatives at the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC).

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The observance is now recognized on the second Saturday of every October and features educational and fundraising events in nearly 70 countries. Globally, the need for hospice and palliative care has been growing faster than people can access them. 8, 2005 meeting of health care leaders in South Korea.

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Hospice News

MARCH 24, 2025

Whereas if hospice were a planned event, patients could receive additional tests prior to entering the benefit that could guide their care. The term personalized medicine is often used to describe health needs based on a patients genetics. However, more stakeholders are applying the term to hospice and palliative care.

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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

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The final rule also featured provisions for content submission including the use for which a drug was available and any known adverse events associated with it. Palliative care providers face a host of legal and regulatory challenges when seeking to expand patients’ access to certain controlled substances.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 20, 2023

According to the study, approximately 1 in 5 patients experience adverse events during this kind of transition. These types of collaborations help to maintain patient safety, quality and continuity of care, and helps ensure that patients are receiving appropriate and timely interventions. Krmpotic said.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The SAMHSA defines trauma as an event, series events or set of circumstances experienced by an individual as physically or emotionally harmful or life threatening, with lasting adverse effects on the individual’s functioning and mental, physical, social, emotional or spiritual. So there’s an event or a series of events.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The emotional toll of caring for the seriously ill contributes to high rates of burnout among palliative care workers. Burnout is a state of complete mental, physical and emotional exhaustion. Symptoms of burnout can include depression, compassion fatigue, stress and anxiety, and apathy, both in general life and towards work tasks.

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2024

People who were seriously ill and their caregivers had to contend with many important issues and events occurring simultaneously. The issues identified in the report exist across the country. Access to hospice and palliative care is perceived as lacking. Some patients with serious illnesses didn’t get enough help with managing their pain.

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GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary I was very proud to use the word apotheosis on todays podcast. See if you can pick out the moment. I say something like, Palliative care is, in many ways, the apotheosis of great palliative care. And I believe that to be true. Today we talk with Naheed Dosani, a palliative care physician at St. Homelessness?

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Hospice News

MARCH 1, 2024

Obstacles facing palliative care in the ICU One challenge to bear in mind is that some of the measures used in the literature are imprecise due to the traumatic, emotional nature of the event. A growing body of research touts the benefits of palliative care for patients, families, and even providers. “It’s not blood pressure.

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Hospice News

JUNE 3, 2024

Community groups are also able to hold meetings and events in a conference room that seats roughly 35 individuals. Florida-based Community Hospice & Palliative Care recently opened a new location in its home state that will serve as an office for interdisciplinary staff and a community center. Audrey Gibson (D-Fla.);

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

We have an algorithm that can help identify which patients are at risk of having adverse events and which are approaching end of life. The senior care company agilon health (NYSE: AGL) will more than double the size of its palliative care program this year, with plans to leverage its robust suite of data to optimize care.

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Hospice News

APRIL 9, 2025

The Caregiving film highlights the various historic events that have impacted the current state of caregiving in the United States. Greater public awareness is needed around the difficult journey that caregivers face, Durrance stated, who is also producer at Ark Media. Theyre largely invisible in discourse. It really is up to us.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Often podcasts meet clinical reality. That’s why we do this podcast- to address real world issues in palliative care, geriatrics, and bioethics. But rarely does the podcast and clinical reality meet in the same day. Lynn Flint, author of the NEJM perspective titled, “Rehabbed to Death,” joins Eric and I as co-host.

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Hospice News

MAY 15, 2024

There are notable differences in the types of traumatic events, and these events were strongly associated with an increased burden of end-of-life physical and psychosocial needs. A large portion (83%) of respondents reported experiencing at least one lifetime traumatic event.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Rooted in the power of storytelling and fueled by a desire to improve health equity and foster meaningful connections, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center’s innovative palliative care approach has earned industry-wide acclaim. “We

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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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Hospice News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Anthony House is supported by Wellhouse Ministries, which recently held a community fundraising event as a final push for donations, Spinella said. The Hospice of Baton Rouge will also provide community education events at the new center, which will feature a chapel and resource library as well as counseling and classrooms.

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Life & Death Matters

APRIL 11, 2024

That is […] The post My Journey to Making an ACP Day Event appeared first on Life and Death Matters. About Me My Idea An idea has been percolating in my head for a year or so now – to host an Advance Care Planning (ACP) Day, where I invite my family, friends, and local community to work on creating their own Advance Care Plan.

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GeriPal

JULY 28, 2022

Jennifer’s study is most widely known for the “kicker” – not only did it improve quality of life, palliative care was associated with a couple months longer survival. . Areej’s study is remarkably novel in that it is, to our knowledge, the first study of palliative care during curative treatment. . hint: coping). Celine Dion. Transcript.

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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. How do you anticipate this scope of services to take shape? So our scope of care includes home health, both skilled and non-skilled, and it includes hospice. Eventually, we hope to do palliative care.

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GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary In May we did a podcast on KidneyPal (the integration of palliative care in renal disease) , which made us think, hmmm… one organ right next door is the liver. Maybe we should do a podcast on LiverPal? (or or should we call it HepatoPal?) Alex 00:12 This is Alex Smith. Eric 00:13 And, Alex, who do we have with us today?

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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. Empath offers hospice, home health, primary and palliative care.

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Hospice News

JUNE 18, 2024

The affiliation of NAHC and NHPCO is a historic event,” Dombi said in a joint statement from the organizations. The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) and the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) have announced the completion of their affiliation agreement.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Anyone who experiences a life-altering event should receive palliative care,” Cruetzfeldt said. Anyone who experiences a life-altering event should receive palliative care,” Cruetzfeldt said. “I In recent years, more neurologists are realizing the need for specialized palliative care for this population.

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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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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. The bill’s most recent go around was last May, reintroduced by Sens.

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GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

Screening for addressing hearing loss should be an integral part of what we do in geriatrics and palliative care, but it often is either a passing thought or completely ignored. On today’s podcast, we talk to Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen about hearing loss in geriatrics and palliative care. Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. Alex: Oh, okay.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 23, 2024

Julia Hospice & Palliative Care is holding a fundraising event on October 5 to garner support to refuel construction efforts. Julia Hospice & Palliative Refuels De Novo Plans Pennsylvania-based Julia Hospice & Palliative (JHPC) has reignited plans to launch a de novo after experiencing pandemic-related setbacks.

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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. NAHC and NHPCO have since recently affiliated , with a new organization name yet to be announced.

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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

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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