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Anatomy of Hospice Grief Camps for Children

Hospice News

Training staff and volunteers to provide developmentally-appropriate grief support is among the key parts of operating summer camp programs for children and adolescents suffering a recent loss. The hospice provider has operated the camp for the past two decades, open to any child 8–17 years old who has experienced a recent death.

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Hospices’ Mythbusting Strategies: ‘It’s Not Brink-of-Death Care’

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Hospices’ public outreach efforts have evolved in recent years, with providers finding new strategies to dispel myths that have long impeded access to care. Nearly half, or 49.1%, of all Medicare decedents utilized hospice services in 2022, reported the National Alliance for Care at Home.

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‘Upgrading’ the Medicare Hospice Benefit

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The Medicare Hospice Benefit could use an “upgrade” to ensure greater flexibility that may be necessary to fully support patients’ needs. million hospice recipients were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, 6.8% This is according to a recent editorial in Health Affairs by Cara L. Wallace, the Dorothy A. In Fiscal Year 2022, 7.5%

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‘Suncoast’ Film Points a Lens at Hospice Families’ Experience

Hospice News

The film is based on director Laura Chinn’s personal experience as her brother Max received inpatient care at the Suncoast Hospice Care Center, an actual facility operated by the Florida-based nonprofit Empath Health. Their conversations delve into the experience of losing a loved one and the different ways survivors can process their grief.

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‘Normalizing’ Trauma-Informed Hospice Care Delivery

Hospice News

Stakeholders and advocacy organizations recently collaborated to develop stronger trauma-informed care delivery guidelines that help hospices better address violence, abuse and neglect among serious and terminally ill populations. These victims often suffer in silence, and we need to pay better attention to their issues.”

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World Hospice and Palliative Care Day Raises Global Awareness

Hospice News

Globally, the need for hospice and palliative care has been growing faster than people can access them. This was the impetus behind the World Hospice Palliative Care Alliance (WHPCA), which emerged from an Oct. The theme speaks directly to the hospice’s efforts around health equity, according to Cabot.

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HAP Foundation Launches to Research and Advance Hospice, Palliative Care

Hospice News

The foundation is an independent, nonprofit hospice and palliative care research and advocacy organization. It will serve as a hospice and palliative care “education and training hub” for patients, families, providers, and other stakeholders, according to the HAP Foundation. The HAP Foundation has officially begun operations.