Hospice News

JUNE 28, 2023

Hospice of the Chesapeake Appoints New CMO Maryland-based Hospice of the Chesapeake recently named Dr. Marny Fetzer as its new chief medical officer. Fetzer is currently system medical director for palliative care and hospice services at Illinois-based Ascension Health. He was previously medical director at Compassus since 2017.

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Hospice News

JUNE 21, 2022

She previously served as medical director at Suncoast Hospice. Sarkari was most recently the executive vice president and chief medical officer of Tidwell Health, a member of Empath Health. “She Li provides direction, guidance and oversight to clinical staff, including those at Suncoast Hospice and Tidewell Hospice.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

She became a hospice nurse for By the Bay Health in 1996, then named Hospice of Marin, taking on various roles in clinical leadership throughout her more than 27-year tenure. “It By the Bay Health now serves eight counties statewide and provides hospice, palliative and pediatric care, along with skilled nursing home health and grief support.

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Hospice News

MAY 23, 2024

The hospice and palliative provider also offers grief support and services to help address patients’ unmet pet needs. Montgomery Hospice & Prince George’s Hospice other services include grief support and spiritual counseling, veteran services and pediatric hospice care. Croix Health.

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Traditions Health

OCTOBER 13, 2024

However, inpatient hospice facilities, hospitals, and some nursing homes also provide services. Benefits for you, your caregiver, and your family include: Grief support: Bereavement counselors help you process emotions and face loss. Most people choose to get hospice care at home.

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Shining Light Hospice

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Medicare will cover: Medical and nursing services. Medical equipment like wheelchairs, walkers, or hospital beds. Medical supplies like bandages and catheters. Grief counseling for patient and family. Your physician and a hospice medical director must both certify that your life expectancy is six months or less.

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Hospice News

APRIL 17, 2025

A significant component for health care providers is determining the level of a patients mental capacity versus their competence in medical decision-making, which can change dramatically depending on their condition, according to Hamill. He is also president and CEO of California-based Stone Mountain Medical Associates Inc.

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GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

[link] Toronto Star Feature [link] CityNews Toronto Feature [link] Psychosocial Interventions at PEACH In addition to medical care, PEACH also runs two key psychosocial interventions for our clients: PEACH Grief Circles Structured spaces for workers in the homelessness sector to process grief. We just hired a nurse.

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Hospice News

JULY 1, 2022

New hospice facilities and grief centers are cropping up across the country, while a California inpatient facility is reopening following a temporary closure due to the pandemic. . The first center began providing grief support services in 1991 following her death. Hosparus Health opens new grief support facility.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 17, 2023

A 2020 meta-analysis of 15 studies on burnout among palliative care nurses found a 24% prevalence for emotional exhaustion, 30% for depersonalization and 28% for feelings of low personal accomplishment. Nursing is not the same kind of work it used to be. Or an inpatient nurse and make her a floater.

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Hospice News

APRIL 8, 2024

HopeHealth provides home care, hospice, palliative and dementia care, as well as caregiver and grief support services. Hospice News recently sat down with pediatrician Dr. Rebecca MacDonell-Yilmaz, medical director of HopeHealth’s pediatric supportive services. These families also generally need more support.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

I remember as a fellow, I would come in and our nurse practitioner on our hospice team, I would say the word narcotics, and f or half an hour, she would just lay into me. And it’s supposedly also about his grief with the loss of his father after a long illness. You’re going to likely want an IV medication.

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GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

We start off part one by interviewing Michele DiTomas, who has been the longstanding Medical Director of the Hospice unit and currently is also the Chief Medical Executive for the Palliative care Initiative with the California Correctional Healthcare Services. Everybody has a primary care doctor, a primary care nurse, a team.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

JUNE 6, 2024

The nurses, aides, chaplains and social workers on our team teach me daily. Acknowledgement of the impact of our contributions as a free-standing non-profit organization, outside the walls of an academic medical center, is an important validation of the extraordinary care given by front-line staff to our community.

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The Bucket-List Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2022

During a conversation with Nancy one of our nurses, Teresa VanCamp Dickson learned that she felt sad that her mother wouldn’t be with her for her wedding in June. . Our chief medical director, Dr. Hanan Budeiri (known to all of us as Dr. B) donated refreshments for a reception.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 31, 2023

He spent a long time as hospice medical director and he founded a national model of care that many of our listeners will be familiar with, AIM, which stands for the Advanced Illness Management program, which has influenced CMS policy. Bill: Thank you. Alex: And we are delighted to welcome Brad Stuart, who is an internist.

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Hospice of the North Coast

AUGUST 25, 2023

The team encompasses medical directors, primary physicians, registered nurses (RNs), certified nursing assistants (CNAs), social workers, chaplains or spiritual counselors, bereavement specialists, and volunteers, along with one designated family member.

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GeriPal

JULY 14, 2022

Imagine that you are the medical director of a large (>150 bed) nursing home. The other physicians who previously saw patients in the nursing home are no longer coming to your facility because you have COVID positive patients. You’re short on nurses and nurse aids so now you have to help deliver meals.”.

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