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DECEMBER 4, 2024

Research has shown that these substances can aid in treating pain, anxiety, depression, trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), grief and other medical conditions and existential crises. Fratkin is also a palliative care specialist at Humboldt Center for New Growth.

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The nonprofit offers hospice, home health, grief support and childrens services. The hospice offers a six-week grief and loss support program to community members. Brand was previously senior vice president of hospice and palliative care at New York-based VNS Health, holding a similar role at CareCentrix prior to that.

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With naturopathic care in palliative patients, they can have less fear about their conditions as they progress and receive more support with their experiences in ripples or tsunamis of pain, emotional waves of grief, anxiety or social isolation.” Naturopathic medicine and palliative care may have more in common than meets the eye.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Interest has mounted in the palliative care arena, but building and sustaining these services requires stronger reimbursement and workforce resources. But insufficient payment pathways represent a large hurdle for palliative care’s growth potential, Kulik said. “If No investor goes into buying something hoping that it stays flat.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

“Navigating grief and finding support can be complicated and isolating. “Navigating grief and finding support can be complicated and isolating. We are planning to expand Missing Pieces to address broader grief needs for more families.”

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AUGUST 23, 2024

The company provides hospice, palliative care, education, emotional and spiritual support and grief care for adult and pediatric patients and their families across 24 Texas counties in the Waco, Fort Worth and Dallas areas. The clinic officially opened on Aug.

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AUGUST 21, 2024

Palliative care providers’ largest referral hurdles have been long-rooted in misunderstandings about their services. Breaking down referral barriers to improve patient access can take vigilant education and outreach efforts. Education has become a cornerstone of palliative care providers’ referral-building efforts, she stated.

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APRIL 13, 2023

In the last year, Hospice & Palliative Care of the Wood River Valley indicated that it had restarted its grief program for children ages 6 to 12. Dubbed Finding Real Options for Grief Support (F.R.O.G.S ), the monthly support group serves youths who have experienced the loss of a parent or a close relative. We are working with St.

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JUNE 16, 2023

In addition to hospice and palliative care, Lower Cape Fear LifeCare, also provides grief counseling and veteran services and community education programs. North Carolina-headquartered Novant Health has launched a new palliative care program to help improve quality of life for patients with heart failure.

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JULY 5, 2022

Along with administrative offices, the location will be home to Hospice of Washington County’s outpatient palliative care clinic, along with its bereavement and grief counseling offices. Iowa-based Hospice of Washington County is rebuilding and relocating its administrative offices, which also houses the provider’s palliative care clinic.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Hospice of the EUP became Medicare certified in 1990 and offers facility-based hospice and grief support services. “Through the PACE model, WelbeHealth ensures that older adults can see culturally appropriate providers,” Fong said. The hospice’s W.

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The nonprofit also offers adult and pediatric palliative care and grief support services in eastern Washington and surrounding regions. Last year the hospice provider expanded its grief support services across five cities in Washington. There are very limited respite care options in our region.

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JULY 13, 2023

This study confirms that hospice care adds value to patients, family members, and caregivers by increasing satisfaction and quality of life, improving pain control, and reducing both physical and emotional distress in patients and prolonged grief and other emotional distress in their family and caregivers,” NHPCO indicated.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

Francis’ NorthStar Child Grief Support is designed to specifically address the needs of bereaved children and their families. Treasure Coast Hospice also offers veteran and bereavement services, including its annual summer program for children, Camp Good Grief. Lucie and Okeechobee counties in their home state. Established in 1977, St.

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Our services will include the standard hospice functions such as individual bereavement care and volunteer-based therapy, but we also have grief support groups. 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.

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AUGUST 9, 2024

Palliative care providers need to focus on their specific organization’s specific strengths in order to stand out from a broad range of competitors. Untangling knots in palliative care marketing Michigan-based NorthStar Care Community operates Hospice of Michigan and Arbor Hospice.

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DECEMBER 11, 2024

While hospice care remains a cornerstone of our mission, this rebrand enables us to better represent the full spectrum of services we provide, including palliative care and grief support. The organization has served four South Carolina counties for more than 40 years with an annual patient census near 3,200.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The organization operates a general inpatient care facility, the Alexander Cohen Hospice, which also provides respite services.CHHS additional services include bereavement support and outpatient mental health services, as well as a youth grief program, Camp Wokini.

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Hospice News

MAY 31, 2023

Research is growing around how certain substances such as psychedelics and cannabis can aid in treating pain, anxiety, depression, trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), grief, migraines and other medical conditions. Medical cannabis can also be beneficial in symptom management for cancer patients, according to recent research.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The Clearwater, Florida-based Empath Health offers hospice, home health care, palliative care, grief services, Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), adult day services, primary care services and more. clinical power means mastering timely initiation of care. It has more than 270 touchpoints across 30 states.

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MARCH 21, 2023

In addition to providing hospice, the organization offers grief support and palliative care services at the Chesapeake Supportive Care and Chesapeake Life Center. Effective April 1, affiliates Calvert Hospice and Hospice of Charles County will be known as Hospice of the Chesapeake.

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OCTOBER 30, 2023

California-based Hospice by the Bay has rebranded as By the Bay Health to recognize that it now offers more services than end-of-life care, including palliative care, comfort care, grief counseling, pediatric care, and skilled home health care as well as hospice services.

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JUNE 29, 2023

Hospices are not reimbursed enough to support grief care teams,” Gross told Hospice News. Having clinicians more involved in grief programs allows families’ a continued interdisciplinary support after a loved ones’ through that direct connection, Gross explained. Gross is also a medical director at ANX Hospice Care.

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The Hosparus Health Grief Counseling Center is also located in the facility, offering mental health and bereavement care. . The organization also opened a 1,245-square-foot grief care center new Louisville, Kentucky. Hosparus Health has cut the ribbon on a $1.7 This is the second new facility for Hosparus in recent months.

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MARCH 27, 2024

They can also provide education, services and advocacy related to grief and bereavement in mass-casualty incidents, as well as assist with public health surveillance and reporting. However, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed gaps in preparedness when it comes to hospice and palliative care.

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AUGUST 1, 2024

Established nearly 45 years ago, the nonprofit offers hospice and palliative care to adult and pediatric patients, as well as grief and caregiver support, veteran services and specialized care for patients with HIV/AIDS, COPD and progressive memory impairment conditions. Photo by Pixelate Photography.

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OCTOBER 10, 2024

The hospice also offers a summer grief program for bereaved children, Wing Camp, which launched in 2000. The hospice also provides outpatient mental health counseling services and bereavement support, including its youth grief program, Camp Wokini. Muir joined the organization in 2019 as its chief of clinical innovations.

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JUNE 17, 2024

The nonprofit hospice provider also offers palliative care, grief support and advance care planning services. The nonprofit organization also provides grief support, advance care planning, pharmacy and durable medical equipment (DME) services, sexual health and veterans programs.

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MAY 14, 2024

They] can provide so much support from advance care planning to vigil assistance, and out in the community they can do early grief and bereavement support and can provide household support [and] respite caregiving.” Collins is also a certified hospice and palliative care nurse and end-of-life doula.

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APRIL 11, 2024

Angela Hospice provides adult and pediatric hospice, palliative care and grief support across Oakland County in southern Michigan. Ohio’s Community Mercy Hospice Expands with De Novo Ohio’s Community Mercy Hospice has opened a de novo that will expand hospice and grief support to local communities.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Post-affiliation, the combined hospice will offer hospice, geriatric and palliative care, as well as pediatric services, grief care, dementia support, music therapy, veterans’ program and culturally specific initiatives. About 25,271 Medicare decedents in 2021 elected the hospice benefit, according to the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Rebranded as Foothills Compassionate Care, the hospice provider also offers palliative care, caregiver and grief support services as well as community education and resources. California-based Hospice of the Foothills unveiled a rebranding strategy aimed at better communicating its expanded suite of services.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Established in 1981, Blue Ridge offers hospice, palliative care and community grief support services. These include the launch of a new community grief center, continued PACE service development and “rapid expansion” in Virginia due to rising demand, Kennedy stated.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

A state of stress Palliative professionals of all walks are navigating symptoms of burnout, including social workers, grief counselors, chaplains, physicians and nurses. The palliative care workforce is facing a wide range of challenges that impact their ability to thrive in the field.

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AUGUST 4, 2023

“Since the acquisition of each affiliate, residents of Charles and Calvert counties have benefitted along the entire care continuum that includes supportive, hospice and grief care,” Chesapeake indicated in a press release.

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JULY 28, 2023

The nonprofit’s services include hospice and palliative care, in addition to cultural-specific care programs and a range of grief-support services. The Denver Hospice is one of the largest end-of-life care providers in its region. Melinda Egging previously served as The Denver Hospice’s president, leaving the role in November 2022.

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APRIL 11, 2025

Maryland-based Montgomery Hospice & Prince Georges Hospice provides grief support and spiritual counseling, veteran services and pediatric hospice care. Two executive moves take shape at Hospice of the Chesapeake Hospice of the Chesapeake has seen two executive-level shifts recently take place. and MedStar Health.

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