Hospice News

JUNE 28, 2023

She has also presented and published literature on the different types of supportive services, including palliative, hospice, acute and post-acute care. “We In addition to hospice, HopeWest also provides palliative care and grief support services across an 8,000 square-mile region of western Colorado.

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NHPCO

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Award presentations began on Sunday, September 15 with the NHPCO Founders Awards , honoring exceptional individuals whose pioneering vision, leadership, and innovative spirit have significantly contributed to the advancement and success of the hospice and palliative care community. NHPCO’s We Honor Veterans program presented two awards.

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NHPCO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Over 1,000 attendees and exhibitors joined for the in-person program which included action-packed days of keynotes, concurrent education sessions, networking opportunities, award presentations, and celebrations. Monday, September 16 was the first full day of the main conference.

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AJN Off the Charts

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Across years of conducting mixed-methods research to explore the role of spirituality among people with cancer, I am constantly presented with ways where our connection to spirit is challenged, and ways that we can remain connected amidst the very real pain, challenge, busyness, stress, and burnout of this modern world.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 16, 2024

I would like to personally thank every employee, past and present for taking this journey with me. The nonprofit hospice provider also offers palliative, grief support and advanced care planning services. Niagara Hospice is part of The Hospice and Palliative Care Group (HPCG), an organization that provides administrative services.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 2, 2022

She directs UCSF MERI’s patient, family, and clinician support with classes and consultation on resiliency, well-being, and grief. Eric: It really reminds me, we just did a couple podcasts on grief and part of grief is that where there’s often a movement towards acceptance, you never go back to who you were. Alex: Great.

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High Peaks Hospice

APRIL 21, 2022

Thank you to all the staff and volunteers who were present. Most recently you have become a member of our Rainbows grief program. It was our pleasure hosting our volunteer appreciation gatherings at our Glens Falls Office and the Keene Valley Library earlier this month. This year that honor goes to Jill Galusha and Heidi Holderied.

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NHPCO

APRIL 17, 2023

If designed and implemented properly, NHPCO believes this measure may help identify physicians who are engaging (or potentially engaging in fraudulent or abusive behavior, presenting a risk of harm to Medicare beneficiaries or are other unqualified to certify or recertify beneficiaries for hospice.

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Shining Light Hospice

JUNE 21, 2023

Similarly, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization provides a section dedicated to caregivers that contains useful resources about hospice care, managing symptoms, and dealing with grief. The Lewy Body Dementia Association is a dedicated resource for those caring for someone with Lewy Body Dementia.

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The Bucket-List Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Therefore, most stories are in the present tense. Our stories about meaningful experiences are written as they unfold. Some of the patients in these stories are no longer with us. They, and their families, gave us permission to share their experience with you. How can you honor life during National Hospice & Palliative Care Month?

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The Bucket-List Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Therefore, most stories are in the present tense. The tree cast a warm glow as gifts were exchanged and the family opened the presents Rob requested we find for them. Our stories about meaningful experiences are written as they unfold. Some of the patients in these stories are no longer with us.

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The Bucket-List Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Therefore, most stories are in the present tense. Our stories about meaningful experiences are written as they unfold. Some of the patients in these stories are no longer with us. They, and their families, gave us permission to share their experience with you. Thank you to Dominique and to the K Fund for making Hunter’s day.

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Traditions Health

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Hospice care workers understand the unique challenges that ALS presents, and they can help keep your loved one feeling comfortable and as pain-free as possible without them having to verbally communicate how they are feeling and their needs. funeral arrangements, grief counseling, etc.). How Long Is Hospice Care Intended To Last?

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The Bucket-List Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Therefore, most stories are in the present tense. Our stories about meaningful experiences are written as they unfold. Some of the patients in these stories are no longer with us. They, and their families, gave us permission to share their experience with you. We share it here with deep respect, in her memory.

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GeriPal

MARCH 13, 2025

Alex Smith Links Link to the McGill National Grand Rounds Series on Palliative Care , Michael Kearney as initial presenter, and registration for future events. In todays podcast we welcome some of the early pioneers in palliative care to talk about the roots of palliative care. by Kearney. I promise its short. Canadians are welcoming.

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Hospice News

MARCH 11, 2025

Shaping their grief support programs with this trend in mind will be pivotal to hospices ability to expand the depth and reach of their services. The community-based nonprofit provides hospice and palliative care, as well as grief support and veterans programs. A mounting volume of research backs this theory.

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Hospice of the North Coast

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Key points: In Ring Theory, the ill partner becomes the priority, and the other partner cannot reveal their angst and grief to them. Cause a lot of people don’t know how to show up and be present, and I was thinking that’s a good start. An exploration into the benefits and limitations of Ring Theory. Daniel Miller, M.D.,

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Hospice of the North Coast

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Key points: In Ring Theory, the ill partner becomes the priority, and the other partner cannot reveal their angst and grief to them. Cause a lot of people don’t know how to show up and be present, and I was thinking that’s a good start. An exploration into the benefits and limitations of Ring Theory. Daniel Miller, M.D.,

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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. See if you can pick out the moment.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 16, 2025

It presents real challenges for underresourced health care services and prison staff who are not trained to address end-of-life care needs. Community hospices have the skills that prisons could really benefit from in helping to sensitize prison staff and helping to train volunteers in grief counseling and caregiving.

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Hospice News

JUNE 3, 2024

Located on Dunn Avenue in northern Jacksonville, Florida, the center’s location was a significant consideration in bridging gaps to end-of-life and grief support in the community, he said. The space is also utilized for grief support services and volunteer training and coordination activities. Audrey Gibson (D-Fla.);

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Hospice News

JUNE 20, 2024

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. Majority of the children who attend the grief program have lost a parent or guardian due to a chronic illness, according to Drescher.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

We must be better at positioning hospice care as a part of improving their lives, rather than simply being present at death.” More hospices reached out virtually to connect with patients and their families, including through expanded online grief programs. Service diversification can also be a key to feature in public outreach.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The theme this year seeks to highlight the plight of the billions who are ‘walking wounded’ after the last few years, which have been grief-filled for everyone,’ Leigh Meinert, advocacy manager at the Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa, told Hospice News in an email. “We 8, 2005 meeting of health care leaders in South Korea.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary In todays podcast we were delighted to be joined by the presenters of the top scientific abstracts for the Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine ( AAHPM ) and the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Nurses Association ( HPNA ). Who would/should be on that board?

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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. HopeHealth has been growing its pediatric hospice and supportive care service lines in recent years to address a range of unmet needs among seriously ill children and their families.

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Life & Death Matters

AUGUST 9, 2024

I love to think of grief as a normal, healthy, whole person response by which we adapt to life without the person/loved one, physically present. Years ago, Freud taught that grief should have an end, and that end included, a severed connection with the deceased. I’m grateful we have moved from this perspective!

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Hospice News

JULY 31, 2023

Representatives from NHPCO, NAHC, NORC, along with hospice providers VITAS Healthcare and Delaware Hospice, presented the data during the briefing. Hospice care saves Medicare roughly $3.5 Longer stays yielded the highest amount of savings, as much as 11%, the research found.

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GeriPal

JUNE 27, 2024

On today’s podcast, we’ve invited Alex Gamble and Brianna Williamson to talk to us about anxiety. Alex is a triple-boarded (palliative care, internal medicine, and psychiatry) assistant professor of medicine at Stanford. Brianna is one of UCSF’s palliative care fellows who just completed her psychiatry residency. Briana, welcome.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

One common issue is that families lack guidance throughout the course of their loved ones’ end-of-life experience, including emotional and anticipatory grief , Dolan said. Even when a caregiver is present, that person may be elderly or ill themselves, or unable to be in the home around the clock due to work or other obligations.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Though his narrow definition of suffering as injured or threatened personhood has been critiqued , the central concept was a motivating force for many of us to enter the fields of geriatrics and palliative care, Eric and I included. Today we talk about suffering in the many forms we encounter in palliative care. Wallace, C.L., in preparation).

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Dani and Kery present three steps for interacting with an angry patient: Look within: What is this anger bringing up in me? J Palliat Med. J Palliat Med. J Palliat Med. The last time this happened to me I immediately went on the defensive despite years of training in serious illness communication skills. doi:10.1089/jpm.2021.0256

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Hospice of the North Coast

MARCH 1, 2022

It wasn’t the profanity nor the frontal attack on the care her father has been receiving but the intensity of it, the felt urgency, the palpable shock of the grief just underneath it all. She started to suffer and although her dad was still around, unknowingly she became immersed in anticipatory grief. Daniel Miller, M.D.,

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The third is moving away from a very medicalized approach and focusing on what conversations help us get informed on trauma in the past and present.” McKinnis also has a private therapy practice and previously served as the director of patient and family support and grief services for the North Carolina-based hospice provider Four Seasons.

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

In addition to being a palliative and hospice RN, she is the Executive Director for Goodwin Hospice , a large non-profit hospice that added end-of-life doula care to their services in collaboration with Jane and John’s doula organization, Present for You. I’m unsure what they do, how often they’re used, and who pays for their work.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Today’s podcast is both similar and different. Similar in that the underlying theme of the power of stories. Different in that these storytelling initiatives, the Nocturnists and the Palliative Story Exchange , are focused on clinicians sharing stories with each other in small groups to heal. Transcript Eric 00:01 Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast.

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GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

I’m particularly interested in, have you told people that it’s probably safer for them to stop driving and seen the grief and loss that they experience when they hear that? And I’ve been to some presentations that use that same breaking bad news model for having these driving conversations, as are used in palliative care.

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