Hospice News

APRIL 10, 2024

When these services cannot be replicated, patients and caregivers are left to deal with the loss of these services, citing experiences of grief and abandonment.” In Fiscal Year 2022, 7.5% of the nation’s 1.7 million hospice recipients were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, 6.8% with senile degeneration of the brain and 3.5%

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Hospice News

MARCH 31, 2023

At present, Hospice of Central New York & the Finger Lakes is providing hospice care to patients in Oswego County. FOCH funding provides resources, assistance and supplies to patients with terminal illness in the area, along with maintaining hospice volunteer programs such as its children’s grief support program, Camp Rainbow of Hope. “We

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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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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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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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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

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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Pallimed

APRIL 6, 2021

WandaVision is a study on grief, loss, and mourning, in layers and layers. It’s Wanda, it’s a giant grief bubble for her. She’s doing this out of grief,” I replied. "I I see it now,” he said, “It’s like superhero complicated grief.” "I see it now,” he said, “It’s like superhero complicated grief.”

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Other implications for practice include how the outcome of these conversations can impact on the grief journey of the parent (Davis et al 2024b). When considering the future of children’s palliative care within the UK, it is recognised that an equitable palliative care service is needed (Together for Short Lives 2023). and Brown, J.

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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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GeriPal

AUGUST 8, 2024

But I must say that grief has a way of coming round and round and round again. Eric 07:41 You know, another thing I found very interesting, having written papers about grief and thought a lot about it, but agree that there’s. If I take advantage of people in their grief, that gets around pretty quick. Eric 05:11 Yeah.

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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

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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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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EAPC (European Association of Palliative Care)

JUNE 26, 2023

The theme of the seminar ‘A Human Rights based approach to Palliative Care: Towards Solutions for Public Health Palliative Care’ is highly relevant as 2023 marks 75 years since the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights was proclaimed by the United Nationals General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948.

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Seasons Hospice

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Be present. And if they don’t want to talk, simply being present can be a comfort. Grief Support Group. If you are struggling with grief, there are many support groups available to help you cope. Five Benefits To Grief Counseling. Grief counseling can help you deal with these emotions and start to heal.

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

Today we have a star-studded lineup, including Lexy Torke of Indiana University, who discusses her RCT of a chaplaincy intervention for surrogates of patients in the ICU , published in JPSM and plenary presentation at AAHPM/HPNA. It meets in-person, once a month, over nine sessions. Welcome to the GeriPal podcast, Lexy.

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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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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

And so in that way, it’s not the letterhead or the four walls and the roof that are perpetuating the present, it’s the people. Alex 00:15 We are delighted to welcome Jane deLima Thomas, who was a co-fellow with me back in the day in palliative care. Jane, welcome to the GeriPal podcast. Jane, welcome to the GeriPal podcast.

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The Nurse Break

DECEMBER 4, 2022

18 best books for nurses about grief, death and loss. Processing grief can be a significant challenge to those directly experiencing loss and their loved ones. For most of human history, death was a common, ever-present possibility. It’s Ok That You’re Not Ok – Megan Devine.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Despite the range of ages and times since death, a commonality of themes was present, some of which will be familiar to any palliative care nurse (Table 1): Table 1 Themes and examples Themes Examples of code Importance of the place of death Experiences of death; less important when moved to preferred place after death.

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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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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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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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NHPCO

JULY 28, 2023

and Alexandria, VA ) – On Thursday, July 27 a panel of healthcare experts presented groundbreaking new research at a Capitol Hill briefing for Congressional offices, showing that patient use of hospice contributed to $3.5 billion in Medicare savings in 2019, while also providing multiple benefits to patients, families, and caregivers.

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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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Life & Death Matters

MAY 6, 2021

Near the end of his presentation he said and asked, “COVID-19 has changed so […]. On Monday, Dr David Kenneth Wright spoke during the “FREE WEBINAR SERIES for PSWs about providing care during COVID. I was touched by the stories he shared, by the points that he made, and by the responses/input from those who attended.

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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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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

JUNE 6, 2024

Being present for the deaths of my father and a dear friend early in my residency deeply impacted who I became as a doctor and as a person. Elizabeth Hart, MD has been recognized as one of the exceptional individuals chosen as a 2024 AAHPM Visionaries in Hospice and Palliative Care.

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GeriPal

MAY 25, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Our guests today present an important rejoinder to the argument that we should refocus away from advance care planning (ACP). Complicated grief? And I also actually think it meets the quadruple aim in that as facilitators, it’s really meaningful to be present in these conversations. Depression?

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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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Red M.D.

OCTOBER 8, 2020

The cause of death imprinted on that death certificate, along with the fear, pain and suffering that I assume it caused my dad, and the grief, sadness and never-ending longing that it evoked within me and many members of my family, is never far from my mind. For me, it works. I also find myself wondering: What happened? Provided more comfort?

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The Bucket-List Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 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 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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