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Hospices Unveil New Inpatient, Grief Facilities Amid Rising Demand

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In addition to hospice, Anthony House also offers grief services as part of its Supportive Care Ministries program for bereaved individuals. Dubbed The Retreat at Quarters Lake, services available at the new center include individual grief counseling and support groups, as well as art, music and pet therapies. To date, more 1.2

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7 ‘Hidden Gem’ Hospice News Stories in 2024

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Addus earlier this month closed a $350 million acquisition of Gentivas personal care business. Though Addus has focused on growing its personal care and home health services, hospice remains a pillar of its strategy. Hospices have taken varied approaches to shaping their youth grief programs, but common threads exist.

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Inside AccentCare’s New, Centralized Approach to Bereavement Care  

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This centralization was designed to ensure consistency in its grief care operations and to ensure comparable quality across the company’s national footprint, Yelena Zatulovsky, vice-president of patient experience for AccentCare, said at the Home Care 100 Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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When Nurses Are Caught Between Hospital Policy and Frustrated Family Members

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We understood the need to give space for the messy, complicated ways grief can manifest, but we also deserve to work in a safe environment. Were we to simply yield to the family’s demands to ignore the policy and remain nonconfrontational about their aggressive behavior, out of a desire to be sympathetic to their grief?

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Heart to Heart Hospice Expands Footprint in Oklahoma

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Hospice utilization rates in Oklahoma reached 47.77% among Medicare decedents in 2022, reported the National Alliance for Care at Home. Heart to Heart provides hospice, palliative care and grief support. The hospice also provides disease-focused programs dubbed as Care Bridge Cancer Care and Care Bridge Cardiac Care.

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Hospice, Home-Based Care Employees Report Feeling Unsafe at Work

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They are entering a space that is very personal to provide very personalized care. Family caregivers are going to receive them with open arms and be grateful for the care that they are there to provide,” Nicole McCann-Davis, senior client advisor and research director for Transcend, told Hospice News.

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Angela Hospice’s New Inpatient Facility; Hosparus Opens PACE Center

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Angela Hospice provides adult and pediatric hospice, palliative care and grief support across Oakland County in southern Michigan. PACE Center, we embark on a new chapter to revolutionize health care accessibility and enhance the quality of life in the communities we serve,” Cook said in an announcement.

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