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Hospice, Palliative Care Providers Leverage Education Programs to Attract and Keep Staff

Hospice News

Palliative care and hospice providers are enhancing their staff education programs in an effort to better ensure they have a sustainable workforce. More millennials are enter the health care workforce as more baby boomers retire. In many companies, a changing of the guard is underway.s

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Federal Funds Reignite Hospice Nurse Recruitment Initiative

Hospice News

A new hospice nursing recruitment effort has launched in the New England region after being stalled by the pandemic. The recruitment initiative is the fruit of a collaboration between Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire (VNH) and the Home Care, Hospice & Palliative Care Alliance of New Hampshire (the Alliance).

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Aging Media Network, a WTWH Healthcare Company, Announces the Frontline Honors Class of 2023

Hospice News

With nominations in the categories of Behavioral Health, Home Health & Home Care, Hospice & Palliative Care, Senior Housing & Senior Living, and Skilled Nursing (SNF), the program showcases exemplary character and performance of frontline workers across the care continuum.

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Future Leaders: Tej Dhillon, Founder and CEO, Seva Hospice

Hospice News

One day, a home health nurse came into the facility and said, “You should get into home health.” My father was a little older at the time, and he did eventually go down the path of wanting to start a home health company, and then I had joined him in that endeavor.

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Caring for Medically Complex Children Takes a Village

Nurse.com

The home health nurse could also call us. The focus of the model, she said, is to be a hub for families to help them navigate the healthcare system and the child’s health care. The programs may also address mental health needs by connecting families with social services.

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Leading Nursing Trends for 2023

Nurse.com

The travel nursing industry thrived during the COVID-19 pandemic, as nurses were leaving the bedside due to the stress and difficulties they faced. Although the market for travel nurses has cooled somewhat with the decrease in hospitalizations, travel nurses will continue to be a needed resource.

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Who Solves the Direct Care Workforce Shortage? Family Caregivers

The Caregiving Years Training Academy

In June, my dad was discharged from the hospital and back to his apartment with home health and palliative care. When his home health nurse visited him the day after he returned home, I asked if we also could have a home health aide. “If If we have one available,” she said.