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Benefits of In-Home Hospice Care

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Choosing in-home hospice care is a deeply personal decision that can profoundly impact the well-being of a patient in their final stages of life. Contact Hospice Promise if you or a loved one needs routine hospice care.

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As Inpatient Hospice Doors Swing Open, Others Slam Shut Nationwide

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Patient preferences are trending towards home-based hospice care, leaving some inpatient facilities between a rock and a hard place. Meanwhile, other hospices diversify and expand their inpatient service capabilities. Shifting care preferences are another driving force behind the closure, according to MercyOne.

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VITAS, Big Bend, Heart to Heart, Family Hospice Unveil New Locations

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The company provides continuing education credits to health care providers in other settings, such as assisted living facilities, to help spread awareness about the benefits of hospice care. The facility will provide hospice care to patients requiring higher levels of pain and symptom management in a home-like environment.

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Regulators Extend Some Telemedicine Flexibilities, Gauge Telehealth’s ‘New Path Forward’ in Hospice

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The temporary telemedicine waivers, along with other telehealth flexibilities, have been crucial in removing some of the most significant barriers to hospice care amid prolific workforce shortages that were exacerbated by the pandemic, according to Madison Summers, manager of public affairs at the National Alliance for Care at Home. “An

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UNC Health Southeastern Sells Home-Based Hospice Program to Lower Cape Fear LifeCare

Hospice News

In 2019, the most recent year for which county-specific data are available, 823 Robeson residents were admitted to a hospice. About 585 died while receiving hospice care that year. Statewide, more than 57,000 patients elected hospice in 2021, the U.S. Census Bureau.

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The Ups and Downs of Inpatient Hospice Care: New Facilities Open as Others Close

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The facility marks the company’s first steps into inpatient care. Oasis had previously offered in-home hospice across three counties in the state. Dubbed House of Gresham, staff at the facility will provide acute care for patients at the end of life. Construction recently began on the 14,000-square-foot center.

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Sangre de Cristo Taps New CEO, YoloCares Names Palliative Care Director

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YoloCares is among the nonprofit hospices that make up the California Hospice Network, joining the coalition last year. The network is designed to support providers’ ability to grow and sustain community-based hospice care and leverage their collective scale and resources in value-based payment programs.