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VA Study Finds 95% Increase in Palliative Care Utilization When Patients Have Access to Social Workers

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Patients are more likely to receive palliative care if they can access social workers through their primary care providers, Veterans Health Administration (VA) research has found. These findings suggest that social workers may increase access to and/or use of palliative care.”.

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Mahogany CEO: Hospice on Cusp of ‘Tremendous Revolution’

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Ohio is among the top 10 states for hospice utilization, but for some populations that rate has not gone up. A dire need exists to be able to better support physicians, hospital discharge planners and social workers on culturally relevant approaches to care at home and having end-of-life conversations with minority families and patients.

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Hospices Stepping Up Performance on Visits-in-Last-Days-of-Life Measure

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Hospices, in aggregate, are showing improvement on the quality measure for visits in the last days of life. The number of registered nurse and social worker visits during a patient’s final week is one of the seven quality measures that CMS uses to evaluate providers. In 2019, for example, the percentage was 66%.

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Hospice News’ Top 10 Stories of 2022

Hospice News

The following are the most-read Hospice News articles of 2022. #1 1 Social Workers Leaving Hospice, Health Care in Record Numbers (July 11). One seldom-discussed aspect of this year’s pervasive labor shortage was the number of social workers who had left the field. million hospice fraud scheme.

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Global Partners in Care Program Fosters International Collaboration on Palliative Care

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The Indiana-based palliative care provider Center for Hospice Care (CHC) is looking beyond its immediate community and has developed networks that impact palliative care on a global scale. Under the NHPCO umbrella, the Center for Hospice Care became a partner in the program in 2008, Ahern said. “It

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Understanding the 7 C’s of Palliative Care

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Palliative care plays a significant role in improving the quality of life for individuals managing serious illnesses. It addresses physical, emotional, psychological, and social well-being. For caregivers, understanding the 7 Cs of palliative care can transform the caregiving experience into a meaningful and supportive one.

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Telling the ‘Story of Hospice’ in 2023: Perspectives from 8 Industry Leaders

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Also, more care is going to a home-based environment. A big part of this transformation for us is leveraging our expertise as a home-based care organization at our roots because most hospice care has been provided in the home, but using those roots to now expand home-based services beyond hospice.

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