Hospice News

AUGUST 23, 2022

A veteran of the senior services sector, Health has spent his 30-year career as a leader of hospice, senior housing, long term care, and PACE programs, in addition to a stint as a health care lobbyist. I also think that we have to look at the potential new relationships out there with long term care.

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Caregiver Support Services

JANUARY 31, 2025

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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Hospice Promise

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Hospice Promise’s Social Worker, Nick Farinella, LMSW, shared a few resources and organizations that offer caregiver support. Area Agency on Aging: This nonprofit organization offers services for older adults, caregivers, and those with long-term care needs. We hope some of these resources can help.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 10, 2024

New Jersey-based Valley Health System is partnering with Family of Caring Healthcare to offer palliative services to their patients. Family of Caring Healthcare System includes 10 health and rehabilitation centers that provide subacute care and rehabilitative services, assisted living, and long-term care.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

“Hosparus sounds a lot like hospice, and so many of our community colleagues were not referring patients,” Dillon told Palliative Care News. “So, So, we thought it was really important to make sure we differentiated ourselves from the Hospice business line.”

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AT Home Care & Hospice

APRIL 25, 2023

A multidisciplinary team can include your doctor, spiritual counselor, social worker, and bereavement counselor to name a few. These are settings that reside outside of the hospital and can include skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), long-term care hospitals (LTCHs), inpatient rehabilitation centers and home care agencies.

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Shining Light Hospice

MAY 14, 2023

Caregiver burnout is a state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion that results from long-term care of a loved one. How Hospice Can Help With Caregiver Burnout Hospice care can also be an essential resource for caregivers of loved ones with a terminal illness.

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Hope Hospice

JUNE 15, 2020

Home health care is specialized medical care that is ordered by a physician and is administered by trained healthcare professionals such as nurses, physician assistants, physical therapists, occupational therapists, medical social workers, dietitians, etc. Home health care is covered by Medicare and most insurances.

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Hope Hospice

JUNE 15, 2020

Home health care is specialized medical care that is ordered by a physician and is administered by trained healthcare professionals such as nurses, physician assistants, physical therapists, occupational therapists, medical social workers, dietitians, etc. Home health care is covered by Medicare and most insurances.

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Hope Hospice

JUNE 15, 2020

Hope Hospice is publishing a five-part monthly series about common family caregiver mistakes. This series is written by Debbie Emerson , MS, Hope Hospice Community Health Educator. Home health care is covered by Medicare and most insurances. However, there may be other options that can help: Long-term care insurance.

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Traditions Health

APRIL 14, 2024

Founded in 2008 on compassion and clinical excellence, Traditions Health has grown to become a trusted in-home hospice care provider with 79 hospice locations across 18 states, including Texas, Oklahoma, and Missouri. Learn more about hospice care from a trusted and nationally recognized provider today.

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Home Care Pulse

AUGUST 11, 2022

98% of agencies were negatively impacted by care staff shortages last year, meaning only 2% of providers are confident that they have adequate staff to run their agency—the worst it’s been in 3 years. Yet it also ranks among the top 5 industries with the highest workforce shortages.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 31, 2024

Palliative care, pediatric end-of-life care and end-of-life doula (EOLD) services are top of mind for hospices that are diversifying their services in 2024. There’s going to be so much change around value-based care coming in some way, shape or form for hospices,” Kudner told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In many instances, hospices will not be able to provide care if patients lack the support of a family caregiver. Her work is informed not only by her career of more than 20 years as a hospice professional but also by her experience as a caregiver for her husband. You’ve personally been a caregiver yourself.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 20, 2023

He’s a geriatrician and Chair of Public Policy for the California Association of Long-Term Care Medicine. For example, bachelor’s degrees for social workers. You mentioned hospices, staffing agencies. The issue is that we don’t have a long-term care system.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

This article is based on a Hospice News discussion with Jason Banks, vice president of post-acute business development at nVoq. This discussion took place on September 7, 2023 during the Hospice News ELEVATE Conference. Let’s just dig into what the problem is with that renewed focus on quality in hospice.

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Traditions Health

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

If you are caring for a veteran who is terminally ill or nearing the end of life, hospice care can be a smart choice. Corresponding with remedial care, hospice care focuses on facilitating a patient’s quality of life rather than extending its length. rather than merely managing their physical symptoms.

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Traditions Health

JANUARY 23, 2023

Common Questions About Hospice Care Coming to terms that a loved one may require hospice care to manage symptoms and provide social and psychological support at the end of their life can be difficult. What Is Hospice? What Is Included in Hospice Care? How Does Hospice Care Work?

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Hospice of the North Coast

MARCH 9, 2021

As they navigate their healthcare benefits, long-term care plans, and end-of-life issues, those men and women who served our country may find themselves needing services themselves. Hospice Care Benefits. Contact us for more information on Hospice of the North Coast’s Veterans Program.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary Last week we talked about a trial of a nurse and social worker outpatient palliative care intervention published in JAMA. And you had higher rates of hospice discharges, higher rates of DNR orders. So those were the three. Scott: Wow, it’s like you read the paper. Eric: Okay.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

JANUARY 18, 2022

This is especially true in healthcare settings like home health and hospice when care is being provided in the patient’s home. For instance, as a hospice nurse, you spend a significant amount of time with your patients and their families. It’s these intimate moments that make you fall in love with hospice nursing.

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Home Care Pulse

JUNE 27, 2023

I mean, whether you’re, you have a background in inpatient rehab or skilled nursing facilities or home health or hospice, or even physicians and physician groups. And there absolutely may be with long-term care insurance, with Medicare Advantage opportunities, with va, with Medicaid.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

And sure enough, yeah, we hospice and let her die at home in a couple days, very quietly. Bill 45:17 Well, Louise touched on one, which I’ve been a big fan of, and I think anyone doing ICU training should spend some time in a long term care facility to begin to see the benefits of their work. They’re too busy.

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GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

I’m a geriatrically trained social worker and it was my grandmother. And so- Eric: A lot of care was just a tiny, tiny baby by that back then. The long-term care is being actually provided in the community at a much higher rate than what the formal system provides. Greg: Yeah, great question.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

And these care navigator, they can be community health worker with just 12 years of education. They can be a- Diane: Social worker. Malaz: Social worker, anybody. So a dozen state, they have to be trained obviously, and they have to be able to provide the comprehensive dementia care model.

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