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George Mark Children’s House Launches Pediatric Palliative Nurse Training Program

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California-based GMCH operates a pediatric palliative care center in the San Leandro area near San Francisco. GMCH offers hospice, palliative, perinatal, respite and bereavement care, along with art, music and various other therapies.

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The State of the Hospice Nursing Workforce 

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Honing clinical scheduling and onboarding models is key to sustaining the hospice nurse workforce as demand for these clinicians rises and wages lag compared to those in other settings. Much of that was because new nursing students who come into the industry are often ill-equipped to understand the big picture.

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Hospices’ 2024 Public Policy Priorities 

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Hospices have been advocating for lawmakers and regulators to take action on curbing fraud, supporting veterans and bolstering the health care workforce. Battling fraud Reports of unethical or illegal practices have surged, particularly among hundreds of newly certified hospices in California, Texas, Nevada and Arizona. Recently Rep.

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Facility-Bound Hospice Patients Less Likely to Get SIA Visits

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Hospice providers in facility-based settings may be underutilizing Medicare’s service intensity add-on (SIA). Researchers analyzed 2020 claims data to identify associations between SIA utilization and hospice Medicare beneficiaries’ characteristics such as site of service, level of care and length of stay, among others. fewer minutes.

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Community Education Crucial to Improving Hospice Access Among Unhoused Populations

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Identifying patients and finding referral sources are two challenging issues when it comes to reaching homeless populations in need of hospice. Hospices are challenged to care for patients who are unhoused, as some living situations can pose safety risks and make it difficult to provide quality care effectively, Snodgrass indicated.

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Breaking the Silence: The Mounting Need for Trauma-Informed Hospice Care

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Traumatized and abused hospice patients and providers often experience an array of lingering physical, emotional and psychological effects that can fall into a silent abyss of unmet needs. Hospices must also take into account that the prevalence of violence, abuse and trauma may be similar among their workforce, Fisher added.

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Challenges in Hospice Care for Terminal Anorexia Patients

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Hospice providers navigate various challenges when addressing unmet needs and goals of care among patients with severe enduring anorexia nervosa. Hospice providers also navigate a number of challenges when it comes to the varying laws and ethical considerations involved with patient admission, goals of care and decision making, she indicated.