Hospice News

APRIL 7, 2025

The disparities may result from the geographic availability of high-quality hospices or the referrals that beneficiaries receive from their plans contracted hospitals and nursing homes, the researchers wrote in the study. Consumers need better information on hospice quality. Researchers from UH and ALU LIKE Inc.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

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. She recently spoke about her work at the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) annual conference. You’ve personally been a caregiver yourself.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

She is a guest host and she’s a palliative care social worker. Alex 00:31 And we have Kate Duchowny, who’s a social epidemiologist and assistant professor at the University of Michigan, where it is freezing cold. Alex 00:03 This is Alex Smith. Eric 00:04 And Alex, we have somebody in the room with us. Alex 00:07 We do.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

RCFEs, boarding cares, nursing homes. Sheryl: Oh, and I love that you stumbled over that word because people who’ve been working in this field, assisted living facilities, and I mean this seriously, they call that the F-word. Eric: And how is assisted living community different than a nursing home?

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Hospice News

JUNE 21, 2022

The institution has been in operation for more than 100 years, inspired by a group of women in Europe who brought patients into their homes to receive care. In the late 1990s, we began a hospice and home care program with the primary interest being hospice. Most of the home care services these days would be called palliative home care.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, 22 (5):392-400 / PMID: 32740304. Summary Transcript Summary. Eric and I weren’t sure what to call this podcast – storytelling and medicine? Narrative medicine? We discussed it with today’s guests Heather Coats, palliative care NP-scientist, and Thor Ringler, poet. Schilling, L., SPONSOR:

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Last year VNA Health Group enhanced its dementia care training programs for social work and nursing staff, with an emphasis on its home health patients. Patients may be receiving some kind of behavioral health support, but even when available these interventions are time-limited or poorly aligned amidst myriad scenarios.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Alex: Today we are delighted to welcome Heather Coats, who’s a palliative care nurse practitioner and scientist and Director of Research at the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, or HPNA, an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado and Schutz College of Nursing. Alex: This is Alex Smith. Heather: Sure.

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

I’m unsure what they do, how often they’re used, and who pays for their work. I have a lot of questions, because I have never worked within end-of-life doula in my 20 years of doing palliative care. Despite this, in my 20-year career as a palliative care physician, I have yet to see a death doula in the wild. Why Beth? John: I do.

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High Peaks Hospice

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The program was unique, providing family oriented comprehensive services which included medical, nursing, social work, spiritual care, volunteer support, bereavement services as well as the availability of specialty care by physical therapists, nutritionists and speech therapists.

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Seasons Hospice

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Hospice care can be provided in a variety of settings, including the patient’s home, a hospice center, or a nursing home. Most hospice care programs provide services such as nursing care, social work services, chaplain services, and bereavement counseling. Myth 5: Hospice care means giving up.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 29, 2022

.” What frustrates me is that so much of our education, either in medical school or nursing school or social work, we’re not taught to handle conflict. You can speak a little bit about what you’ve learned in social work school. Autonomy is the number one thing in social work.

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