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

Hospice News

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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Calls Grow Louder for Greater Federal Support of Rural Hospices

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A lack of trained hospice and palliative care professionals in rural regions also presents a barrier to access. The legislation has taken a circuitous route through Congress in recent years, repeatedly reintroduced without passing since 2017.

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Improving Nursing Home Quality: Jasmine Travers, Alice Bonner, Isaac Longobardi, and Mike Wasserman

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Summary Transcript Summary In April 2022, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) issued a report on how the United States delivers, regulates, finances, and measures the quality of nursing home care. We have Alice Bonner, who’s Chair of the Moving Forward Nursing Home Quality Coalition.

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The Roots of Palliative Care: Michael Kearney, Sue Britton, and Justin Sanders

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Alex Smith Links Link to the McGill National Grand Rounds Series on Palliative Care , Michael Kearney as initial presenter, and registration for future events. She started her career as a nurse and probably her heightened that worked against her. Is that how we presented ourselves? And love that Jim Croce choice. Ive got a name.

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Palliative Researcher Oliver: Family Caregivers Are Also Patients

Hospice News

That assumes that you have somebody at home who’s willing and able to take care of you. And if we don’t make that happen, those patients end up in the hospital or they end up in nursing homes. I was a hospice manager, and I had the philosophy, first, that social workers are a lot cheaper than nurses.

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Trauma-Informed Care: A Podcast with Mariah Robertson, Kate Duchowny, and Ashwin Kotwal

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She is a guest host and she’s a palliative care social worker. I’m wondering if we can think about that structured approach if I just present the case and how you all would think about it from a trauma informed. Eric 00:04 And Alex, we have somebody in the room with us. Alex 00:07 We do. Welcome back, Anne.

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How Hospice, Behavioral Health May Cross Paths

Hospice News

“I cannot pinpoint exactly how people will do it, but I do expect more attention and program- and service-line development in mental and behavioral health within the home health and hospice sectors,” VNA Health Group President and CEO Steven Landers told Hospice News. I think that’s going to be a continuing area of focus.”

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