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New Directors at Iowa River, Home Health of the Ozarks; C-Suite Shifts at Elara Caring, VIA Health

Hospice News

Home Health of the Ozarks offers home-based services across the same 40-mile geographic region, including skilled nursing, personal care, respite, medical social services and rehabilitation therapies. Callaway previously worked as a nurse manager of UnityPoint Health.

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Two Hospices Halt Services Amid Staffing Shortages

Hospice News

in 2018, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). Personal care and social work referrals will also end. “But Hospice utilization among Medicare decedents in Alaska was the lowest in the nation in 2018 at 22.8% Vermont hospice shuts down three service lines.

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On the Value of Social Work in Palliative Care

Pallimed

by Vickie Leff ( @VickieLeff ) Another year, another study proving the value of the palliative care social worker. This adds to what we already knew: involvement of social work impacts quality of care and patient satisfaction (Auerbach, 2007; O’Donnell et al., These misconceptions are common. Quite a wide gamut.

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The Fastest Growing US Hospice Companies

Hospice News

HealthFlex provides home health, hospice, palliative care, social work, and personal care. Oakland, California-based Healthflex has made Inc.’s s list several years running. The company reached No. 2,299 this year, achieving growth of 255%.

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Telehealth vs In-Person Palliative Care: A Podcast with Joseph Greer, Lynn Flint, Simone Rinaldi, and Vicki Jackson

GeriPal

In one corner, weighing in at decades of experience, well known for heavy hits of bedside assessments, strong patient-family relationships, and a knockout punch of interdisciplinary collaboration, we have in-person palliative care consults. Alex 01:06 Yeah, go in person. We have telehealth delivered palliative care.

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What Services Does Hospice Provide?

Seasons Hospice

There’s a lot of confusion surrounding what hospice care is and what it does. A study conducted by the Journal of Palliative Medicine found that many hospice patients still hold significant misperceptions regarding hospice’s role in their care. . Personal care support aides can provide non-medical care for your loved one.

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Social Workers as Leaders on Palliative Care Teams: A Podcast with Barbara Jones

GeriPal

In day-to-day practice, It’s hard to imagine providing excellent hospice or palliative care services without access to a team social worker. Whether in direct practice or in research and academia, we should work together to help Hospice and Palliative Care Social Work meet its full potential. . Transcript.