Hospice News
MAY 26, 2023
Three important considerations can help hospices recruit and retain social workers — a respectful workplace culture, reasonable workloads and continuing education opportunities. Workforce shortages remain the industry’s most damaging headwind, and that includes social workers.
Hospice News
MARCH 4, 2025
This approach addresses both medical needs and social determinants of health, which are crucial components of effective palliative care.By A new partnership between Humana Inc. NYSE: HUM) and Thyme Care promises to expand access to palliative care among the oncology care companys patient population.
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Hospice News
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
The program operates under WesleyLifes hospice umbrella, with a dedicated nurse practitioner and social worker leading patient care. Our nurse practitioner and social worker collaborate with each patients primary care physician and specialists to ensure seamless communication and coordination.
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Patient and family participants in the intervention arm of the IN-PEACE study received monthly check-ins via telephone for up to two years from a nurse or social worker to help caregivers manage issues such as patients neuropsychiatric symptoms, caregiver distress and palliative care concerns such as advance care planning and referral to hospice.
Hospice News
JANUARY 16, 2023
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.”.
Hospice News
JANUARY 29, 2025
Huse and Saint Martin cite interest in a multidisciplinary approach, including physicians, nurses, community health workers, chaplains, and social workers, as well as family caregivers. Recent studies have established a dire need for palliative care in rural areas, and the state of Michigan is no stranger to this situation.
Hospice News
MARCH 12, 2025
Navigating the nuanced differences of adult versus pediatric palliative care delivery can be a challenging feat for seriously ill youths as they age and transition between these two realms. Daniel Karlin, associate clinical professor University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) David Geffen School of Medicine.
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