Palliative care Related Topics 
Hospice News
JANUARY 8, 2025
Patients with serious mental illnesses (SMI) have a range of complex needs that greater integration of psychiatry into palliative care could help address. Danielle Chammas, palliative care physician and psychiatrist at University California, San Franciscos (UCSF) School of Medicine.
Hospice News
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Cancer patients generally need palliative care, but widespread misperceptions often stand in their way, both among the public and many clinicians themselves. This is according to Nadine Barrett, president of the Association of Cancer Care Centers (ACCC). Do most cancer patients have access to palliative care?
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Hospice News
JANUARY 3, 2025
Interdisciplinary palliative care delivery can help to improve quality and health disparities among underserved cancer patient populations, according to oncology specialists. Palliative care providers have sought to strengthen their referral strategies with oncologists in order to better reach patients.
Hospice News
OCTOBER 28, 2024
The presence of an embedded palliative care practitioner in the emergency department can significantly improve patient outcomes and reduce costs. These results make sense when you consider the skill sets and outcomes associated with palliative care in the hospital and other settings, according to VanderWel.
Hospice News
MARCH 26, 2025
Serious and terminally ill children and their families often have limited options when it comes to pediatric hospice, respite and palliative care. The first is education and awareness of the issues in pediatric palliative care and respite. A national public awareness program is seeking to change this trend.
Hospice News
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
The Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act, currently winding its way through Congress, would likely increase access to hospice and palliative care for veterans, if enacted. Palliative care is foundational to geriatric care, and geriatric care is what PACE is all about.
Hospice News
DECEMBER 17, 2024
The health care community should integrate palliative care into all aspects of post-stroke treatments, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association (AHA). Integrating palliative care principles into stroke care is fundamental for all patients and at every stage after a stroke.
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