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Michigan Center for Rural Health Working to Expand Rural Palliative Care

Hospice News

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. This phase will also include cross-collaboration among communities to share best practices and lessons learned.

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How Gender-Affirming Care Bans Could Impact Hospice Access, Utilization

Hospice News

What’s happening in these states has caused mounting concern around access to quality hospice care for LGBTQ+ individuals, according to Kimberly Acquaviva, social worker and professor at the University of Virginia’s School of Nursing. “This number has grown tremendously and exponentially.

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Care Dimensions CEO: New Hospice Clinicians Seek Mentorship

Hospice News

That helps relieve some of the work that we put on our nurses and social workers. A lot of it was in person, and now it’s now transformed more into webinars and online discussions, which have actually allowed it to expand across the country. We’ve increased the number of licensed practical nurses.

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Hope Produces Town Hall Webinars

Hope Hospice

This free webinar series will be produced via Zoom ( get a free account ). Webinar logon details: [link]. Webinar logon details: [link]. Webinar logon details: [link]. Panelists: Veronica Martin, MSW, ASW, Hope Hospice Supervisor of Medical Social Workers. Wednesday, May 20, 5:30–6:30 p.m.

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5 Most Game-Changing Hospice Deals from 2022

Hospice News

We are clearly looking to expand into [licensed clinical social workers and licensed clinical professional counselors] and other behavioral health services as a means of being a partner to our other referral sources for a full-range of home based services, including behavioral health.”. “It

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How Hospices Can Improve Health Equity for Rural-Based LGBTQ+ Seniors

Hospice News

“I think one of the things that feels like the tip of the iceberg for my team is loneliness and hopelessness,” Ritzau told Hospice News during the Palliative Care Executive Webinar Series. “I I think increasingly in our world, sadly, many rural people are alone. I think especially LGBTQ+ elders end up alone. Nurses have a right to speak out.

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Palliative Researcher Oliver: Family Caregivers Are Also Patients

Hospice News

I was asked to speak at a virtual webinar a few weeks ago on this issue, and I wanted to be honest about how difficult the caregiving experience is. I was a hospice manager, and I had the philosophy, first, that social workers are a lot cheaper than nurses. I propose that is the social worker.

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