Hospice News
MAY 28, 2024
Stoneridge Hospice has opened a new palliative care branch in Scottsdale, Arizona. “Our decision to establish a palliative care branch in Scottsdale aligns with our mission to provide comfort, dignity and support to individuals and families during challenging times,” said Patti Brazel, executive director at Stoneridge Hospice.
Hospice News
JANUARY 23, 2024
After five years of planning, the post-acute services provider AccentCare recently re-organized its bereavement care services, which are now coordinated from a national center. Among AccentCare’s services, bereavement care is its most widely used, about 65,000 people per day.
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Hospice News
JUNE 29, 2023
Hospices often lack the financial and staffing resources needed to fully support bereaved families. As with nursing, the industry-wide labor shortage has impacted bereavement care, which is an underfunded service, according to Dr. Dawn Gross, palliative care physician at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Health.
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
Connecticut-based Regional Hospice recently opened a new grief support center to extend its bereavement services further across the state’s northwestern region. The opening expands upon the nonprofit hospice’s existing bereavement services, according to Regional Hospice President and CEO Cynthia Emiry Roy. “We
Hospice News
APRIL 10, 2024
A lack of trained staff and evolving health laws are among the leading barriers to expanding perinatal palliative and hospice care among underserved populations. With regards to racial disparity, we know it’s out there,” Fisher told Hospice News. That drives who goes to perinatal hospice and who receives a certain type of care.
Hospice News
JANUARY 17, 2024
More than 70% of respondents to a survey by the bereavement care tech platIform Empathy reported at least one mental health symptom for a few weeks after the death of a loved one; 58% indicated that the symptoms lasted for several months. Symptoms included depression and anxiety, among others. Estimates suggest that U.S.
Hospice News
APRIL 24, 2024
Health systems are increasingly growing their hospice and palliative care service lines, with philanthropy among the key ways to fuel these programs’ sustainability. Some hospices have temporarily halted or shuttered their programs due to a lack of funding or staff.
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