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Preventing Adverse Drug Events in Hospice Care

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Identification of risk factors for ADRs may prevent occurrences in the complex palliative care patient.” Impacts on quality, compliance Adverse drug reactions can detract from the overall experience of hospice care for patients and their families, Krout said.

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CMS: Concurrent Hospice Care Improves Quality, Reduces Costs

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its fifth and final report on the Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM), which studied the effects of allowing individuals to receive hospice care without foregoing other treatments. The agency launched the MCCM in 2016.

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Incarcerated Seniors Lack Access to Hospice Care

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Garlock previously provided prison-based hospice care to fellow incarcerated individuals at the Kilby Correctional Facility, part of the Alabama Department of Corrections system. Quality issues are tied to a limited supply of clinicians who are trained to provide hospice care in prison settings, Garlock indicated.

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Breaking the Silence: The Mounting Need for Trauma-Informed Hospice Care

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This could lead to patients potentially dying without access to hospice support with a range of unmet emotional, physical and psychosocial needs, according to Lindsey Owen, executive director of Disability Rights Vermont.

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How Former President Carter Helped Shape Hospice Care

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As Jimmy Carter marks his sixth month in hospice care, the provider community is raising awareness by saluting the former president. The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) convened a group of hospice leaders at Times Square in New York City to commemorate Carter’s hospice experience.

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Hospice Care Found Lacking in Assisted Living Setting

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More research is needed to better understand quality outcomes and ties between referral patterns among assisted living providers and hospices, the researchers indicated. It is likely that some other factors may have drawn lower-quality hospice agencies to ALs.

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Awareness, Education Keys to Trauma-Informed Hospice Care

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Abuse and trauma experiences impact those delivering and receiving hospice care in many ways, some evident and some less apparent, according to Carole Fisher, president, National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI). Victims of financial abuse lose up to $36.5 billion annually nationwide, the report found.