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Elevate Podcast: Arlen Gaines, Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Director of Hospice Social Services, JSSA Hospice

Hospice News

MAY 15, 2024

On the Frontline of Hospice Care: The Social Worker Perspective In this episode, Hospice News Senior Reporter Holly Vossel speaks with Arlen Gaines, licensed clinical social worker and director of hospice social services at JSSA Hospice, about the turnover and retention factors among hospice social workers, a core part of the interdisciplinary team.

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Tell me how I can help: Meet a hospice social worker

HopeHealth

MARCH 1, 2024

“What would you like us to know about you, so we can care for you the way you want to be cared for?” Hospice social worker Laura McGuire usually asks patients this first. The post Tell me how I can help: Meet a hospice social worker appeared first on HopeHealth. It’s just the beginning.

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Breaking Down Barriers: The Crucial Role of Social Workers in Dispelling Hospice Misconceptions

Hospice News

JANUARY 22, 2024

Social workers have an increasingly important role to play in breaking down barriers among underserved populations, including misconceptions about hospice that can deter or dampen utilization. Gaines has worked in the hospice field for more than 15 years.

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VA Study Finds 95% Increase in Palliative Care Utilization When Patients Have Access to Social Workers

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.”.

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A safe space, a trusted resource: Meet a hospice social worker

HopeHealth

MARCH 7, 2023

Social workers provide everything from emotional support to help with community and financial resources. Here’s how they fit into a hospice team. The post A safe space, a trusted resource: Meet a hospice social worker appeared first on HopeHealth.

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The Crucial Role of Social Workers in Hospice Care

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JUNE 20, 2023

Hospice care plays a significant role in providing comfort, support, and dignity to individuals with life-limiting illnesses and their families. Amidst the physical, emotional, and spiritual challenges faced during this delicate time, social workers emerge as invaluable members of the hospice interdisciplinary team.

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Terminal Anorexia Patients Hitting Referral, Regulatory Barriers to Hospice Care

Hospice News

MAY 31, 2024

Opportunities exist to formulate improved plans for concurrent hospice care among pediatric patients in particular, she added. So if there are ways to sort of demonstrate efficacy, it might be to start with the insurance models that actually offered hospice care.”

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What is the Role of a Hospice Social Worker?

Sahara Hospice Care

OCTOBER 25, 2021

A hospice social worker offers many qualities in which helps support the process of hospice. Learn more about the role of a hospice social worker. What is a social worker? Duties of a social worker. A hospice social worker doesn’t know how everyday looks like.

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Awareness, Education Keys to Trauma-Informed Hospice Care

Hospice News

DECEMBER 7, 2023

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). We have a duty to look out for this in anyone, a social worker, physician, nurse or patient.

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VITAS, Gentiva, Home Health & Hospice Care Expand Inpatient Services; Banner Health Shutters Hospice Programs in Phoenix

Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

VITAS Healthcare Expands Hospital-Based Inpatient Hospice Center Chemed Corp. NYSE: CHE) VITAS Healthcare recently expanded its inpatient hospice care unit at the Florida-based Broward Health Medical Center. Miami-based VITAS has provided community- and facility-based hospice care in the Broward County area since 1980.

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Hospices Stepping Up Performance on Visits-in-Last-Days-of-Life Measure

Hospice News

MARCH 14, 2024

Hospices, in aggregate, are showing improvement on the quality measure for visits in the last days of life. The number of registered nurse and social worker visits during a patient’s final week is one of the seven quality measures that CMS uses to evaluate providers. In 2019, for example, the percentage was 66%.

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DHGE-CommonSpirit Health Social Work Fellowship to Include Hospice, Health Equity Training

Hospice News

AUGUST 22, 2023

The workforce solutions provider Dignity Health Global Education (DHGE) is collaborating with CommonSpirit Health on a new Social Work Fellowship Program that will include training in hospice and palliative care. We have a lot of social workers that come to us very excited, often with a really strong academic background.

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Hospices Leverage Community Resources to Serve Vulnerable Homeless Populations

Hospice News

AUGUST 13, 2024

“Coordinating care between health care providers, social services and other community partners can ensure comprehensive support,” Chase said. “In In addition to helping avoid costly unnecessary ER visits, hospice care can help manage pain and symptoms, providing better comfort and quality of life.”

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Nonprofit Startup Emmaus Catholic Hospice: Supportive Culture Key to ‘Rapid Growth’

Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Can you share some of your history and what led your organization to launch a hospice program? Owens: The inception of pivoting from home health to hospice was in 2022. We changed our name and pivoted to provide home hospice care. I was employee number five when I started at Emmaus Catholic Hospice.

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Hospice Care for Veterans

Traditions Health

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

If you are caring for a veteran who is terminally ill or nearing the end of life, hospice care can be a smart choice. Corresponding with remedial care, hospice care focuses on facilitating a patient’s quality of life rather than extending its length. rather than merely managing their physical symptoms.

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Pediatric Hospice Care

Shining Light Hospice

JUNE 4, 2023

When we think of hospice care, it’s common to associate it with older adults nearing the end of their life. However, hospice care is not exclusive to the elderly. Pediatric hospice care exists for children facing life-limiting illnesses, a topic that is less spoken about but is equally crucial.

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NHPCO: CMS Did Not Account for Full Burden of Implementing HOPE Tool

Hospice News

MAY 29, 2024

The tool will replace the Hospice Item Set (HIS) quality reporting system. In contrast to the HIS system which extracts item set data from a patient’s medical record using a standardized mechanism, the HOPE tool will measure aspects of hospice care at different points in the patient’s experience.

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Navigating the Journey: Compassionate Hospice Care for Dementia Patients

Hospice of the North Coast

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Amidst the challenges, the compassion of hospice care for dementia shines as a beacon of hope, offering comfort, dignity, and understanding during life’s final chapter. When Is It Time to Consider Hospice? This focus on enhancing the patient’s physical comfort and effectively managing symptoms is a cornerstone of hospice care.

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Preparing Your Home for Hospice Care: A Practical Guide

Seasons Hospice

AUGUST 12, 2024

Home Hospice Works Home hospice care is an increasingly popular option for patients with terminal illnesses. It offers a compassionate and personalized approach to end-of-life care. Comfort and Familiarity: One of the most significant benefits of home hospice care is its comfort and familiarity.

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Hospice of Davidson County Launches New Children’s Grief Camp

Hospice News

JULY 9, 2024

Established in 1985, the nonprofit provides hospice care in Davidson County, North Carolina, and across roughly 10 surrounding counties in the region. The hospice’s bereavement care staffing model also played a significant role, which includes nurses, spiritual counselors, social workers and volunteers, he added.

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Senators Baldwin and Capito Reintroduce PCHETA

Hospice News

JULY 11, 2023

If enacted, PCHETA would support hospice and palliative care training programs for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers and chaplains. The bill would also expand continuing education and career development programs and incentives in these fields.

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Bill Would Create New State-Level Pediatric Hospice, Palliative Care Program

Hospice News

MARCH 19, 2024

Other stakeholders will include hospice and palliative care providers, as well as hospital-based practitioners, along with various other subject matter experts in the field, Wodatch stated. It’s a much different skill set than caring for a terminally-ill adult with adult children.”

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HAP Foundation, NORC: Structural Racism Impedes Access to Hospice, Palliative Care

Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2024

.” For the study, researchers conducted interviews and focus groups with Black Americans 18 and older who suffer from a serious illness and their caregivers, producing a number of key findings: Knowledge of palliative and hospice care varied among participants. Access to hospice and palliative care is perceived as lacking.

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

Hospice News

JUNE 26, 2023

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.

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Hospice Care versus Home Health Care

Shining Light Hospice

APRIL 8, 2022

In the next section, we will discuss the differences between Hospice and Home Health care. What Is Hospice Care? Hospice is the care provided for a terminally ill patient who has a life expectancy of six months or less. This ensures proper access to medical, emotional, and spiritual care.

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The Roles of Medical Professionals in Hospice Care

Shining Light Hospice

MARCH 27, 2023

The Roles of Medical Professionals in Hospice Care Hospice care is a type of health care that focuses on providing comfort and support to patients and families during the end-of-life process. What Is Hospice Care?

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Navigating Hospice Care: A Holistic Guide to End-of-Life Support

Hospice of the North Coast

AUGUST 25, 2023

Hospice services, a specialized form of care tailored to individuals with terminal illnesses and their families, go beyond mere symptom management – they prioritize comfort and solace. What exactly does hospice care entail? Their aim is to elevate the quality of life.

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How Northeast Georgia Medical Center Rebuilt Its Community-Based Palliative Program

Hospice News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Northeast Georgia’s home-based palliative system started through their hospice operations. According to Dutta, because hospice care is home based and home-focused, it made sense for that group to initiate the in-home palliative care model. two full-time social workers, and part-time chaplains and volunteers.

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Empath Health Launches New PACE Center

Hospice News

JANUARY 11, 2024

Empath’s business lines include hospice, home health care, primary care, palliative care, PACE, AIDS and sexual wellness care, and adult day services to a combined total of more than 23,000 individuals. The organization is the parent company of 17 affiliates and two philanthropic foundations.

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Nick Farinella Shares Valuable Insight into Helping Patients Come to Terms with Needing Hospice Care

Hospice Promise

MARCH 21, 2023

How do people come to terms with deciding it’s time for hospice care? Nick Farinella, Social Worker at Hospice Promise, offers valuable insight into helping patients enter a new stage of life.

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Hospice of Cincinnati, Adventist Health Expand Hospice; Labor Pressures Shutter Midwest-Based Programs

Hospice News

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The inpatient center will allow for smoother transitions to hospice care among eligible hospitalized and emergency patients, as well as home- and community-based referrals, according to Gayle Mattson, president and CEO of Hospice of Cincinnati/HOC Navigators. These include Residential Healthcare Group, among others.

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St. Croix Hospice Leverages Predictive Analytics to Boost Quality

Hospice News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

“What we found with this tool is that we could transition patients in need quicker, identify declines faster and get the appropriate team members there to be with them in a timely fashion, especially during those last and important days of care.” Croix Hospice cares for more than 4,400 patients daily across its 10-state service region.

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Staff Training Key to Improving Hospice Quality Among LGBTQ+ Patients

Hospice News

JUNE 13, 2024

Ongoing staff education and communication skill building are two significant pieces of bridging gaps of hospice care among LGBTQ+ seniors, according to Jerry Farmer, vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion at AccentCare. “As

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Community Hospice & Palliative Care Pediatric Program Doubles Nursing Workforce as Census Grows

Hospice News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Despite obstacles to expanding pediatric hospice care, Community Hospice & Palliative Care, has seen its program’s census and workforce grow. The Florida-based provider is an affiliate of Alivia Care Inc. Its pediatric program, dubbed Community PedsCare, has been more than 20 years in the making.

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Common Questions About Hospice Care

Traditions Health

JANUARY 23, 2023

Common Questions About Hospice Care Coming to terms that a loved one may require hospice care to manage symptoms and provide social and psychological support at the end of their life can be difficult. What Is Hospice? What Is Included in Hospice Care? How Does Hospice Care Work?

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CareAcademy Launches Hospice Curriculum

Hospice News

MARCH 1, 2024

The online clinical training platform CareAcademy has developed a hospice care curriculum. The new curriculum is designed to offer “foundational orientation training” for hospice aides, nurses, volunteers, social workers, chaplains and other spiritual care providers, as well as physicians.

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Is Home Hospice Care A Good Idea?

Seasons Hospice

JUNE 28, 2022

There are plenty of ways to get care and support while making sure that everyone involved is taken care of. One of the biggest support systems is hospice care. Hospice care is a type of medical care that focuses on providing comfort and support to people who are terminally ill.

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Compassionate Hospice Care: Nurturing Dignity and Quality of Life

Hospice of the North Coast

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In the intricate tapestry of healthcare, hospice care stands out as a profound and compassionate approach to navigate the delicate final stages of life. This exploration focuses on the exemplary efforts of Hospice of the North Coast, unraveling the goals of hospice care and highlighting its impact on those in need.

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What Are The Four Levels of Hospice Care?

Seasons Hospice

JULY 15, 2022

Every Level Of Hospice Care Is Important. Hospice care is a type of health care that focuses on providing comfort and support to people who are terminally ill. Hospices typically offer a wide range of services, including pain management, emotional support, and spiritual counseling. Physical Support.

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What Services Does Hospice Care Provide for Patients and Families?

Seasons Hospice

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Hospice Care For Everyone Hospice care is a specialized form of healthcare that focuses on providing support and comfort to individuals facing life-limiting illnesses. In this article, we will delve into the various services that hospice care offers to patients and their families.

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

Hospice News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Gender-affirming hospice care hard to find Not only are hospices in rural regions often stretched thin in terms of available clinical resources, they can also face regulatory challenges around providing gender-affirming training for staff. Nurses have a right to speak out.

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Spiritual Care Key to Addressing Disparities Among Underserved Black Communities

Hospice News

MARCH 11, 2024

Spiritual hospice care providers are an important link to building bridges of access and trust among underserved African American populations. To provide culturally competent hospice care, it is imperative to understand and address this mistrust.

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Homeland at Home Launches Community-Based Palliative Care Program

Hospice News

AUGUST 19, 2022

The provider’s palliative care team includes a physician medical director, social worker and nurse practitioners who now offer in-home palliative care to adult patients 18 and older facing a serious illness. “As Homeland previously provided facility-based palliative services and is now stepping into the home.

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AI, RPM Systems Turning Keys For Compassus

Hospice News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Leveraging technology will be a key to quality outcomes as hospices and home health providers combat workforce shortages amid soaring demand, Templeton said at the Aging Media Network CONTINUUM Conference in Washington, D.C. There’s a human element to it and a patient-centered care element to it that helps advance health care overall.

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Elevate Podcast: Arlen Gaines, Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Director of Hospice Social Services, JSSA Hospice

Tell me how I can help: Meet a hospice social worker

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Breaking Down Barriers: The Crucial Role of Social Workers in Dispelling Hospice Misconceptions

VA Study Finds 95% Increase in Palliative Care Utilization When Patients Have Access to Social Workers

A safe space, a trusted resource: Meet a hospice social worker

The Crucial Role of Social Workers in Hospice Care

Terminal Anorexia Patients Hitting Referral, Regulatory Barriers to Hospice Care

What is the Role of a Hospice Social Worker?

Awareness, Education Keys to Trauma-Informed Hospice Care

VITAS, Gentiva, Home Health & Hospice Care Expand Inpatient Services; Banner Health Shutters Hospice Programs in Phoenix

Hospices Stepping Up Performance on Visits-in-Last-Days-of-Life Measure

DHGE-CommonSpirit Health Social Work Fellowship to Include Hospice, Health Equity Training

Hospices Leverage Community Resources to Serve Vulnerable Homeless Populations

Nonprofit Startup Emmaus Catholic Hospice: Supportive Culture Key to ‘Rapid Growth’

Hospice Care for Veterans

Pediatric Hospice Care

NHPCO: CMS Did Not Account for Full Burden of Implementing HOPE Tool

Navigating the Journey: Compassionate Hospice Care for Dementia Patients

Preparing Your Home for Hospice Care: A Practical Guide

Hospice of Davidson County Launches New Children’s Grief Camp

Senators Baldwin and Capito Reintroduce PCHETA

Bill Would Create New State-Level Pediatric Hospice, Palliative Care Program

HAP Foundation, NORC: Structural Racism Impedes Access to Hospice, Palliative Care

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

Hospice Care versus Home Health Care

The Roles of Medical Professionals in Hospice Care

Navigating Hospice Care: A Holistic Guide to End-of-Life Support

How Northeast Georgia Medical Center Rebuilt Its Community-Based Palliative Program

Empath Health Launches New PACE Center

Nick Farinella Shares Valuable Insight into Helping Patients Come to Terms with Needing Hospice Care

Hospice of Cincinnati, Adventist Health Expand Hospice; Labor Pressures Shutter Midwest-Based Programs

St. Croix Hospice Leverages Predictive Analytics to Boost Quality

Staff Training Key to Improving Hospice Quality Among LGBTQ+ Patients

Community Hospice & Palliative Care Pediatric Program Doubles Nursing Workforce as Census Grows

Common Questions About Hospice Care

CareAcademy Launches Hospice Curriculum

Is Home Hospice Care A Good Idea?

Compassionate Hospice Care: Nurturing Dignity and Quality of Life

What Are The Four Levels of Hospice Care?

What Services Does Hospice Care Provide for Patients and Families?

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

Spiritual Care Key to Addressing Disparities Among Underserved Black Communities

Homeland at Home Launches Community-Based Palliative Care Program

AI, RPM Systems Turning Keys For Compassus

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