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Angela Hospice’s New Inpatient Facility; Hosparus Opens PACE Center

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Founded in 2004, Ohio’s Community Mercy Hospice is a service of Ohio’s Hospice of Dayton. Oasis also offers assistance with medication management, durable medical equipment and bereavement services. The faith-based hospice and palliative care provider serves three counties in Illinois.

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VITAS Appoints Three New Executives; Chemed CFO to Retire

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In her new position, Husted will oversee the company’s volunteer and bereavement programs, working to improve the patient and family experience and foster growth. Chemed’s board named Williams the parent company’s vice president and CFO in March 2004. Most recently, she was VITAS’ executive VP of operations.

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George Mark Children’s House Launches Pediatric Palliative Nurse Training Program

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Established in 2004, the nonprofit provider has since cared for more than 1,000 patients and families coping with complex and chronic medical conditions. GMCH offers hospice, palliative, perinatal, respite and bereavement care, along with art, music and various other therapies.

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Why Patients with Lymphoma Are Less Likely to Receive Hospice

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Hospice Improves Quality of Life Hospice has been associated with improved quality of life at the end of life and reductions in the risk of psychiatric illness among bereaved caregivers. Place of death: correlations with quality of life of patients with cancer and predictors of bereaved caregivers’ mental health. 2004; 291 (1): 88-93.

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How Hospice Supports Families

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Bereavement Services. Medicare-certified hospices also provide at least six months of bereavement support. Some agencies simply keep their nurse-lines open for discussions and advice about bereavement. 2004 Dec 1;161(12):2257-62. How this is conducted varies widely between agencies. American Journal of Psychiatry.

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