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World Hospice and Palliative Care Day Raises Global Awareness

Hospice News

Globally, the need for hospice and palliative care has been growing faster than people can access them. This was the impetus behind the World Hospice Palliative Care Alliance (WHPCA), which emerged from an Oct. 8, 2005 meeting of health care leaders in South Korea. Case in point, as many as 71% of the U.S.

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New Executives Take the Helm at AccentCare, Blue Ridge, Androscoggin, Good Samaritan

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Natarajan’s role expanded after previously serving as the post-acute company’s chief medical officer for hospice since 2005. In addition to oversee AccentCare’s hospice and palliative care programs, he will also support its clinical care operations and patient experience initiatives.

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Why Do Most People Receive Less Time in Hospice than Recommended?

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Medicare and most other insurances require that people not receive cure-oriented care while in hospice. If a patient is actively pursuing a cure, that patient should choose palliative care rather than hospice. Bereaved family member perceptions of hospice referral when their family member was on hospice for seven days or less.