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‘Suncoast’ Film Points a Lens at Hospice Families’ Experience

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The film is based on director Laura Chinn’s personal experience as her brother Max received inpatient care at the Suncoast Hospice Care Center, an actual facility operated by the Florida-based nonprofit Empath Health. The environment in the movie from a care center perspective was exactly what you would expect to see in 2004-2005. “The

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Community Collaborates to Support Reopening of Allina Health’s Hospice House

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Communities in southern Minnesota are working to help Allina Health find a sustainable path forward following the recent closure of its inpatient hospice facility. Minneapolis-based Allina Health built the Homestead Hospice House in 2005, which served both Owatonna and Steele county communities in the state before recently shuttering.

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World Hospice and Palliative Care Day Raises Global Awareness

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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. Hospice of the Chesapeake is honoring WHPC Day with an Oct.

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Hospices Make Fortune’s List of ‘Best Workplaces in Aging Services’

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Ethical business practices and strong leadership are keys to employee retention and satisfaction, according to hospice organizations on Fortune Magazine’s annual list of “ Best Workplaces in Aging Services.”. California-based Butte Home Health & Hospice ranked seventh in the “At-Home Care” workplace category.

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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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Mourning Dove Medical CEO Dr. Kaishauna Guidry: Physicians Need a Framework for Understanding Hospice

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Kaishauna Guidry, a former teacher turned hospice physician, continues to leverage her background in education to help terminally ill patients find the care they need. Few businesses have to work as hard as hospices to dispel myths and misconceptions about their practices. That was in 2005. G’s H.O.S.P.I.C.E

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State Palliative Care Laws Impact Where Patients Die

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Cancer patients in states with laws that require health care providers to provide palliative consultations were more likely to die in the home or in an inpatient hospice setting versus the hospital, a JAMA Network Open study found. The cohort study analyzed site-of-death data from 2005 through 2017, including more than 7.5