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Dana-Farber’s New Push to Integrate Palliative, Behavioral Services in Cancer Care

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Almost 40% of people 65 and older had at least one disability from 2008 to 2012, according to a 2014 U.S. Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has launched the Neuro-Inclusive Oncology Care and Empowerment Program, a psychosocial oncology initiative focused on adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD).

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How Palliative Care Can Benefit Heart Failure Patients

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million in 2008. However, providers must distinguish between “primary palliative care,” where palliation is incorporated into routine services, and “secondary palliative care” that involves specialty teams. Heart failure is an increasingly common condition among the aging U.S. population. And palliative care can help.”

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Palliative Care a ‘Natural Fit’ for Home Health Agencies

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Though relatively few home health agencies provide palliative care, those providers and their patients can benefit from more integration of those services. Currently, the palliative care space is dominated by hospices and health systems. Challenges do exist when it comes to developing palliative care programs, according to Farrand.

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

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The pediatric program’s current average daily census hovers around 240 patients, a climb from roughly 55 patients in 2008, according to Danielle Eaves, child life and therapeutic recreation specialist for the Community PedsCare program. The Florida-based provider is an affiliate of Alivia Care Inc.

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CHRISTUS, Texas Palliative Care Team Up to Deliver Serious Illness Care

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Texas Palliative Care was established in 2008 when The Hospice of East Texas expanded with these services. Texas Palliative Care and CHRISTUS Good Shepherd Health recently formed a partnership to expand access to serious illness care for patients and families in growing need. Palliative care eases symptoms and side effects. NASDAQ: LHC).

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Global Partners in Care Program Fosters International Collaboration on Palliative Care

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Under the NHPCO umbrella, the Center for Hospice Care became a partner in the program in 2008, Ahern said. “It The Indiana-based palliative care provider Center for Hospice Care (CHC) is looking beyond its immediate community and has developed networks that impact palliative care on a global scale. So, these U.S.

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Hospices Call on Congress to Support Rural Hospices, Patients

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States with high rural populations had more than 10% of residents living further than 60 minutes in driving time from a hospice in 2008, a study from the Journal of Nursing Care Quality found. Among the persisting obstacles in rural communities is an insufficient supply of hospice and palliative clinicians.

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