Hospice News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Given the critical role of family caregivers in home-based care, hospices have a vested interest in expanding their access to support. Families caring for seriously ill loved ones face systemic barriers that could threaten patients’ ability to receive care at home, including at the end of life.

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Hospice News

APRIL 23, 2024

Cotter has been a board certified physician in family medicine since 1981 and worked as a hospice medical director from 1988 to 1989. He returned to hospice care part time from 2010 to 2014 from his home base in Napa County. Thus far in 2024, 625 patients have been active in the program; 1,000 were enrolled in 2023.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 25, 2022

People with dementia make up about half of hospice admissions. And yet, we know little about the clinical experience of people with dementia in hospice. Krista Harrison found , to her surprise, that caregivers of people with dementia who died rated hospice as well as similar patients without dementia who died on hospice.

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Home Care Pulse

MAY 16, 2023

Amanda Sternklar ( 00:41 ): Brett is the vice president of a long-term companion, and he has over a decade of experience as a home care agency owner and operator. Caregivers have at least three years of tenure, and nearly one out of four caregivers have worked with a long-term companion for at least five years.

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