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Systematic Change Needed to Support Family Caregivers of Hospice Patients

Hospice News

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. If a family can’t withstand these burdens, the patient may have to receive care in a facility to ensure their needs are met. In 2010, the U.S.

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Private Equity Gobbling Up Hospices plus Hospice and Dementia: Melissa Aldridge, Krista Harrison, & Lauren Hunt

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Melissa: Well, we have a long history of looking at some of the evidence around differences in patient populations and care processes and outcome for patients based on hospice ownership, comparing for-profit and nonprofit hospices. That trajectory was in increase from 2000 to say, 2010. I just want to highlight some work.

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