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Deaths at Home Rose Globally During COVID Pandemic

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Researchers examined data on the place of death among adults in 47 countries that took place between January 2012 and December 2021, according to a new study in the Lancet. in 2012–2013. The study focused on cancer and dementia patients. Worldwide, the percentage of home deaths rose to 32.2% during 2020 and 2021, up from 30.1%

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Legacy Acquires HomeCare Hospice

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By 2023, the bureau estimates that more than a quarter of the state’s residents will be older than 60, an increase of close to 40% since 2012. .” Mississippi’s senior population is the fastest growing age group in the state, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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VIA Health Enhances Support for Hospice Patients with Heart Failure 

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In 2012, heart failure cost the nation an estimated $30.7 Close to 6.7 million adults aged 20 or older suffer from congestive heart failure in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The disease in 2022 was mentioned on more than 457,000 U.S. death certifications.

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House Call, Hospice Company Enoble Care Merges with Clare Medical

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of New Jersey’s population will be 60 and older by the year 2030, an increase of 30% from 2012. New Jersey’s senior population is growing faster than that of other age groups, according to ACL. Census Bureau estimates that 24.5%

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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. More palliative care and hospice companies are developing programs to meet the specific concerns of these patients to improve access to care. Census Bureau report.

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Mercy Medical Center Establishes New Palliative Care Unit

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Census Bureau estimates that more than 25% of Massachusetts’s population will be 60 and older by the year 2030, up 33% from 2012. The proportion of Massachusetts’s population that is 60 and older is growing more rapidly than other age groups, according to the Administration for Community Living.

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Empath Health Launches New PACE Center

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Empath’s first center, Suncoast PACE, launched in 2012. This is the second PACE center that the nonprofit senior care health system has opened and the first such program in its home county, Hillsborough.

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