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Angela Hospice’s New Inpatient Facility; Hosparus Opens PACE Center

Hospice News

Bello and his wife Sade Bello, the hospice’s administrator, launched Oasis Hospice & Palliative Care in 2015. Oasis also offers assistance with medication management, durable medical equipment and bereavement services. The Nigerian-American couple immigrated to the United States roughly 25 years ago.

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Sangre de Cristo Taps New CEO, YoloCares Names Palliative Care Director

Hospice News

In 2015 she was promoted to vice president of quality, corporate compliance and risk management at Care Synergy , a network of regional nonprofit hospice providers. In addition to hospice and palliative care, YoloCares also offers adult day services and operates caregiver and bereavement support centers.

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Life & Grief Through the Holidays: 2015. Kickoff.

Journey With Deanna

Whether you are ill, recovering, dying… or whether you are a loved one, paid caregiver, medical person or bereaved. This Series will run from November 25, 2015 – January 1, 2016. Every side of this will be addressed by whomever decides to join me. Share with us. End of Life Care Certificate Program Learn.Create.Serve.

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The Ups and Downs of Inpatient Hospice Care: New Facilities Open as Others Close

Hospice News

The hospice provider also offers pet and music therapy, as well as bereavement support services. The faith-based hospice company received Medicare certification in 2015 and primarily serves an urban region around the Chicago area. has launched a new inpatient hospice facility.

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The Ask-Tell-Ask Approach in Four Steps

1-800-HOSPICE

5 Patient recall of end-of-life discussions correlates with higher quality of life for patients and improved bereavement outcomes for caregivers. Associations between end-of-life discussions, patient mental health, medical care near death, and caregiver bereavement adjustment. Enzinger A, Zhang B, Schrag D, Prigerson H. J Clin Oncol.

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Why Do Most People Receive Less Time in Hospice than Recommended?

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Bereaved family member perceptions of hospice referral when their family member was on hospice for seven days or less. Timing of referral to hospice and quality of care: Length of stay and bereaved family member’s perceptions of the timing of hospice referral. 2015 Oct 8. References. Teno J, Casarett D, Spence C, et al.

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Kindness: The Ultimate Gift

Elaine Mansfield

An earlier version of this article was published by Grateful Living (Grateful.org) in 2015. Naomi Shihab Nye, “Kindness,” Words under the Words (Portland, Oregon: Eight Mountain Press, 1995), 42-43 (With permission from the author). This Thanksgiving, we desperately need kindness and hope.

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