Hospice News

JANUARY 31, 2024

Palliative care, pediatric end-of-life care and end-of-life doula (EOLD) services are top of mind for hospices that are diversifying their services in 2024. Families often want pediatric palliative care, but the reimbursement is nearly nonexistent,” Sheehan told Hospice News. But it goes both ways.

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Home Care Pulse

MARCH 15, 2023

R exburg, Idaho, March 15, 2023—HCP, the leading provider of experience management, training, and reputation management in the post-acute industry, has partnered with Hospice pioneer Barbara Karnes to provide exclusive online courses based on her library of renowned end-of-life materials.

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Hospice News

JUNE 28, 2023

Fetzer’s experience in communicating the importance of community-based advanced illness and end-of-life care was a “key factor” in having her ascend into the CMO role, according to Michael Brady, president and CEO at Hospice of the Chesapeake. We are honored that Dr. He’ll continue to serve as CMO of both organizations.

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Hospice News

APRIL 26, 2022

Nurse practitioner Raphael and registered nurse Britt Akobundu, a married couple, launched San Diego-based Blue Monarch Hospice this past March, with the intent of improving the quality of life for not only patients and families, but also health care workers. . The health care system is strained.

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Hospice News

APRIL 19, 2023

The faith-based hospice company received Medicare certification in 2015 and primarily serves an urban region around the Chicago area. This is another level of care that we can provide,” Sade Bello told local news. Baptist Senior Family offers hospice, home care, skilled nursing, rehabilitation and personal care services.

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Chicago Caregiving

MAY 18, 2024

In 2015, University of Illinois Health invested $250,000 to establish housing for 26 unhoused people for one year in an attempt to connect people with case managers and ongoing medical care, instead of relying on the emergency department. In 2015, system leaders thought 75 homeless people had utilized the emergency department.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 14, 2023

More recently Sharon Kaufman ‘s book And a Time to Die described the ways in which physicians, nurses, hospital systems, and payment mechanisms influenced the hour and manner of patient’s deaths. In his book The Hour of our Death Philip Aries described a long evolution in western civilization of cultural attitudes towards dying.

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1-800-HOSPICE

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Hospice sends nurses, aides, and other caregivers to the homes of patients with advanced, terminal illnesses. Hospice is tailored to symptom control, emotional support, and care coordination during end-of-life care. Late referral to hospice and bereaved family member perception of quality of end-of-life care.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

AUGUST 11, 2023

Data have shown that of the top 5% of healthcare utilization in the US, only 11% are at the end of life (Aldridge & Kelly, 2015). Many have persistent unmet care needs leading to high costs with questionable quality outcomes (Salzberg, et al. The Myth Regarding the High Cost of End-of-Life Care.

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Hospice News

JUNE 2, 2022

I think as palliative care continues to grow, we need to shine a light on this because it’s needed not just for extended end-of-life care, which is how we’ve traditionally known it in the home health and hospice world, to true chronic disease management and holistic care of members, patients, residents in their homes.

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GeriPal

JUNE 29, 2023

And they’re my family and the patients here and the doctors and the nurses. Jerry: Well, I started in 2015 doing the Jewish body washing after the death. And I’ve always looked to try to help people spiritually to better themselves through spirituality, and who more needs help than in the end of life care.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary The CDC’s Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain excludes those undergoing cancer treatment, palliative care, and end-of-life care. Eric: Just for the aging population, what about long-term care? AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™. Who do we have with us today? Katie: Yep.

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Home Care Pulse

JULY 25, 2023

I’m the senior nurse educator at H C P, Speaker 1 ( 00:25 ): And you’re listening to Vision, the podcast for leaders and forward thinkers in the care industry. Today we’ll be discussing the importance of unifying the care continuum for end of life care. Speaker 2 ( 00:40 ): Mm-hmm. ,

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GeriPal

MARCH 3, 2022

In a separate study in Chest , Lauren found pre-ICU frailty was associated with post-ICU disability and new nursing home admission. We wouldn’t dream of not measuring oxygen saturation, yet function, which is highly predictive of outcomes older adults care about, many hospitals hardly measure. Julien: It’s a good question.

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GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

And they agreed on that and they talked to the people at the hospital, the surgeons and the nurses. And the nurses says you’re making the right decision. You might be able to extend your life a little bit, but at what cost? So, where they end up after, what happens to them and where they end up is actually a big deal.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 5, 2023

On the other hand, when I hear of workarounds to assist patients to die, or even euthanize them, I worry that we’ve gone back to a time when the doctor or nurse knows best – and should be morally permitted to do whatever they think is right, according to their conscience. Do we really trust all doctors and nurses so far?

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