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

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To be able to support even more people going through one of life’s most difficult times will be so meaningful for our team, and we hope, the community too.” Angela Hospice provides adult and pediatric hospice, palliative care and grief support across Oakland County in southern Michigan. has opened a new inpatient center in Illinois.

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Two CEOs Retire, Three Hospice Leadership Teams Grow

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The organization affiliated with the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) health system in 2015. By the Bay Health now serves eight counties statewide and provides hospice, palliative and pediatric care, along with skilled nursing home health and grief support.

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New CMOs for Hospice of the Chesapeake, Care Synergy; HopeWest Taps New VP

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Fetzer is currently system medical director for palliative care and hospice services at Illinois-based Ascension Health. Fetzer was previously associate medical director at Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care, now part of the AMITA Health system. He’ll continue to serve as CMO of both organizations.

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

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Hospice is tailored to symptom control, emotional support, and care coordination during end-of-life care. When patients receive too little time in hospice, families are more likely to be dissatisfied with the end-of-life care. They were 37% more likely to say they needed more help with personal care.

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

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Hospice of the Midwest’s services within the Marshalltown community include assistance with medical equipment and medication order and delivery, developing patient care plans, providing home assessment consultations and a veteran honors program. The facility marks the company’s first steps into inpatient care.

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COVID-19 Public Emergency Likely to Continue, Hospices Remain in the Dark on Regulatory Future

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Aside from taking away care delivery options for patients and families, eliminating the waivers would also place added pressure on “very thinly stretched” hospice clinical staff who will have to allocate more time and resources to in-person care, according to Ponder-Stansel.

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