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Hospices Stepping Up Performance on Visits-in-Last-Days-of-Life Measure

Hospice News

CMS introduced SIA in 2016. The greatest barrier to further improvement is the ever-present workforce shortage affecting the health care industry at large and hospices in particular. Additional touchpoints with patients via telehealth is another factor contributing to improvements on the measure, Harrison said.

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Benefits of Art Therapy During Bereavement

Hospice of the North Coast

When members of a group make art, they create shared experiences in the present. Moon, 2016, pp 8-9). Kelly Gelhaar, Art Therapist & Bereavement Counselor at Hospice of the North Coast. Early in her career she worked primarily with children and youth and has been working in Hospice Bereavement for the past four years.

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St. Croix’s Strategic Executive Moves; NHPCO’s Ben Marcantonio Named Goodwin Living’s Board VP

Hospice News

Clark, our new board chair, and the other board trustees to carry out the mission of Goodwin Living by planning for the future and meeting the needs of the present through the Goodwin Living retirement communities, programs and services.” Cottrell joined the hospice in 2016. “I am excited to serve with C.C.

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18 best books for nurses about grief, death and loss

The Nurse Break

For most of human history, death was a common, ever-present possibility. Not just for the bereaved, Bearing the Unbearable will be required reading for grief counselors, therapists and social workers, clergy of all varieties, educators, academics, and medical professionals. Bearing the Unbearable – Dr. Joanne Cacciatore.

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