Hospice News
MARCH 27, 2024
Many hospices may be unprepared to cope with a large-scale disaster or a future pandemic. In 2017, the U.S. Last year, The Joint Commission implemented similar requirements for hospices. However, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed gaps in preparedness when it comes to hospice and palliative care.
Hospice News
MARCH 14, 2024
Hospices, in aggregate, are showing improvement on the quality measure for visits in the last days of life. In Calendar Year 2021, the share of hospice care days with nurse visits in the last seven days of life rose to 63%, up from 62% year over year, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).
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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs
FEBRUARY 11, 2024
This blog provides a summary of preliminary findings regarding bereaved parents’ decision making about their child’s place of death. For one family, the mother wanted her daughter’s place of death to be the hospice, but the daughter wanted to be at home (she died at home). 12389 Johnston E et al (2020) Hospital or home?
Hospice News
MAY 20, 2024
There are countless poor experiences for those that don’t discuss these end-of-life wishes ahead of time,” Kwan told Hospice News. It also helps increase the median length of stays on hospice.” of 955, 777 Medicare decedents who died between 2017 and 2018 utilized these services, a JAMA Health Forum study found. Census Bureau.
Hospice News
MAY 19, 2023
Hospice of the Panhandle Promotes New CEO from Within West Virginia-based Hospice of the Panhandle has appointed Chief Clinical Officer Nikki Bigiarelli as its new CEO. The hospice world is constantly changing,” Bigiarelli said. Bigiarelli will work alongside its current CEO Margaret Cogswell before she retires on June 1, 2023.
Hospice News
JULY 1, 2022
New hospice facilities and grief centers are cropping up across the country, while a California inpatient facility is reopening following a temporary closure due to the pandemic. . Meanwhile, construction of a hospice house in Maryland has ground to a halt. The foundation raised roughly $550,000 in fundraising campaign dollars.
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Natarajan’s role expanded after previously serving as the post-acute company’s chief medical officer for hospice since 2005. In addition to oversee AccentCare’s hospice and palliative care programs, he will also support its clinical care operations and patient experience initiatives.
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