2018 Caregiver Hospice care Social worker 
Hospice News
APRIL 11, 2024
.” For the study, researchers conducted interviews and focus groups with Black Americans 18 and older who suffer from a serious illness and their caregivers, producing a number of key findings: Knowledge of palliative and hospice care varied among participants. Access to hospice and palliative care is perceived as lacking.
Chicago Caregiving
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
The Care Plan helps people navigate healthcare systems not set up for LGBTQ+ or racially diverse caregivers. After her wife was diagnosed with stage IV cancer in 2011, Marsha Wetzel spent the next two years taking care of Judy, her partner of 30 years, until Judy entered hospice care.
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Hospice News
AUGUST 9, 2022
Hospices have worked to improve engagement with underserved LGBTQ+ communities, but have a ways to go in understanding the unique challenges and experiences. This reflects issues that exist throughout the larger health care system, including among providers upstream of hospice that assist patients with advance care planning.
Hospice News
MAY 20, 2022
If enacted, PCHETA would support hospice and palliative care training programs for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers and chaplains. Access to high quality palliative and hospice care services is vital for patients and their families,” Capito said in a statement. “As But the need is great.
Hospice News
APRIL 7, 2023
Losing a parent or sibling through a sudden or complicated death can adversely impact children in various ways at different developmental stages, according to Danielle Visone, director at Tidewell Hospice’s Blue Butterfly grief support program. We’ve done a lot of work in the school system,” Orloff told Hospice News. “We
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
Also, more care is going to a home-based environment. A big part of this transformation for us is leveraging our expertise as a home-based care organization at our roots because most hospice care has been provided in the home, but using those roots to now expand home-based services beyond hospice.
Hospice News
JULY 1, 2022
Kaweah Health Hospice staff will oversee the hospice facility’s day-to-day operations and medical care, which will be provided by a team of nurses, home health aides, social workers and chaplains. It currently operates an inpatient hospice facility in Centreville, Maryland.
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