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HAP Foundation, NORC: Structural Racism Impedes Access to Hospice, Palliative Care

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Black Americans are frequently denied access to hospice and palliative care due to structural racism, and many of those communities lack sufficient information to make end-of-life care decisions, new research has found. Access to hospice and palliative care is perceived as lacking.

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CareAcademy Launches Hospice Curriculum

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The online clinical training platform CareAcademy has developed a hospice care curriculum. The new curriculum is designed to offer “foundational orientation training” for hospice aides, nurses, volunteers, social workers, chaplains and other spiritual care providers, as well as physicians.

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Hospice of Cincinnati, Adventist Health Expand Hospice; Labor Pressures Shutter Midwest-Based Programs

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Hospice of Cincinnati Unveils New Hospital-Based Inpatient Unit Hospice of Cincinnati has opened a new inpatient unit at The Christ Hospital. Auburn, Ohio, with the new inpatient hospice unit featuring 10 patient beds, a chapel and a family gathering space. The hospital is located in Mt.

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St. Francis Reflections Lifestage Care Launches New Florida Inpatient Hospice Center

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Francis Reflections Lifestage Care recently opened a new inpatient hospice care center inside the Melbourne Regional Medical Center. A swelling demand for hospice in the community spurred the unit’s development. Francis Reflections Melbourne Care Center includes a private bathroom and overnight space for loved ones.

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How an Advance Care Planning Bill Could Impact Hospice and Medicare

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If enacted, the legislation would remove co-pays and patient fees for advance care planning (ACP) services, allow social workers to conduct these conversations, expand provider education about associated billing codes, and improve reporting on barriers to ACP utilization. One is removing the copay for any potential cost barrier.

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Discrimination Fears Deter LGBTQ+ Patients From Advance Care Planning

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“These are really difficult conversations to have with anyone, but there’s been so much trauma in the LGBTQ+ community that providers need to have a real understanding about,” Fitting told Hospice News. The hospice, home health and palliative care provider serves close to 40,000 patients.

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More Medical Schools Investing in Palliative Care Education

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A key barrier to building that workforce is that most clinicians receive little to no exposure to those types of care during their training. A 2018 study showed that most students in clinical disciplines do not feel prepared to provide family care at the end of life. Regional programs cropping up. “As