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Grief Coach Rebrands to Help Texts, Launches Health Care Worker Support Service

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The bereavement care tech platform Grief Coach has rebranded as Help Texts and is expanding its services to include support for health care workers who are contending with stress or burnout. The company convened a group of professionals with experience in grief care to develop the content, from a variety of disciplines.

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Vermont, Utah Ranked ‘Best Places to Die’ by PolicyGenius

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Incidentally, as of 2018 Utah also had the highest rate of hospice utilization among Medicare decedents at 60.5%, compared to that year’s national average of 50.3%, according to the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). For deaths at home, for example, the report included numbers from 2018 to 2021.

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Lack of Staff, Guidelines Build Hurdles for Hospice Bereavement Care Programs

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Hospices are not reimbursed enough to support grief care teams,” Gross told Hospice News. Having clinicians more involved in grief programs allows families’ a continued interdisciplinary support after a loved ones’ through that direct connection, Gross explained. The Maryland-based hospice suspended the program in 2018.

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Hospices Step Up Pediatric Bereavement Care Amid Rising Demand

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Judi’s House/JAG Institute is a Colorado-based nonprofit organization that provides bereavement services to adults and youths and also offers grief support training to mental health professionals. Tidewell Hospice is an affiliate of Empath Health, which launched the Blue Butterfly children’s program in 2018.

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

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The hospice provider began as an all-volunteer organization in 1977 and provides pediatric palliative care and grief support services in addition to hospice. The Sunshine State in 2018 ranked third nationwide for hospice utilization at 57.9% Formerly Hospice of St. Census Bureau. Only Utah and Arizona saw higher rates at 59.4%

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New Hospice Facilities Launch Ahead While Others Halt

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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. . The first center began providing grief support services in 1991 following her death. Hosparus Health opens new grief support facility.

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Empath Health Expands With De Novo, Veterans’ Adult Day Center

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The organization also plans to add home health, medical services, grief care, personal care, and its Empath Partners in Care (EPIC) services, designed to care for HIV/AIDS patients. In 2018 Florida ranked third highest nationwide for hospice utilization at a rate of 57.9%

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