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Deathwives Founders: Death Doulas Fill End-of-Life Care Gaps, Ease Strain on Hospice Staff

Hospice News

Many come striving for change after witnessing loved ones receive poor end-of-life care or enduring bereavement without support. A death doula is a non-medical provider trained to care for a terminally ill person and their family physically, emotionally and spiritually during the process of death.

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Places of Farewell – bereaved parents’ decision making about their child’s place of death

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

This blog provides a summary of preliminary findings regarding bereaved parents’ decision making about their child’s place of death. Reflexive Thematic Analysis highlighted themes (Braun and Clarke 2022), which were then considered within the context of liminality using Van Gennep’s Rites of Passage model (Van Gennep 2019).

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New Executives Take the Helm at AccentCare, Blue Ridge, Androscoggin, Good Samaritan

Hospice News

AccentCare is a portfolio company of the private equity firm Advent International, which purchased the provider from Oak Hill Capital Partners in 2019 for an undisclosed sum. The company merged with Illinois-based Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care in 2020. Foundation since 2017, serving as its president from 2019 to 2021.

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10 Hospice News ‘Hidden Gem’ Stories from 2022

Hospice News

Case in point, the National End-of-Life Doula Alliance (NEDA) currently has roughly 1,300 members across 49 states, the District of Columbia and 12 additional countries. In 2019, the organization had just 200 members. Is Bereavement Care Going High Tech?

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As Inpatient Hospice Doors Swing Open, Others Slam Shut Nationwide

Hospice News

“Closing the inpatient facility will allow Hospice Ministries to put more focus on providing end of life care to patients in their ‘homes,’ whether it be their personal residence, a nursing home, or an assisted living facility.” The hospice provides home- and facility-based end-of-life care.

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World Hospice and Palliative Care Day Raises Global Awareness

Hospice News

WHPCA was then formed, and one of the first things we did was set a day aside for global recognition, because most of every major issue in health care worldwide centered around what was happening in the last years of life.”. Case in point, as many as 71% of the U.S.

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

Hospice News

Francis Reflections hospice and palliative care clinicians and physicians will serve patients at the center when their care is no longer manageable in other settings. Volunteers, social workers, chaplains and bereavement counselors also make up the center’s staff. Formerly Hospice of St. and 59.2%, respectively.

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