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Hospice of the Chesapeake Achieves 145% Census Growth Since 2020 Charles County Acquisition

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Hospice of the Chesapeake has exceeded its growth expectations since its 2020 acquisition of Hospice of Charles County. The post Hospice of the Chesapeake Achieves 145% Census Growth Since 2020 Charles County Acquisition appeared first on Hospice News. Census Bureau, and represent 15.9% of the state’s overall population.

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The Barriers Creating Pediatric Palliative Care Inequities

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Recent research has uncovered some of the leading barriers preventing greater pediatric palliative care utilization across underserved communities. Seriously ill children of color are among the most underserved patient populations , with a recent analysis digging into the focal points of systematic racial issues tied to health disparities.

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Virtual Reality Palliative Care Improves Pain, Symptom Management Among Cancer Patients

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The clinical trial studied the impacts of a program developed by a team of researchers in 2020 dubbed the Flourishing-Life-of-Wish Virtual Reality Relaxation Therapy (FLOW-VRT-Relaxation). The VR study’s results were recently unveiled in the Frontiers Medical Technology journal. Woo was among the researchers who developed the VR therapy. “We

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HopeHealth’s Dr. Leah McDonald Sees ‘System-Wide Embedding’ of Palliative Skills

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McDonald graduated in 2020 from HopeHealth’s hospice and palliative medicine fellowship program. A systematic overhaul of the nation’s health care education programs is needed to ensure that future clinicians are prepared to provide palliative and hospice care amid rising demand, according to Dr. Leah McDonald of HopeHealth.

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Preventing Burnout Among Palliative Care Employees

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A 2020 meta-analysis of 15 studies on burnout among palliative care nurses found a 24% prevalence for emotional exhaustion, 30% for depersonalization and 28% for feelings of low personal accomplishment. The emotional toll of caring for the seriously ill contributes to high rates of burnout among palliative care workers.

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Phoenix Children’s Pediatric Palliative Care Training Works to Bridge Access, Staffing Gaps

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The organization’s pediatric palliative and hospice fellowship program launched in 2020. Arizona-based Phoenix Children’s Hospital has developed a pediatric hospice and palliative care fellowship program that is positively impacting access to these services. it’s not always something taught in medical school.”

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Breast Cancer Patients Often Lack Access to Palliative Care

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Non-Hispanic Black, Latino, American Indian and Asian or Pacific Islander patients with metastatic breast cancer were less likely to receive this care than white patients from 2004 to 2020, the study found. The Scientific Reports study examined patient data in the U.S. the researchers indicated.