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Hospices Step Up Pediatric Bereavement Care Amid Rising Demand

Hospice News

Some hospices have found peer support to be a crucial component of their pediatric bereavement programs amid rising demand for these services. Research indicates that the number of bereaved children nationwide is growing. The organization additionally researches child bereavement services and needs.

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VITAS, Gentiva, Home Health & Hospice Care Expand Inpatient Services; Banner Health Shutters Hospice Programs in Phoenix

Hospice News

VITAS Healthcare Expands Hospital-Based Inpatient Hospice Center Chemed Corp. NYSE: CHE) VITAS Healthcare recently expanded its inpatient hospice care unit at the Florida-based Broward Health Medical Center. Miami-based VITAS has provided community- and facility-based hospice care in the Broward County area since 1980.

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Hospices Stepping Up Performance on Visits-in-Last-Days-of-Life Measure

Hospice News

In Calendar Year 2021, the share of hospice care days with nurse visits in the last seven days of life rose to 63%, up from 62% year over year, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). Social worker visits in the last days of life also rose to 9% in 2021, up from 7% in 2020.

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1Care Enters Behavioral Market with Reset Acquisition

Hospice News

1Care Hospice and 1Care Kids’ provides interdisciplinary hospice and palliative services to adult and pediatric populations. The company provides bereavement services, dietary, physical, occupational and speech therapies, as well as child life specialist, among other services.

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Coping With Grief: How Bereavement Services Can Help

Traditions Health

Designed to help you work through the complex issues associated with loss, bereavement services lend you extra support during one of life’s most challenging times. What are bereavement services? Bereavement is the term used for the period of sadness and mourning that follows a death. Why are bereavement services important?

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Hospice & Palliative Care of Wood River Valley Works to Reach Underserved Latino Populations

Hospice News

However, language barriers can make those patients difficult to reach, according to Lisa Wild, executive director at Hospice & Palliative Care of the Wood River Valley. Right now, all of our bereavement support groups are in English only,” Wild told local news. ““We In 2021 the organization had seven employees.

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Hosparus Acquires Baptist Health Deaconess Hospice

Hospice News

Founded in 1978, Hosparus Health’s 600 employees and 500 volunteers provide care for more than 10,000 patients annually, including hospice, medical care, palliative medicine, mental health and bereavement services. “We In 2021, more than 22,000 Medicare decedents elected hospice care in Kentucky.

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