Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Joining forces under one umbrella is a move to beef up their combined presence in an increasingly competitive hospice market, improve access to care and improve quality, according to spokespeople for By The Bay Health (BTBH) and Mission Hospice & Home Care. Hospice utilization in the Golden State is the highest nationwide.

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Hospice News

JUNE 2, 2023

In 2021, more than 22,000 Medicare decedents elected hospice care in Kentucky. A lot of times you find that they don’t have an option to stay at home, because they can’t afford to bring in support systems or pay for private sitters, and they end up going to a nursing home.” It currently serves six Kentucky counties.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 25, 2023

Before coming to Hosparus in 2021, Cook led an organization in North Carolina that offered both hospice and PACE. A lot of times you find that they don’t have an option to stay at home, because they can’t afford to bring in support systems or pay for private sitters, and they end up going to a nursing home.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Previously known as Hospice by the Bay, the organization rebranded in 2021 to reflect a broadening scope of services. By the Bay Health now serves eight counties statewide and provides hospice, palliative and pediatric care, along with skilled nursing home health and grief support.

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

Check out the Pub Crawl GeriPal post for more info, and follow #HPMParty on Twitter to keep us as we crawl! ** In the last several years, I’ve seen more and more articles about end-of-life doulas ( like this NY Times article from 2021 ). I’m unsure what they do, how often they’re used, and who pays for their work. Why Beth? John: I do.

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Living With Hospice

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

We lost my wife's Dad, four years ago, he was in a nursing home and basically died a miserable death. So if she stayed in a hospital or nursing home, we couldn't see her. We made the decision to bring her home to live with us. In our opinion, he was neglected and we're still really upset about it.

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GeriPal

JULY 14, 2022

Imagine that you are the medical director of a large (>150 bed) nursing home. Two-thirds of the patients in the home now have COVID-19. The other physicians who previously saw patients in the nursing home are no longer coming to your facility because you have COVID positive patients. Summary Transcript Summary.

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