Hospice News
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
If you were to write a book about hospice in 2023, what would you call it? But we’re working to create “Stability” in 2023 by continuing to provide the best care to our patients and investing in the well-being of our employees. The consistent themes could be summed up as change, challenges and mission.
Hospice News
MARCH 11, 2024
Spirituality plays a key role in end-of-life decisions among African Americans, making hospice chaplains a significant part of reaching these populations, according to Saul Ebema, president of Illinois-based Hospice Chaplaincy. But a chaplain is someone without that can bridge that gap of trust and access. Effective Jan.
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Hospice News
DECEMBER 1, 2023
Wages for hospice clinicians continue to go up amid widespread staff shortages, but they grew at a slower rate in 2023 compared to the prior year. Meanwhile, turnover rates declined in 2023, representing the first drop in several years, the report indicated. Social worker wages went up 3.78%, as well as a 2.58% increase for chaplains.
Hospice News
MARCH 5, 2024
So productivity cannot be as robust for some of the social work, chaplain or nurse visits. This is down from 56% of respondents in 2023. “Both Medicare and managed care don’t reimburse appropriately to cover the cost of salaries and education in palliative care,” McInnes said.
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
visits in the last seven days of life between May and November 2023. Not only have daily clinical visits in the last week of life improved, so too have bedside presence from other interdisciplinary team members such as social workers and chaplains, she stated. Through the predictive analytics data, hospice patients at St.
GeriPal
APRIL 6, 2023
On the other hand, all of our guests agree that chaplains are often the most vulnerable to being cut from hospital and health system budgets. Alex Practice-PC Program Information: UCSF’s Practice-PC program is now accepting applications for the 2023-2024 year. These studies are important. Karen: Thank you. LaVera: Thanks.
Hospice News
JUNE 29, 2023
These are usually chaplains or social workers providing bereavement services, and some hospices also have clinical psychologists or therapists as part of that team. The language appeared in the 2023 appropriations bill for the Departments of Labor, Health & Human Services, Education, and related agencies.
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