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Caring for the Caregivers: Keys for Helping Family Members in Palliative Care Roles

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Given the crucial role that caregivers play in families, their well-being is central to palliative care, and providers need to assist these caregivers by developing sustainable models of support for them. In 2021, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared caregiving to be an incipient public health issue.

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Two Hospices Halt Services Amid Staffing Shortages

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HHCJ’s additional services included bereavement care, as well as free medical equipment loans for wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, bath benches, bedside commodes or canes. Patients and caregivers have been educated on when to call 911 for immediate life-threatening illness. Vermont hospice shuts down three service lines.

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