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

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Census Bureau estimates that by 2030 roughly 25% of the country’s population will be older than 65, and the Administration for Community Living projects that two-thirds of US adults will need daily assistance from a caregiver. As the US population ages, demand is becoming more widespread: The U.S.

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St. Francis Reflections Lifestage Care Launches New Florida Inpatient Hospice Center

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Volunteers, social workers, chaplains and bereavement counselors also make up the center’s staff. The hospice provider began as an all-volunteer organization in 1977 and provides pediatric palliative care and grief support services in addition to hospice. Formerly Hospice of St. Census Bureau.

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Systematic Change Needed to Support Family Caregivers of Hospice Patients

Hospice News

And while hospices offer social workers and spiritual care, many families continue to have unmet needs that could impede some patients’ access to hospice. The United States Census Bureau projects that seniors 65 and older will represent nearly a quarter (21%) of the nation’s population by 2030.

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