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Hospices’ Mythbusting Strategies: ‘It’s Not Brink-of-Death Care’

Hospice News

The Louisville, Kentucky-based hospice provider engages community partners with personal experiences in hospice to serve as ambassadors who educate others. The hospice provider has employed a few different strategies to expand its reach in underserved communities across its 41-county service area Kentucky and southern Indiana.

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Comfort Care Homes Build Bridges to Hospice for Underserved Patients

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While some comfort care homes do have paid staff, many are volunteer-run, according to Karen Cassidy, founder and executive director of Hildegard House in Kentucky. The visit inspired them to establish Hildegard House in Louisville, Kentucky, area. Named for St.

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Vanderbilt University’s New Center to Focus on Understanding and Addressing Health Inequalities  

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Featured Research at Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health Mulvaney, an expert in digital health equity , works with colleagues in the School of Engineering Institute for Software Integrated Systems and the University of Kentucky to improve nutrition and obesity-related inequalities. The program, funded by the U.S.

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Buprenorphine Use in Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Zachary Sager and Janet Ho

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Our experts include Katie Fitzgerald Jones (palliative nurse practitioner and doctoral student at Boston College), Zachary Sager (palliative care physician at the Boston VA and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute), and Janet Ho (physician at UCSF in addiction medicine and palliative care). This was the hot topic at AHPM. Katie: Thank you.

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Making every word count: The role of AAC in LTC

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

Additionally, she contributes her expertise as a member of the American Speech Language Hearing Associations (ASHA) Healthcare and Economics Committee, the University of Kentucky College of Medicine community faculty, and an advisor to the American Medical Associations (AMA) Current Procedural Terminology CPT Editorial Panel, and a member of the AMA (..)

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Celebrating National Physical Therapy Month: Transforming lives and raising awareness

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

Additionally, she contributes her expertise as a member of the American Speech Language Hearing Association’s (ASHA) Healthcare and Economics Committee, the University of Kentucky College of Medicine community faculty, and an advisor to the American Medical Association’s (AMA) Current Procedural Terminology CPT® Editorial Panel, and a member of the (..)

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Top 5 things therapists should know about the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule for 2025

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

Additionally, she contributes her expertise as a member of the American Speech Language Hearing Association’s (ASHA) Healthcare and Economics Committee, the University of Kentucky College of Medicine community faculty, and an advisor to the American Medical Association’s (AMA) Current Procedural Terminology CPT® Editorial Panel, and a member of the (..)

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