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Journaling the Caregiving Journey

Sustainable Caregiving

Journaling is a way to process the complexities of caregiving, the turbulent emotions, the fear, and the confusion. Journaling thoughts and exploring them with curiosity and objectivity can be therapeutic. Processing leads to a better understanding of what is going on behind the scenes. This insight can lead to a brighter outlook.

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Serious Illness Care Quality, Communications Lacking for Black Hospice Patients

Hospice News

The research mostly spanned the last decade and featured data from PubMed, the Journal of Palliative Medicine, the American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, and the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, among several other publications.

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3 Quality Keys Driving Hospice Staff, Family Caregiver Satisfaction

Hospice News

Insufficient staffing a large quality challenge HopeHealth ranked second in caregiver and employee satisfaction in a recent study published in the American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AJHPM). It’s leadership recognition of the seen and unseen things that they do while caring for terminally ill patients, and it’s a hard job.”

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The Link Between Palliative and Mental Health Care

Hospice News

Patients who recently received pancreatic cancer diagnoses may benefit from receiving palliative care services alongside mental health treatments, according to a recent study published in the MDPI journal Healthcare, which spanned the outcomes of 4,029 adults with this condition across an eight-year period.

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Researchers: Palliative Care an Overlooked Global Health Priority 

Hospice News

The three authors recently published their remarks in the British Medical Journal. Millions of people around the world live and die with virtually no access to pain and symptom relief.

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New Studies Guide Timing of End-of-Life Care Conversations

Hospice News

The American Journal of Managed Care recently examined the impacts of two studies published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology that explored ways to help providers recognize when to have goals-of-care conversations with their patients, as well as when they may need palliative care.

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Psychological Trauma Can Worsen Symptom Burden at End-of-Life

Hospice News

Collective trauma experiences have been associated with higher instances of pain and dyspnea among more than half of seniors nationwide, a recent study found, published in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. Traumatized seniors are also more likely to experience loneliness, dissatisfaction with their life and depression.

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