Hospice News

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

VITAS saw nursing home admissions rise 9.4% jump from assisted living facilities. and home-based admissions also dipped 7.5%. VITAS launched the initiative in an effort to improve timely access to hospice care. For some of those other metrics, results were mixed for both Q4 and full-year 2022.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2023

Board-certified in hospice and palliative medicine, Howe has more than 20 years of experience as a physician and medical director for various health care organizations in the Denver area, including a number of rehabilitation, assisted living and skilled nursing home facilities. ALC Hospice Care Names COO.

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Hospice of the North Coast

MAY 4, 2023

It’s a unique type of nursing that requires special skills and an understanding of the emotional challenges that come with end-of-life care. Patient Focus: As a hospice nurse, your primary focus is on the patient and their family. Compassionate care makes all the difference at end-of-life.

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Home Care Pulse

JANUARY 26, 2023

2023 Leader in Training Award Winners 4 U Home Health Care 6EMS, LLC A 1 Home Health Care LLC A Better Care Option A Caring Touch Home Health & Hospice A Heavenly Hand Home Healthcare, Inc. Avila Home Care Bay Nursing, Inc.

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NHPCO

JULY 10, 2023

The mission of CaringInfo is to empower patients and caregivers to make decisions about the care and services they wish to receive. While hospice and palliative care are often provided in the home, they can also be provided in many other settings, including assisted living facilities, nursing homes, and skilled nursing facilities.

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Hospice Law Blog

MARCH 18, 2020

Hospices have a role to play. Many hospices report that nursing homes and assisted living facilities are on infection lockdown (perhaps rightly so) and will not admit hospice staff to see patients. Our healthcare system is in just the initial stages of the Coronavirus19 crisis. Let’s keep it short.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 25, 2022

What do we know about the differences between the two types of organizations when we’re thinking about hospice care? One is the patient population and a targeting of for-profit hospices around patients who are going to be potentially less costly and more profitable. People across all diagnoses want hospice care.

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Home Care Pulse

JUNE 21, 2022

Wendie Colvin is an amazing nurse author and community nursing subject matter in both acute and post-acute care. She is practiced at the bedside in multiple settings and has extensive experience as a manager and educator in both home health and hospice settings. Go sit with her. So it was just very pointedly.

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