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Grief Care Platform Betterleave Expanding Via New Hospice-Partnership Model

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The company’s platform is designed as a benefit that companies can offer their employees who have lost a loved one, a pregnancy, or a pet, including access to care coordinators, death care experts, products, and counseling services. “There’s so much grief that happens before the event.

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Voices: Melissa Kozak, Founder and Head of CitusHealth

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How does IDT communication play a role in improving care plans? It provides caregivers with round-the-clock access to information from any device, ensures compliance with current rules through instant updates, and assists in decision-making in the absence of a nurse with situations like pain management and comfort pack guidelines.

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How Changing Reproductive Health Laws Could Impact Perinatal Hospice

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Cane is also a registered nurse with a background in neonatal care and reproductive health legislation research. Laws impacting the reproductive health landscape could affect perinatal hospice utilization in a number of complex ways, from increasing disparities in access to rising demand for care, Cane indicated. .

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Key Research Trends: Telehealth Impacts, Global Gaps in Hospice, Goal-Concordant Care

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The study points to the potential for telehealth utilization to improve care coordination and quality for dying pediatric populations, researchers stated. Patients, caregivers and family members surveyed rated the telehealth hospice services as “highly satisfactory,” including those from bereavement staff members along with clinicians.

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LeadingAge to Congress: Reform Hospice Benefit, Fund Palliative Care

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In addition to concurrent care, LeadingAge urged Congress and the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to modify rules for the four levels of hospice care, foster greater interoperability, examine nursing home relationships and other changes. “We

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Fleece Takes Helm as Empath Health CEO, Begins ‘One Hospice’ Initiative

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The son of a nurse and a minister, Fleece said he learned the importance of service early in life. “I I really grew up in health care, and it always resonated with me. But what brought him to hospice was the bereavement care he and his family received following a loss.

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Bartlett Regional Hospital Gets Green Light to Take Over Hospice Services, Executives Step Down

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The hospital sought hospice licensure in the certificate of need state after Hospice and Home Care of Juneau (HHCJ) halted services last October, citing high staffing costs and insufficient nursing resources. We still just have one nurse trained right now,” Stout said during a board meeting. They have to be on-call 24/7.

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