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Many Hospices Need to Step Up Disaster Planning

Hospice News

Operators need to be prepared to deliver care and support their communities’ responses to catastrophic events. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) expanded a Condition of Participation pertaining to disaster preparedness planning. Many hospices may be unprepared to cope with a large-scale disaster or a future pandemic.

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Blue Ridge Hospice Expands with De Novo

Hospice News

In addition to clinical care, the new location will provide grief and bereavement support groups, volunteer training, educational workshops and events as part of Blue Ridge Hospice’s community Grief and Loss Support Services program. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Census Bureau reported.

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Why You Should Start Hospice Sooner Than Later

Hope Hospice

Grief support. Hospice is a vastly underused Medicare benefit in the United States. Accepting Grief. Most people think of grief in terms of what happens after a loved one dies. So, anticipatory grief can be a big part of the hospice journey. Reminisce about cherished life events. When to Start Hospice.

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Ep.3: What’s the Role of an End-of-Life Doula — And How Can They Support the Dying Process?

Home Care Pulse

Dying is not a medical event. We tend to think it is because we associate it with diseased and medicine and hospitals, but dying is not a physical event. It is not a medical event. It’s an emotional, communal social event. I can’t fix you through the death and support in the bereavement process.

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Hospice Social Worker Part-Time Position Available

High Peaks Hospice

. â—Ź Knowledge of and availability to perform patient intakes and information visits as needed including an explanation of the hospice benefit/Medicare, complete physical assessment, completion of all pertinent paperwork, and communication of new patient status to the hospice team. Hospice experience and/or equivalent education is preferred.

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Hospice Social Worker position available

High Peaks Hospice

Knowledge of and availability to perform patient intakes and information visits as needed including explanation of the hospice benefit/Medicare, complete physical assessment, completion of all pertinent paperwork, and communication of new patient status to the hospice team. ? Hospice experience and/or equivalent education is preferred.

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How to Build a World-Class Hospice Volunteer Program

Home Care Pulse

Do you have questions that keep you up at night about your current volunteer program? Questions such as: Why did the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) mandate volunteer involvement in hospice as a condition of participation in the Medicare Hospice Benefit? Module 7: Grief, Loss, and Bereavement.