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Grief Care’s 2024 Outlook in Hospice

Hospice News

JANUARY 11, 2024

Finding the right balance of support and career development for bereavement care professionals is key to recruitment and retention as hospices combat labor strains. Grief care specialists take on challenging roles as they help families navigate the financial and emotional aspects of a loved one’s loss.

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Hospice Providers Increasingly Using Bereavement Support as Employee-Retention Lever

Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Hospices competing for sparse staffing resources are increasingly recognizing the retention value of including grief care support in their benefits packages. When employees feel cared for, they’re 60% more likely to remain at a company for three or more years,” McCarty Abbott told Hospice News in an email.

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DayNew Launches Grief Care Platform

Hospice News

APRIL 23, 2024

DayNew, a new tech platform launching today, aims to help individuals and families navigate the aftermath of a catastrophic loss, including bereavement. What developed was this fast friendship that became this silver lining in a very tumultuous and dark time in our lives,” Nissim told Hospice News.

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Inside AccentCare’s New, Centralized Approach to Bereavement Care

Hospice News

JANUARY 23, 2024

After five years of planning, the post-acute services provider AccentCare recently re-organized its bereavement care services, which are now coordinated from a national center. Among AccentCare’s services, bereavement care is its most widely used, about 65,000 people per day.

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The Potential of Psychedelics in Bereavement Care

Hospice News

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy (PAP) in bereavement support may have benefits for families coping with the loss of a loved one. Others can experience heightened feelings of loss and sadness that can complicate their grief, he indicated. Research around psychedelic utilization in bereavement is limited but growing.

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Hospices Step Up Pediatric Bereavement Care Amid Rising Demand

Hospice News

APRIL 7, 2023

Some hospices have found peer support to be a crucial component of their pediatric bereavement programs amid rising demand for these services. Research indicates that the number of bereaved children nationwide is growing. The organization additionally researches child bereavement services and needs.

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Lack of Staff, Guidelines Build Hurdles for Hospice Bereavement Care Programs

Hospice News

JUNE 29, 2023

Hospices often lack the financial and staffing resources needed to fully support bereaved families. As with nursing, the industry-wide labor shortage has impacted bereavement care, which is an underfunded service, according to Dr. Dawn Gross, palliative care physician at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Health.

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Regional Hospice Unveils New Bereavement Care Center

Hospice News

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Connecticut-based Regional Hospice recently opened a new grief support center to extend its bereavement services further across the state’s northwestern region. The opening expands upon the nonprofit hospice’s existing bereavement services, according to Regional Hospice President and CEO Cynthia Emiry Roy. “We

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The Rise of Tech-Enabled Grief Care

Hospice News

JUNE 24, 2022

A proliferating number of startups is developing tech solutions and services to support bereaved families, employing a range of business models — including partnerships with hospices. There’s never going to be enough hospice bereavement coordinators to make sure every single person gets what they need.

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MetLife Partners with Empathy to Offer Bereavement Support to Beneficiaries, Employees

Hospice News

AUGUST 29, 2023

NYSE: MET) is collaborating with Empathy to offer the bereavement care technology company’s platform to the insurance giant’s employees and beneficiaries. Bereavement care tech startup Empathy launched in 2021 with an app designed to help reduce the burden on grieving families and provide additional layers of emotional support.

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Federal Bill Calls for Bereavement Care Consensus Standards

Hospice News

AUGUST 11, 2022

Proposed federal legislation could advance the development of an evidence-based definition of “high-quality” bereavement care. Considered “report language,” the bereavement portion of the bill is a recommendation to federal agencies to pursue its stated objectives. In addition, these services are not reimbursed.

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Bereaved Families Face Serious Health, Financial Hardships

Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2024

More than 70% of respondents to a survey by the bereavement care tech platIform Empathy reported at least one mental health symptom for a few weeks after the death of a loved one; 58% indicated that the symptoms lasted for several months. businesses lose over $100 billion a year to grief-related absenteeism, reduced productivity and turnover.”

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Federal Legislation Would Create National Strategy on Grief

Hospice News

OCTOBER 1, 2022

introduced legislation this morning to create a National Strategy on Grief and establish grants to fund trauma-informed care for the bereaved. The massive loss of life due to the COVID-19 pandemic — more than 1 million deaths since 2020 — has spurred demand for bereavement care and was a partial impetus for the legislation. .

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Grief Care Platform Betterleave Expanding Via New Hospice-Partnership Model

Hospice News

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The grief care tech platform Betterleave is expanding with a new hospice-partnership model that augments its employee-benefit business. But in recent months, Betterleave has been collaborating with hospices to offer their services to families receiving bereavement care, as well as their workforce. “We

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Great Lakes Health Partners CEO: Employee Grief Support Can Boost Recruitment, Retention

Hospice News

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Illinois-based Great Lakes Health Partners, an Interim Healthcare franchise, is launching a grief support group for employees aimed at helping hospice workers deal with the stress of providing bedside end-of-life care. We’ve put it out there to the entire hospice team, picking times and days that work best for them.

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Tech Companies Empathy, Sharecare Partner to Add Bereavement Support to Employment Benefits

Hospice News

MARCH 4, 2023

Technology firms Empathy and Sharecare (NASDAQ: SHCR) have partnered to expand the benefits that companies can offer to bereaved employees. Through this partnership, employees will be able to access Empathy’s bereavement support services through ShareCare’s home home-oriented product, CareLinx.

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Grief Care Tech Company Empathy Raises $47M in Sseries B Round

Hospice News

MARCH 12, 2024

The bereavement care tech startup Empathy has secured $47 million in a Series B funding round led by Index Ventures. The Empathy app is designed to help families navigate the logistical aspects of bereavement, including documentation, funeral or memorial arrangements, validating a will and other essentials.

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Grief Coach Rebrands to Help Texts, Launches Health Care Worker Support Service

Hospice News

JANUARY 9, 2023

The bereavement care tech platform Grief Coach has rebranded as Help Texts and is expanding its services to include support for health care workers who are contending with stress or burnout. The company convened a group of professionals with experience in grief care to develop the content, from a variety of disciplines.

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Many Hospices Need to Step Up Disaster Planning

Hospice News

MARCH 27, 2024

Many hospices may be unprepared to cope with a large-scale disaster or a future pandemic. Last year, The Joint Commission implemented similar requirements for hospices. However, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed gaps in preparedness when it comes to hospice and palliative care. Increasingly, this factors into compliance.

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Health Systems Leverage Philanthropy to Grow Hospice, Palliative Services

Hospice News

APRIL 24, 2024

Health systems are increasingly growing their hospice and palliative care service lines, with philanthropy among the key ways to fuel these programs’ sustainability. Some hospices have temporarily halted or shuttered their programs due to a lack of funding or staff.

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Barriers to Expanding Perinatal Palliative Care, Hospice

Hospice News

APRIL 10, 2024

A lack of trained staff and evolving health laws are among the leading barriers to expanding perinatal palliative and hospice care among underserved populations. With regards to racial disparity, we know it’s out there,” Fisher told Hospice News. That drives who goes to perinatal hospice and who receives a certain type of care.

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Grief During the Holidays: Some Tips

High Peaks Hospice

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Grief During the Holidays: Some Tips The winter holidays are generally perceived as “the most wonderful time of the year.” But for those who are facing grief after the death of a loved one, the holidays may instead be a time filled with pain and sadness. Experts in Grief offer some tips: Be Willing to Change Traditions.

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Coping With Grief: How Bereavement Services Can Help

Traditions Health

JULY 31, 2023

It’s also common to have physical reactions to your grief, like changes in your appetite or having trouble sleeping. Designed to help you work through the complex issues associated with loss, bereavement services lend you extra support during one of life’s most challenging times. What are bereavement services? Grief education.

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Hospice of the Chesapeake Unifies Brands Under Single Identity

Hospice News

MARCH 21, 2023

Maryland-based Hospice of the Chesapeake and its affiliates are unifying under the organization’s main brand. Effective April 1, affiliates Calvert Hospice and Hospice of Charles County will be known as Hospice of the Chesapeake. Both facilities will retain their individual names following the brand unification.

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Hospice & Palliative Care of Wood River Valley Works to Reach Underserved Latino Populations

Hospice News

APRIL 13, 2023

Idaho-based Hospice & Palliative Care of the Wood River Valley has initiated Spanish-speaking services in an effort to reach underserved Latino patients and families. However, language barriers can make those patients difficult to reach, according to Lisa Wild, executive director at Hospice & Palliative Care of the Wood River Valley.

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Hospice & Community Care Affiliates with Hospice of Central Pennsylvania

Hospice News

JULY 18, 2023

Hospice & Community Care has inked a deal to affiliate with Hospice of Central Pennsylvania. Joining forces will also allow the two Pennsylvania-based nonprofit hospice and palliative care providers to realize cost-savings potential when it comes to purchasing durable medical equipment, pharmaceuticals and other medical supplies.

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High Peaks Hospice

APRIL 12, 2023

Become a member of our growing Hospice Team! High Peaks Hospice is accepting applications for a Hospice Bereavement Administrator. Position Overview High Peaks Hospice is seeking a highly organized, person-centric, and mission-driven individual to fill the role of Hospice Bereavement Administrator.

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Betterleave to Expand to 12 States Following $2.4M Funding Round

Hospice News

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The bereavement care tech company Betterleave has secured $2.4 Austin-based Betterleave Bereavement launched as a venture capital-backed startup in March 2022. The company’s bereavement care platform is designed as a benefit that companies can offer their employees who have lost a loved one, a pregnancy or a pet.

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New Hospice Facilities Launch Ahead While Others Halt

Hospice News

JULY 1, 2022

New hospice facilities and grief centers are cropping up across the country, while a California inpatient facility is reopening following a temporary closure due to the pandemic. . Meanwhile, construction of a hospice house in Maryland has ground to a halt. Hosparus Health opens new grief support facility.

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How Changing Reproductive Health Laws Could Impact Perinatal Hospice

Hospice News

MARCH 8, 2024

Evolutions in reproductive health laws may have reverberating impacts on the demand and delivery of perinatal hospice care. Perinatal hospice care is provided to families choosing to continue a pregnancy following a life-limiting prenatal diagnosis indicating a high risk of mortality before or shortly after birth. Laws in flux The U.S.

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NPHI Guide Designed to Help Hospices Address Mental Health Needs

Hospice News

MAY 9, 2022

This growing need has spurred the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI) to recently develop its Community Counseling Guide to help member providers structure bereavement services, including best practices for billing. Demand for mental health care skyrocketed during the pandemic. last year, up from 9.2%

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Angela Hospice’s New Inpatient Facility; Hosparus Opens PACE Center

Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2024

Angela Hospice’s New Senior Living Inpatient Facility Michigan-based Angela Hospice recently unveiled plans to open a new inpatient center at a senior living facility. Set to open this summer, the hospice facility will feature 15 patient beds at Lourdes Senior Community in Waterford, Michigan. The William B. and Janet B.

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Hosparus Acquires Baptist Health Deaconess Hospice

Hospice News

JUNE 2, 2023

Hosparus Health has acquired Baptist Health Deaconess Hospice in Madisonville, Kentucky, for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 1978, Hosparus Health’s 600 employees and 500 volunteers provide care for more than 10,000 patients annually, including hospice, medical care, palliative medicine, mental health and bereavement services. “Our

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HAP Foundation Launches to Research and Advance Hospice, Palliative Care

Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The foundation is an independent, nonprofit hospice and palliative care research and advocacy organization. It will serve as a hospice and palliative care “education and training hub” for patients, families, providers, and other stakeholders, according to the HAP Foundation. The HAP Foundation has officially begun operations.

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Bereavement Strategies – Coping with Grief and Loss

Three Oaks Hospice

APRIL 6, 2021

When a loved one faces the end of life, family members and friends go through a complex process of grief that can last for months or years. Three Oaks Hospice offers assistance to families in bereavement and can help you make the most of those last days spent with your loved one.

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Hospice Programs Slated for Closure Remain Open

Hospice News

MARCH 31, 2023

Hospice programs in central New York remain open, despite local legislators previously indicating staffing-related closures. In 2022, legislators in Oswego County in New York state voted to shutter its hospice services within the year. The post Hospice Programs Slated for Closure Remain Open appeared first on Hospice News.

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10 Hospice News ‘Hidden Gem’ Stories from 2022

Hospice News

DECEMBER 22, 2022

These cover the innovative partnerships, new technologies, pediatric care, health equity and other key developments in the hospice space. Pandemic Pushes Death Doula Awareness, Hospices Seek Strengthened Ties. Is Bereavement Care Going High Tech? Hospice Sustainability Rides Hand in Hand With Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

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Hospices Unveil New Inpatient Centers, Expand Facilities

Hospice News

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Hospice of the Chesapeake Unveils New Supportive Care Facility Maryland-Hospice of the Chesapeake has revamped its inpatient facility into a comprehensive care and community support center. The facility recently reopened this month as the Burnett Center for Hope & Healing, formerly known as the Burnett Calvert Hospice House.

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As Inpatient Hospice Doors Swing Open, Others Slam Shut Nationwide

Hospice News

JUNE 1, 2023

Patient preferences are trending towards home-based hospice care, leaving some inpatient facilities between a rock and a hard place. Meanwhile, other hospices diversify and expand their inpatient service capabilities. MercyOne Shutters Hospice House in Iowa MercyOne has closed its Iowa-based hospice center due to economic headwinds.

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Bill Would Create New State-Level Pediatric Hospice, Palliative Care Program

Hospice News

MARCH 19, 2024

Connecticut legislators recently introduced a bill that aims to create a statewide pediatric hospice and palliative program. Connecticut Children’s provides a range of 30 pediatric services, including hospice, and has more than 40 locations in its home state, New York and Massachusetts. The plan would have to be completed by Jan.

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World Hospice and Palliative Care Day Raises Global Awareness

Hospice News

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Globally, the need for hospice and palliative care has been growing faster than people can access them. This was the impetus behind the World Hospice Palliative Care Alliance (WHPCA), which emerged from an Oct. The theme speaks directly to the hospice’s efforts around health equity, according to Cabot.

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Podcast #18: Reid Peterson, founder of Grief Refuge

Hospice News

JULY 1, 2022

In this episode, Hospice News editor Jim Parker speaks with Reid Peterson, founder of Grief Refuge, a technology platform designed to support bereaved families. The post Podcast #18: Reid Peterson, founder of Grief Refuge appeared first on Hospice News. Listen today! Apple Podcasts Soundcloud.

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Places of Farewell – bereaved parents’ decision making about their child’s place of death

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FEBRUARY 11, 2024

This blog provides a summary of preliminary findings regarding bereaved parents’ decision making about their child’s place of death. For one family, the mother wanted her daughter’s place of death to be the hospice, but the daughter wanted to be at home (she died at home).

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Hospice of the Panhandle Taps New CEO; New Strategy Director Appointed at Unity Hospice

Hospice News

MAY 19, 2023

Hospice of the Panhandle Promotes New CEO from Within West Virginia-based Hospice of the Panhandle has appointed Chief Clinical Officer Nikki Bigiarelli as its new CEO. The hospice world is constantly changing,” Bigiarelli said. The hospice and palliative care provider operates in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Texas.

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DayNew Launches Grief Care Platform

Inside AccentCare’s New, Centralized Approach to Bereavement Care

The Potential of Psychedelics in Bereavement Care

Hospices Step Up Pediatric Bereavement Care Amid Rising Demand

Lack of Staff, Guidelines Build Hurdles for Hospice Bereavement Care Programs

Regional Hospice Unveils New Bereavement Care Center

The Rise of Tech-Enabled Grief Care

MetLife Partners with Empathy to Offer Bereavement Support to Beneficiaries, Employees

Federal Bill Calls for Bereavement Care Consensus Standards

Bereaved Families Face Serious Health, Financial Hardships

Federal Legislation Would Create National Strategy on Grief

Grief Care Platform Betterleave Expanding Via New Hospice-Partnership Model

Great Lakes Health Partners CEO: Employee Grief Support Can Boost Recruitment, Retention

Tech Companies Empathy, Sharecare Partner to Add Bereavement Support to Employment Benefits

Grief Care Tech Company Empathy Raises $47M in Sseries B Round

Grief Coach Rebrands to Help Texts, Launches Health Care Worker Support Service

Many Hospices Need to Step Up Disaster Planning

Health Systems Leverage Philanthropy to Grow Hospice, Palliative Services

Barriers to Expanding Perinatal Palliative Care, Hospice

Grief During the Holidays: Some Tips

Coping With Grief: How Bereavement Services Can Help

Hospice of the Chesapeake Unifies Brands Under Single Identity

Hospice & Palliative Care of Wood River Valley Works to Reach Underserved Latino Populations

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Betterleave to Expand to 12 States Following $2.4M Funding Round

New Hospice Facilities Launch Ahead While Others Halt

How Changing Reproductive Health Laws Could Impact Perinatal Hospice

NPHI Guide Designed to Help Hospices Address Mental Health Needs

Angela Hospice’s New Inpatient Facility; Hosparus Opens PACE Center

Hosparus Acquires Baptist Health Deaconess Hospice

HAP Foundation Launches to Research and Advance Hospice, Palliative Care

Bereavement Strategies – Coping with Grief and Loss

Hospice Programs Slated for Closure Remain Open

10 Hospice News ‘Hidden Gem’ Stories from 2022

Hospices Unveil New Inpatient Centers, Expand Facilities

As Inpatient Hospice Doors Swing Open, Others Slam Shut Nationwide

Bill Would Create New State-Level Pediatric Hospice, Palliative Care Program

World Hospice and Palliative Care Day Raises Global Awareness

Podcast #18: Reid Peterson, founder of Grief Refuge

Places of Farewell – bereaved parents’ decision making about their child’s place of death

Hospice of the Panhandle Taps New CEO; New Strategy Director Appointed at Unity Hospice

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