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Many Hospices Need to Step Up Disaster Planning

Hospice News

For hospice and palliative care providers, many were unable to reach patients in facilities and at times could not provide care in some homes, Baker Rogers indicated. Referrals to hospice were frequently delayed, and respite care was also impossible in some instances due to nursing home restrictions.

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

Hospice News

Angela Hospice provides adult and pediatric hospice, palliative care and grief support across Oakland County in southern Michigan. To qualify for PACE, residents must be 55 and older, in need of nursing home-level care and able to safely receive community-based services in a home-based setting.

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Hosparus Acquires Baptist Health Deaconess Hospice

Hospice News

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. “We million community center, as well as a new grief center in July 2022.

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As Inpatient Hospice Doors Swing Open, Others Slam Shut Nationwide

Hospice News

“Closing the inpatient facility will allow Hospice Ministries to put more focus on providing end of life care to patients in their ‘homes,’ whether it be their personal residence, a nursing home, or an assisted living facility.” The hospice provides home- and facility-based end-of-life care.

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New Hospice Facilities Launch Ahead While Others Halt

Hospice News

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. . This will make the organization’s third center for youth bereavement in the area, with additional locations in Auburndale and Sebring, Florida.

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The Roles of Medical Professionals in Hospice Care

Shining Light Hospice

Hospice services can be provided at home or in inpatient facilities with staff experienced in end-of-life care. Additionally, many hospice physicians have completed special courses or training related to end-of-life care and possess expertise in bereavement counseling and spiritual issues related to terminal illness.

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End-of-Life Doulas: A Podcast with Jane Euler, Beth Klint, and John Loughnane

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Check out the Pub Crawl GeriPal post for more info, and follow #HPMParty on Twitter to keep us as we crawl! ** In the last several years, I’ve seen more and more articles about end-of-life doulas ( like this NY Times article from 2021 ). Despite this, in my 20-year career as a palliative care physician, I have yet to see a death doula in the wild.