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Amedisys Makes Executive Moves, Bristol Hospice Names New CFO

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Home health and hospice provider Amedisys Inc. New CFO Takes the Reins at Bristol Hospice. Utah-based Bristol Hospice has named Jerry Copeland as its new CFO. Copeland was most recently CFO of Reliant at Home in Texas and served in the same role for Dallas-based Sage Hospice before that.

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How We Care for Our Community | Hospice Promise

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Hospice Promise provides an individualized physical, emotional, and spiritual care program for people in the last phases of a life-limiting illness. We utilize an interdisciplinary approach of physicians, nurses, social workers, therapists, hospice aides, volunteers, and spiritual and bereavement counselors.

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Choose a Hospice that Best Meets Your Needs

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Finding a Hospice that provides comfort and the care you desire is vital. Hospice Promise provides an individualized program of physical, emotional, and spiritual care for people in the last phases of a life-limiting illness. The post Choose a Hospice that Best Meets Your Needs appeared first on Hospice Promise.

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NHPCO Statement: Debunking Hospice Myths Propagated by Recent News Story

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For Immediate Release June 21, 2023 (Alexandria, VA) – The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) published the following statement in response to a recent NBC News story on HCA Healthcare hospitals, suggesting that HCA hospitals may be inappropriately pushing patients toward hospice care.

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How Hospice Supports Families

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Hospice Supports Families as Well as Patients. Fortunately, as America has begun going home to die with higher quality of life at ever increasing rates, the hospice industry has also grown to support that. In 1984, there were only 31 Medicare-certified home hospice agencies. Caregiver Education in Hospice. Conclusion.

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5 Tips to Stop Feeling Incompetent for New Hospice Nurses

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If you’re a new hospice nurse, you might feel overwhelmed. Before you settle into those feelings too much, you might want to explore these 5 tips to help you stop feeling incompetent as a new hospice nurse. Just because you were an expert in the intensive care unit doesn’t mean you will know everything about hospice.

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End-of-Life Care: Your Patient Has Died, Now What?

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Where Hospice Patients Die. However, as a home hospice nurse, you are more likely to perform death visits in the patient’s personal residence or nursing home. However, as a home hospice nurse, you are more likely to perform death visits in the patient’s personal residence or nursing home. Pronouncement During End-of-Life Care.