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

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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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Helios Care Partners with Bassett Healthcare to Expand Hospice, Palliative Services

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Last year, Helios Care served more than 580 hospice patients across four New York counties in addition to 90 palliative care patients and more than 550 bereavement care clients. In 2021, 48,644 Medicare beneficiaries in New York state elected the hospice benefit, according to the U.S.

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

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Right now, all of our bereavement support groups are in English only,” Wild told local news. ““We Wood River reportedly provides care free of charge and does not bill insurance companies or Medicare. Children represent another underserved population on the hospice’s radar, including bereavement support. We are working with St.

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LeadingAge to Congress: Reform Hospice Benefit, Fund Palliative Care

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The Medicare Hospice Benefit should allow some concurrent care, and Congress should support greater access to palliative care, among other reforms, according to LeadingAge. The senior care advocacy organization wrote to Congressional leaders today calling on lawmakers to devote attention to improving the 40-year-old benefit.

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Many Hospices Need to Step Up Disaster Planning

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) expanded a Condition of Participation pertaining to disaster preparedness planning. They can also provide education, services and advocacy related to grief and bereavement in mass-casualty incidents, as well as assist with public health surveillance and reporting. In 2017, the U.S.

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Massachusetts Ramping Up Pediatric Palliative Care Funding

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Services provided through the program include consultation for pain and symptom management, nursing services, mental health counseling, family support and bereavement care. Massachusetts legislators recently allocated more than $8.7 million in the state’s 2023 fiscal year budget to support pediatric palliative care access.

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Federal Legislation Would Create National Strategy on Grief

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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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