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. .
Hospice News
JANUARY 19, 2023
In some respects, the two sectors are already inextricably linked, given the holistic nature of hospice care, including attention to patients’ psychosocial and spiritual needs as well as bereavement support for families. Hospices also lack quality measures associated with bereavement care.
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Hospice News
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
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.
Hospice News
JANUARY 4, 2024
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). For the latter, many deficiencies occur because social work and bereavement care assessments are not conducted within the required time frame. While these data are based on results from ACHC-accredited organizations, it dovetails with industry-wide results.
High Peaks Hospice
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
That year Medicare determined that dying was no longer a diagnosis that warranted a hospital admission. In 1982 Medicare authorized reimbursement for hospice care. She also provided an opportunity for new hospice volunteers to be introduced to working with the infirm. In 1986 Ann and her husband, the late Dr. C.
High Peaks Hospice
JUNE 27, 2023
As a member of the Hospice interdisciplinary team, the primary focus of the Social Worker is to respond to the emotional and psychological needs of the patients, their families, and hospice staff. The Social Worker provides concrete social work services and actively participates in developing patient/family care plans.
High Peaks Hospice
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
As a member of the Hospice interdisciplinary team, the primary focus of the Social Worker is to respond to the emotional and psychological needs of the patients, their families, and hospice staff. The Social Worker provides concrete social work services and actively participates in developing patient/family care plans.
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