Hospice News

DECEMBER 21, 2023

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. The two providers are collaborating to establish a “more cohesive and seamless continuum of care” across Bassett’s eight-county service region.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The bereavement care tech platform Empathy is now partnering with the software company Benekiva in an effort to streamline life insurance claims processing and help families access benefits more quickly. The average cost to the bereaved exceeds $12,000. The company’s clients include a number of Fortune 100 companies.

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Hospice News

APRIL 13, 2023

Right now, all of our bereavement support groups are in English only,” Wild told local news. ““We Children represent another underserved population on the hospice’s radar, including bereavement support. The organization recently held its first Spanish-speaking group for families at a local church. We are working with St. Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The KITES program helps provide continued support for children when their condition improves beyond palliative or hospice care needs, as well as provide connections to Community Hospice & Palliative Care’s bereavement services for those experiencing a loss. The Florida-based provider is an affiliate of Alivia Care Inc.

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Hospice News

MARCH 8, 2024

Phoenix Children’s palliative program began in 2009 and includes nine physicians, social workers, mental health therapists, child life specialists and bereavement support professionals. Communication skills are among the most significant components of shaping a sustainable pediatric palliative care workforce, Shaw said. “A

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Hospice News

MARCH 19, 2024

Connecticut legislators recently introduced a bill that aims to create a statewide pediatric hospice and palliative program. If enacted, the bill would require the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) to create a plan for the development of the program and establish general statutes around its implementation.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 19, 2022

In addition to palliative, Homeland at Home provides facility- and home-based hospice, home health, personal and skilled nursing care, along with bereavement support. Pennsylvania-based Homeland at Home recently added community-based palliative care to its repertoire of services in response to rising demand for this care.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 8, 2022

GMCH offers hospice, palliative, perinatal, respite and bereavement care, along with art, music and various other therapies. The Hearst Foundation partly financed the program with a $150,000 grant. Like many providers, the organization has seen clinician workforce issues take a toll on its ability to meet demand, Eliassen said.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 27, 2023

In addition to hospice and palliative care, YoloCares also offers adult day services and operates caregiver and bereavement support centers. New CEO Takes Reigns at Sangre de Cristo Community Care Colorado-based Sangre de Cristo Community Care named Melinda Egging as its new CEO. This marks her return to the organization.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 10, 2022

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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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.

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EAPC (European Association of Palliative Care)

JANUARY 17, 2024

Register to attend here The post EAPC Webinar: Public Health Approaches to Bereavement Support appeared first on EAPC. The start time may be different for you in your country. The start time may be different for you in your country.

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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. 8, 2005 meeting of health care leaders in South Korea. Case in point, as many as 71% of the U.S.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

This blog provides a summary of preliminary findings regarding bereaved parents’ decision making about their child’s place of death. Research that considers the place of death of children where death is expected, varies in number depending on diagnosis. 12389 Johnston E et al (2020) Hospital or home?

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

HAP Foundation includes a Pediatric Palliative Care program, involving a network of providers that also offers bereavement care services. HAP Foundation includes a Pediatric Palliative Care program, involving a network of providers that also offers bereavement care services.

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Hospice News

MARCH 27, 2024

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. However, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed gaps in preparedness when it comes to hospice and palliative care.

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Hospice News

JULY 5, 2022

Along with administrative offices, the location will be home to Hospice of Washington County’s outpatient palliative care clinic, along with its bereavement and grief counseling offices. Iowa-based Hospice of Washington County is rebuilding and relocating its administrative offices, which also houses the provider’s palliative care clinic.

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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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EAPC (European Association of Palliative Care)

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Chaired by Steve Marshall, the session will include presentations on: What is music therapy, and how is it applied within palliative and end-of-life care- Dr Lisa Graham-Wisener Music therapy in bereavement – what are the benefits? Dr Lisa Graham-Wisener What is the future role of music therapy in bereavement?

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2024

Oasis also offers assistance with medication management, durable medical equipment and bereavement services. To be able to support even more people going through one of life’s most difficult times will be so meaningful for our team, and we hope, the community too.” has opened a new inpatient center in Illinois.

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Hospice News

MAY 19, 2022

Nationwide, the burden on bereaved families is severe, other research has found. Families spend as many as 500 hours over as long as 13 months completing administrative tasks related to their loved one’s death, a recent report from the bereavement care technology company Empathy found.

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Hospice News

MARCH 21, 2023

The hospice in 2021 cared for more than 3,800 hospice patients as well as more than 2,095 on palliative care and close to 500 in bereavement. Services available at the updated facility include end-of-life, palliative and bereavement care. Both facilities will retain their individual names following the brand unification.

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Hospice News

JULY 6, 2023

The goal is to connect more individuals with mental and psychosocial support related to serious illness, death and bereavement. Among its services, Mettle Health has seen demand grow for advance care planning, bereavement, caregiving support and assistance with navigating the health care system, according to Dolan.

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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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Hospice News

MARCH 25, 2024

The hospice provider also offers palliative care, veteran and bereavement services, and durable medical equipment (DME) and supplies. We also began a texting communications program, which will enhance our bereavement program. Stoneridge Hospice launched in 2020. Can you share what led to the start of your services?

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Hospice News

JULY 18, 2023

Affiliating our two organizations is a step forward in achieving a shared ambition of sustainable palliative and end-of-life care and bereavement services, for patients and families in the communities that we serve,” Hospice & Community Care President and CEO Steve Knaub said in a statement.

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EAPC (European Association of Palliative Care)

JUNE 26, 2023

The theme of the seminar ‘A Human Rights based approach to Palliative Care: Towards Solutions for Public Health Palliative Care’ is highly relevant as 2023 marks 75 years since the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights was proclaimed by the United Nationals General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

An interdisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains, volunteers and bereavement experts provide 24/7 care. Established in 1883 as a Visiting Nurse Association (VNA), HHHC provides home care, hospice and bereavement services, as well as caregiver resources. Service animals are permitted at the inpatient hospice.

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Minority Nurse

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The same study also cited a bereaved families survey that found “African Americans were less satisfied with the quality of end-of-life care.” Palliative care can be equally rewarding and challenging. Patients are navigating the emotional and physical turbulence of terminal illness. This is far more than their white counterparts.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Bereavement counseling will be available to families at the center for 13 months following the death of a loved one, as well as respite services for caregivers. Sarah Bush Lincoln Hospice received the green light last April to renovate the structure on a local hospital campus. Construction began in the spring of 2022.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Through an affiliation, our organizations will have the opportunity to achieve a shared goal to provide sustainable palliative and hospice care along with bereavement services for patients and families in the communities that we serve,” said St. Francis Reflections CEO Joseph Killian, in a statement. “By By joining forces, St.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

This was actually a bereaved person, and they said that because their person had planted those tulips it reminded them constantly of them. In many instances, hospices will not be able to provide care if patients lack the support of a family caregiver. You’ve personally been a caregiver yourself. And again, we’re having roaring success.

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Hospice News

MARCH 14, 2024

In Calendar Year 2021, the share of hospice care days with nurse visits in the last seven days of life rose to 63%, up from 62% year over year, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). In 2019, for example, the percentage was 66%.

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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. This is such a big issue.”

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Hospice News

MAY 19, 2023

Proceeds from the stores fund its grief program, Wings of Hope Family Bereavement Camps, and also help support hospice patients and families with special needs. Cogswell has led the organization for the past 36 years. As Bigiarelli takes the helm, she will be focused on growth, she said in an announcement. Palliative care will be expanded.

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Hospice News

JULY 18, 2022

Additionally, bereaved family members of Black patients rated the quality of communication with hospices as lower than other health care providers. When it comes to communication and quality of care for Black patients, recent data reinforces the notion that hospices have room to grow. African Americans made up a mere 8.2%

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Stepping into 2024, I’m excited to share news that marks the beginning of a fresh chapter for Blue Ridge Hospice and those in our community in need of serious and chronic illness care, palliative care and bereavement support services,” Richard Kennedy, board of directors chair at Blue Ridge Hospice, said in an announcement.

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