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How Hospices Are Diversifying Their Services in 2024

Hospice News

Palliative care, pediatric end-of-life care and end-of-life doula (EOLD) services are top of mind for hospices that are diversifying their services in 2024. Now’s the time to make sure your entire book of business isn’t tied to one source. But it goes both ways.

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Palliative Care Conference: A Discussion with nVoq

Hospice News

This article is based on a Q&A session with Jason Banks, Senior Director of Post Acute Sales at nVoq, during the Hospice News Palliative Care Conference. Hospice News: Jason has an incredible background in post-acute care that we’re going to talk about today. Banks: I ran a hospice and palliative care.

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Influence of Hospital Culture on Intensity of Care: Liz Dzeng

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary One of the things I love about Liz Dzeng’s work is the way in which it draws upon, echoes, and advances our understanding of the influence of culture on the end of life experience. At the end we also pay tribute to Randy Curtis, senior author on this paper and mentor to Liz. This field is not new.

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To Marry the Love of My Life

The Bucket-List Blog

And Kristy, our social worker, was busy with a few surprises. Junann brought a book she made for the ceremony so that Jerry, who can’t hear well, could read and follow along. Trust me when I say that families like ours aren’t sure what we would do without their compassion and care. This team has become part of our family.

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Palliative and end of life care as a human right

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

This blog does not intend to revisit this pathway, but to raise awareness that as healthcare professionals, we have and always will have only one chance to get it right in palliative and end of life care. What is Palliative and End of Life Care? In October each year we recognise Hospice Care Week.

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How Psychedelics Could Change Palliative Care

Hospice News

Some in the serious illness space believe that psychedelic-assisted therapy represents a new frontier in palliative care, even though the substances remain illegal at the federal level. The focus to date has been concentrated on three areas: mental health, palliative and end-of-life care. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

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Ep.18: BK Books with Barbara Karnes: Why Approaching Hospice Holistically is Necessary to the Success of the Care Continuum

Home Care Pulse

I’m the senior nurse educator at H C P, Speaker 1 ( 00:25 ): And you’re listening to Vision, the podcast for leaders and forward thinkers in the care industry. Today we’ll be discussing the importance of unifying the care continuum for end of life care. Speaker 3 ( 00:38 ): Hi, glad to be here.

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