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Caring for the Caregivers: Keys for Helping Family Members in Palliative Care Roles

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Given the crucial role that caregivers play in families, their well-being is central to palliative care, and providers need to assist these caregivers by developing sustainable models of support for them. They also experience emotional and mental health issues due to lack of sleep, grief and watching the suffering of a family member.

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Naturopath’s Potential in Palliative Care

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Greater care collaborations between naturopathic and palliative care providers could address a wide range of unmet patient and caregiver needs, according to Luepker. Naturopathic medicine and palliative care may have more in common than meets the eye. The post Naturopath’s Potential in Palliative Care appeared first on Hospice News.

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HopeHealth’s Expanding Scope of Pediatric Hospice, Palliative Services

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HopeHealth provides home care, hospice, palliative and dementia care, as well as caregiver and grief support services. HopeHealth has been growing its pediatric hospice and supportive care service lines in recent years to address a range of unmet needs among seriously ill children and their families.

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New Dementia-Focused Payment Model Emphasizes Caregiver Support

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Without family caregivers, most hospice and palliative care patients would be unable to receive care in the home. Now, some emerging payment models are including caregiver support as a key component. In terms of caregiving support, not much has changed. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled in July 2023.

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Systematic Change Needed to Support Family Caregivers of Hospice Patients

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Given the critical role of family caregivers in home-based care, hospices have a vested interest in expanding their access to support. The state of caregiving Many of the barriers are financial. The direct costs of caregiving are substantial, and they multiply as lost wages or missed work days get factored in.

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HAP Foundation Launches to Research and Advance Hospice, Palliative Care

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“Navigating grief and finding support can be complicated and isolating. “Navigating grief and finding support can be complicated and isolating. We are planning to expand Missing Pieces to address broader grief needs for more families.”

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Preventing Burnout Among Palliative Care Employees

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There can be long hours, higher caseloads, patient/caregiver heightened emotions that lead to higher levels of stress than in other medical care settings.” The emotional toll of caring for the seriously ill contributes to high rates of burnout among palliative care workers. Nursing is not the same kind of work it used to be.