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VNS Health Expands Hospice Education for Underserved Asian Americans

Hospice News

VNS Health has developed community education programs to boost awareness and hospice utilization among Chinese populations in New York City. It’s important that you have staff who speak their own language and dialects, because even just in the Chinese language there are so many different dialects,” Lin told Hospice News. “We

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Care Dimensions CEO: New Hospice Clinicians Seek Mentorship

Hospice News

Hospice provider Care Dimensions has tapped Dr. Stephanie Patel as its new CEO, upon the retirement of previous top executive Patricia Ahern. Care Dimensions is the largest hospice provider in Massachusetts. Additionally, Patel is a fellow of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and speaks locally and nationally.

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Discrimination Fears Deter LGBTQ+ Patients From Advance Care Planning

Hospice News

“These are really difficult conversations to have with anyone, but there’s been so much trauma in the LGBTQ+ community that providers need to have a real understanding about,” Fitting told Hospice News. The hospice, home health and palliative care provider serves close to 40,000 patients.

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A Human Rights based approach to Palliative Care: Towards Solutions for Public Health Palliative Care

EAPC (European Association of Palliative Care)

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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How to Honor The Deceased In the Time of COVID-19 (Part 2)

Kindful Hospice

Both locally and online, they offer support groups and seminars which are led by people who understand what you’re going through — and who want to help you recover from your loss and rebuild your life. The post How to Honor The Deceased In the Time of COVID-19 (Part 2) appeared first on Kindful Hospice.

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11 Surefire Strategies for Improving Employee Retention in Post-Acute Care

Home Care Pulse

Keeping your caregivers is paramount to your ongoing success, but it’s one of the biggest challenges providers face in post-acute care. From home care to hospice to senior living, retaining post-acute ca re employees continues to be a constant challenge.

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The Angry Patient: A podcast with Dani Chammas and Keri Brenner

GeriPal

Exploring the Psychological Aspects of Palliative Care: Lessons Learned from an Interdisciplinary Seminar of Experts. The last case of anger that I ineptly dealt with was we were delivering in some ways good but bad news, that somebody was graduating from hospice. The caregiver apologized. J Palliat Med. 2021;24(11):1598-1602.