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Researchers Uncover Widespread Disparities Affecting Rural Hospice Caregivers

Hospice News

Lagging supportive services around social determinants of health and limited access to hospice and palliative care are driving disparities among rural family caregivers. These determinants, along with the natural stressors of palliative and end-of-life caregiving, disproportionately impact their emotional well-being.”

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PC Trials at State of Science: Tom LeBlanc, Kate Courtright, & Corita Grudzen

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There is a lot of literature suggesting that standard transplant care doesn’t really meet the needs of these patients and their caregivers. Then we looked also a little bit long-term at three and six months, and we also looked at caregiver outcomes. Eric: Well, let’s talk about caregivers. Eric: Okay.