Hospice News

APRIL 8, 2024

I started advocating pretty early on that I thought it would be really beneficial to form a separate, dedicated team of nurses, physicians, social workers and chaplains to take part in this care. We have chaplains, hospice aides, social work support and a robust grief support program of counselors that specialize in the loss of a child.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Not only have daily clinical visits in the last week of life improved, so too have bedside presence from other interdisciplinary team members such as social workers and chaplains, she stated. Identifying patients a little sooner with technology can allow those patients to have longer and more visits at the end of life,” Arnold said.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) and remote patient monitoring (RPM) systems can be worth the financial investment in terms of building operational efficiencies that benefit patient quality, according to Laura Templeton, executive vice president and COO of Compassus.

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GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

Afterwards, we chat with the prison’s chaplain, Keith Knauf. Eric: So I’m excited because we’re going to be interviewing Michele, but we’re also going to be interviewing others, including inmate volunteers here, chaplains. Alex: Mm-hmm. You got a song request for Alex. Eric: Yeah. Michele: Okay. Eric: Right.

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Hospice News

MAY 30, 2023

Palliative care is provided by a specialty-trained team of doctors, nurses, social workers, and chaplains who work together with a patient’s other treating clinicians to provide an extra layer of support. What will a near-term future state look like? The goal is to improve quality of life for both the patient and the family.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 29, 2024

However, in recent years palliative care has been gaining ground, as more payers, providers and patients begin to realize what these services can do for them in terms of reducing costs and improving outcomes. But increasingly, those providers are working together to bridge gaps in care and cover all the bases in terms of care settings.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Medical social workers saw an average 4.07% hourly increase, but in terms of productivity tended to have larger caseloads, with a national average of 29.15 Chaplains had the largest caseloads of nearly 40 patients. Medical directors saw the lowest rate of increase at 0.6% patients compared to 14.12 for nurses.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Wu added that with only 10 members, the palliative care team is “small but mighty” and includes physicians, a nurse practitioner, a nurse social worker, a pharmacist, a chaplain and an administrator. Our program] is fiercely narrative and really focuses as much on the art of listening as the art of what we say,” Wu said.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

It’s about helping that family come to terms and understand the declines in end-of-life, as well as resources for respite, funeral services and other pressing questions that hospice staff might have some constraints around when it comes to workforce shortages,” Eulers told Hospice News. “The

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 6, 2023

This is still a space where we haven’t seen a dominant model/structure in terms of innovation, and also leaves a lot of gray area around reimbursement. This will likely mean further investment in data collection and analysis systems, including predictive analytics and machine learning.

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AT Home Care & Hospice

APRIL 25, 2023

These are settings that reside outside of the hospital and can include skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), long-term care hospitals (LTCHs), inpatient rehabilitation centers and home care agencies. In all of these settings, the availability of such resources, especially counseling, is critical to the long-term health and wellness of residents.

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Hospice News

MARCH 19, 2024

A lack of financial support represents a “real struggle” in terms of the ability to provide the full spectrum of interdisciplinary pediatric palliative and hospice care involves, according to ToniAnn Marchione, president and CEO of Connecticut-based Regional Hospice. It’s that continuity of care early on so we have seamless transitions.

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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. Though financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed, Heartland is valued at $710 million, according to a Bloomberg report. Service animals are permitted at the inpatient hospice.

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Hospice News

JULY 15, 2022

Adventist Health has expanded its hospice services in Mendocino Country, California, both in terms of geography and its scope of services. The program now is staffed by one full-time and one part-time hospice nurse, as well as a chaplain, home health aides, and a medical social worker. Hospice utilization reached 46.1%

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Hospice News

MAY 20, 2022

If enacted, PCHETA would support hospice and palliative care training programs for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers and chaplains. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) The bill would also expand continuing education and career development programs and incentives in these fields.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 31, 2024

If you decide to pursue another opportunity, you may have massive exposure in terms of sustainability.” Most PACE participants are reimbursed through the long-term care programs within Medicare and Medicaid, according to Black. Now is the time to make sure that you’re not over-dependent on one line of service or one referral source.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Gender-affirming hospice care hard to find Not only are hospices in rural regions often stretched thin in terms of available clinical resources, they can also face regulatory challenges around providing gender-affirming training for staff. “It’s looking at the real issues of this broader community in a whole different context.”

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Hospice News

MARCH 22, 2024

Since then, the company has grown in terms of census, grown more sophisticated in its approach to end-of-life care and expanded into other business lines. And we have embedded palliative care, including the physician, nurse practitioner and chaplain within the clinic, and they work with complex patients with multiple diagnoses.

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Hospice News

JUNE 15, 2023

We have nurses, a social worker and chaplains that donate their time. It’s been pretty predictable in terms of year over year. But it’s a beautiful model because of the lack of complication. Our volunteers actually go through a really lengthy training program and are willing to do that.

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Hospice News

JULY 20, 2022

The program centers around services from a nurse practitioner, a nurse, and a social worker, as well as chaplain care when needed. When it comes to palliative care reimbursement, Unity has developed relationships with payers through its membership in the Wisconsin Hospice & Palliative Care Collaborative.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

If enacted, PCHETA would support hospice and palliative care training programs for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers and chaplains. Last month, Blumenauer announced that he would not seek re-election at the end of this term. Seven years later, Blumenauer sponsored the Personalize Your Care Act 2.0, Jimmy Panetta Rep.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The interdisciplinary program is open to all New Mexico primary care and specialty care providers, chaplains, social workers, and virtually “anyone involved in palliative and end-of-life care,” said university representatives.

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Minority Nurse

MAY 22, 2023

Thankfully, oncology nursing is very collaborative, he says, and so nurses work with physicians, frontline providers, therapists, chaplains, nutritionists, clinical pharmacists, and volunteers to understand how the different pieces help drive the care of a patient. “They give so much of themselves.”

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Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2023

Howe is passionate regarding education as he leads teams of specially trained clinical staff, including nurse practitioners, registered nurses, social workers, chaplains and certified nurse aides, all of whom he believes are experts in the care of patients with advanced and terminal illnesses.”.

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Traditions Health

MARCH 13, 2023

On the other hand, CKD is caused by a long-term disease, and it is the result of slower damage over time. Securing Long-Term Care for AKI vs CKD While both conditions can be managed if detected early, many patients with AKI or CKD may find it necessary to plan for hospice care.

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Shining Light Hospice

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

An interdisciplinary team is assembled for each patient and it typically includes the attending physician, a Registered Nurse (RN) case manager, home health aide, social worker, and a chaplain. Chaplains are also available for spiritual care. This service is typically provided through the help of the nurse, social worker and chaplain.

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AT Home Care & Hospice

MAY 23, 2023

Home health care services allow individuals with long-term or chronic conditions or people recovering from an illness or injury to be in a comfortable, stress-free environment while still getting the support they need. Home care can be a short-term or long-term service.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 23, 2022

A veteran of the senior services sector, Health has spent his 30-year career as a leader of hospice, senior housing, long term care, and PACE programs, in addition to a stint as a health care lobbyist. I also think that we have to look at the potential new relationships out there with long term care. And we see that in the hospice.

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Hospice News

JULY 1, 2022

The campaign was created to address areas of need that included service enhancements and operational support, regional expansion, endowments and business development, and long-term sustainability. Building a resource center was part of that goal. Funding support for the $130,000 project came from The Gheens Foundation, Brown-Forman Corp.,

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Hospice News

APRIL 25, 2022

Two weeks later, the pandemic started, and it’s been challenging for the industry as a whole in terms of staffing. Could you give an overview of how SilverStone fared during the last two years in terms of staffing? Montiel: I bought SilverStone two and a half years ago. The census then was in the 20s and 40s.

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Home Care Pulse

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

These adjustments were trivial and again allowed me to meet the patient where she was and offer her support as she journeyed to the end of her life on her own terms. One area where assumptions are often made in terms of patients’ wishes is pain. I acknowledged Eva’s pain and offered to arrange for a chaplain to visit.

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Traditions Health

JUNE 26, 2023

While nurses, chaplains, aides, and therapists all play valuable roles, volunteers form a vital part of hospice services. Many families turn to hospice to help make a loved one’s final months or weeks more comfortable. Hospice addresses a person’s mind, body, and spirit as they go through this challenging phase of life.

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Hospice of the North Coast

AUGUST 25, 2023

The hospice care team comprises medical experts, social workers, chaplains, and volunteers who collectively address the needs of patients and their families. Counselors, social workers, and chaplains offer emotional and spiritual guidance to help individuals find peace and meaning during this time.

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Chicago Caregiving

JANUARY 3, 2024

She also had to come to terms with many other factors: that she wasn’t going to get help from family, that her mom has Alzheimer’s, and that Mona had chosen to be her advocate. “Education about caring for someone with dementia needs to be easily accessible to everyone — family and paid caregivers alike.”

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Home Care Pulse

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

For examples as to how sharing data across the continuum of care improves care, check out Sharing Data Across the Care Continuum: Perspectives from Long-Term and Post-Acute Care Case Studies. Many of these challenges require solutions outside the scope of your organization but some can be addressed within your organizational best practices.

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Shining Light Hospice

MAY 14, 2023

Caregiver burnout is a state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion that results from long-term care of a loved one. Hospice care teams may include social workers, chaplains, and other professionals who can provide counseling and support to patients and their families.

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Daily Nurse

AUGUST 31, 2023

Like-Mindedness and Connection Some people stand out during your career for their friendliness, kindness, and collaborative spirit, and like-minded colleagues, whether nurses, chaplains, physicians, social workers, or executives, are worth their weight in gold.

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