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Lack of Staff, Guidelines Build Hurdles for Hospice Bereavement Care Programs

Hospice News

As with nursing, the industry-wide labor shortage has impacted bereavement care, which is an underfunded service, according to Dr. Dawn Gross, palliative care physician at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Health. Gross is also a medical director at ANX Hospice Care.

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Psychedelics, Cannabis Show Promise in End-of-Life Care, But More Research Needed on the Risks

Hospice News

Research is growing around how certain substances such as psychedelics and cannabis can aid in treating pain, anxiety, depression, trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), grief, migraines and other medical conditions. Medical cannabis can also be beneficial in symptom management for cancer patients, according to recent research.

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HopeHealth’s Expanding Scope of Pediatric Hospice, Palliative Services

Hospice News

HopeHealth provides home care, hospice, palliative and dementia care, as well as caregiver and grief support services. HopeHealth is also a hospice and palliative medicine teaching affiliate for The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. The numbers were pretty striking.

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10 Hospice News ‘Hidden Gem’ Stories from 2022

Hospice News

Is Bereavement Care Going High Tech? A number of entrepreneurs have emerged with tech solutions that offer grief and logistical support to bereaved families. There’s a lot of patients and families out there with serious illnesses who would benefit from home-based palliative care or clinic-based palliative care,” J.

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New Hospice Facilities Launch Ahead While Others Halt

Hospice News

New hospice facilities and grief centers are cropping up across the country, while a California inpatient facility is reopening following a temporary closure due to the pandemic. . Meanwhile, construction of a hospice house in Maryland has ground to a halt. Hosparus Health opens new grief support facility.

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Using Ring Theory Paradigm

Hospice of the North Coast

Key points: In Ring Theory, the ill partner becomes the priority, and the other partner cannot reveal their angst and grief to them. I’m Dr. Daniel Miller and one of the medical directors of Hospice of the North Coast. An exploration into the benefits and limitations of Ring Theory. Topics with me.

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Using Ring Theory Paradigm When Dealing With a Terminal Illness

Hospice of the North Coast

Key points: In Ring Theory, the ill partner becomes the priority, and the other partner cannot reveal their angst and grief to them. I’m Dr. Daniel Miller and one of the medical directors of Hospice of the North Coast. An exploration into the benefits and limitations of Ring Theory. Topics with me.

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