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

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“It’s a challenge to navigate state rules with federal laws versus the hospice or palliative individual’s best interests and the end-of-life care plan.” If restrictions eased around controlled substances, then hospice providers might be more open to their use, according to Dr. Karl Steinberg, medical director for Hospice by the Sea.

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

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Dawn Gross, palliative care physician at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Health. Gross is also a medical director at ANX Hospice Care. Hospices are not reimbursed enough to support grief care teams,” Gross told Hospice News.

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HopeHealth’s Expanding Scope of Pediatric Hospice, Palliative Services

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HopeHealth is also a hospice and palliative medicine teaching affiliate for The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. The health system in 2021 began providing inpatient and community-based pediatric palliative and hospice care to infants, children and young adults. The numbers were pretty striking.

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Blue Monarch CEO: Hospice Startup Seeks to Raise Bar on Quality

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Right now, we’re a community-based provider, and we also work with a hospital system to provide general inpatient hospice care. . It’s just a matter of time before the need for hospice rises. The health care system is strained. I get into the field right alongside our staff to provide hospice care.

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New Hospice Facilities Launch Ahead While Others Halt

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Kaweah Health Hospice staff will oversee the hospice facility’s day-to-day operations and medical care, which will be provided by a team of nurses, home health aides, social workers and chaplains. The 10-bed inpatient hospice facility had been in the works for more than a decade. “In

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Staffing Summit Panel: A Discussion with SilverStone Hospice

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We have one thing that is different, I think, from most hospices, which is we have a full-time medical director. The issue with hospice and also with palliative care is the way we provide service is quite decentralized. For those listening, they don’t understand yet what hospice is.

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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

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What is our role as hospice and palliative care providers in advocating for high-quality hospice care? If you are interested in signing the position statement “Core Roles and Responsibilities of Physicians in Hospice Care”, click here. JAMA IM 2021 Hospice Acquisitions by Profit-Driven Private Equity Firms.

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