Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2024

Set to open this summer, the hospice facility will feature 15 patient beds at Lourdes Senior Community in Waterford, Michigan. Expanding hospice care in the senior community will allow for improved support and care collaboration, according to Angela Hospice President and CEO Marti Coplai.

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Hospice News

MARCH 11, 2024

Spiritual hospice care providers are an important link to building bridges of access and trust among underserved African American populations. The hospice and palliative care provider also offers advance care planning and grief counseling services.

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Hospice News

JUNE 1, 2023

Patient preferences are trending towards home-based hospice care, leaving some inpatient facilities between a rock and a hard place. Meanwhile, other hospices diversify and expand their inpatient service capabilities. Shifting care preferences are another driving force behind the closure, according to MercyOne.

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Shining Light Hospice

MARCH 27, 2023

The Roles of Medical Professionals in Hospice Care Hospice care is a type of health care that focuses on providing comfort and support to patients and families during the end-of-life process. What Is Hospice Care?

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Guaranteed Health is redefining the end-of-life-care experience by building a-first-of-its-kind technology and AI-enabled platform that supports patients, caregivers, providers and payers. The hospice provider’s strategic growth plans include a geographic stretch into Pennsylvania. The funding follows a $6.5

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 30, 2023

As hospices nationwide develop new services to engage patients further upstream, some are rebranding to reflect their expanded scope and to avoid the word “hospice” in their company names, hoping to ameliorate patients’ anxiety about end-of-life care.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The inpatient center will allow for smoother transitions to hospice care among eligible hospitalized and emergency patients, as well as home- and community-based referrals, according to Gayle Mattson, president and CEO of Hospice of Cincinnati/HOC Navigators. These include Residential Healthcare Group, among others.

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Hospice News

APRIL 8, 2024

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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NHPCO

MARCH 21, 2023

For Immediate Release March 22, 2023 New Research Shows Hospice Care Reduces Medicare Costs Hospice Care Contributed to $3.5 billion less than it would have been had they not received hospice care. In the last year of life, the total costs of care to Medicare for beneficiaries who used hospice was 3.1

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Hospice News

JANUARY 22, 2024

The nature of social workers’ roles on an interdisciplinary hospice team give them a unique, inside look into how faith, religion and belief systems can impact understanding of end-of-life care, Gaines said. The New York-based health system offers home care, hospice and behavioral health, among other services.

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Hospice News

JULY 13, 2023

This is the first of a two-part service that will detail key findings from recent research on hospice care, featuring numbers that could influence they ways hospices communicate and operate. Hospices’ cost-savings potential A study published in March revealed that hospice saved Medicare roughly $3.5

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Is Bereavement Care Going High Tech? A number of entrepreneurs have emerged with tech solutions that offer grief and logistical support to bereaved families. Different health systems often fail to serve these families because they don’t have the right resources or because it’s very difficult to manage care.”.

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Hospice News

JULY 31, 2023

Longer stays yield greater savings Regulators have fixed their gaze on longer hospice stays as signals of potential fraud, waste and abuse. Hospice care saves Medicare roughly $3.5 The longer the hospice stay, the more potential savings.” The nonprofit hospice serves Delaware and parts of Pennsylvania.

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Hospice News

MARCH 19, 2024

Other stakeholders will include hospice and palliative care providers, as well as hospital-based practitioners, along with various other subject matter experts in the field, Wodatch stated. The hospice and palliative provider also offers pediatric end-of-life and serious illness services, along with grief support. “We

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1-800-HOSPICE

JUNE 20, 2023

Hospice care plays a significant role in providing comfort, support, and dignity to individuals with life-limiting illnesses and their families. Amidst the physical, emotional, and spiritual challenges faced during this delicate time, social workers emerge as invaluable members of the hospice interdisciplinary team.

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Traditions Health

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

If you are caring for a veteran who is terminally ill or nearing the end of life, hospice care can be a smart choice. Corresponding with remedial care, hospice care focuses on facilitating a patient’s quality of life rather than extending its length.

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Hospice News

JULY 1, 2022

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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Hospice News

MARCH 1, 2023

Kosciusko Home Care & Hospice (KHCH) has merged with Stillwater Hospice amid mounting financial pressures. The two Indiana-based nonprofit hospices joined forces to ensure continued access to end-of-life care in the Kosciusko County area.

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Hospice News

APRIL 22, 2022

Francis Reflections Lifestage Care recently opened a new inpatient hospice care center inside the Melbourne Regional Medical Center. A swelling demand for hospice in the community spurred the unit’s development. Francis Reflections Melbourne Care Center includes a private bathroom and overnight space for loved ones.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 6, 2022

“That first gathering was a conclave of leaders in global health policy, such as the United Nations and the World Health Organization, among various other bodies,” Connor told Hospice News. “We We met because we recognized the fact that no one was really speaking up about palliative and hospice care in the policy arena.

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Shining Light Hospice

APRIL 8, 2022

For instance, Home Health Care may be considered for rehabilitation or to prevent hospitalization. Hospice is indicated for end of life care for patients with a terminal illness. In the next section, we will discuss the differences between Hospice and Home Health care. What Is Hospice Care?

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Shining Light Hospice

APRIL 28, 2023

Hospice care is a form of healthcare that focuses on providing comfort and support to patients with life-limiting illnesses and their families. While hospice care is often associated with physical care, it can also address the spiritual needs of patients and their families. What Is Spiritual Care in Hospice?

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Hospice of the North Coast

AUGUST 25, 2023

Hospice services, a specialized form of care tailored to individuals with terminal illnesses and their families, go beyond mere symptom management – they prioritize comfort and solace. What exactly does hospice care entail? Their aim is to elevate the quality of life.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Hospices are reaching an inflection point when it comes to breaking down communication barriers around spiritual care among underserved communities, according to William Williamson, who recently became the new director of faith outreach at AMOREM. A vast majority of people wish to pass away at home, but most people do not.

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Seasons Hospice

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Entering Into Hospice. As your loved one enters hospice care, you may find yourself feeling lost and alone. Hospice can be a difficult time for both patients and their families. This group is open to anyone who is providing care for a hospice patient. Grief Support Group. Hospice Volunteers.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Earlier in the year, Yonah Klein was appointed director of strategy at Unity Hospice and Palliative Care. Technology a key to growing home-based hospice care, workforce The future of end-of-life care is heading further into the home, according to Klein.

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The Heart of Hospice

JANUARY 6, 2023

Hospice social worker and grief counselor Jill Johnson-Young is sharing wisdom and her perspective on end of life care for the LGBTQ+ community. Although it’s … Continue reading "How to Provide Quality Hospice Care for LGBTQ+ Families, Episode 139".

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Seasons Hospice

APRIL 30, 2021

Follow along to learn more about parental grief and a few methods to deal with the loss of a child. Stages of Grief After Losing a Child: Why Parental Grief Is Different. Parental grief is unlike grieving for others that are your age or older. Physical and Mental Effects of Parental Grief.

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Hospice News

MARCH 20, 2024

“The purpose of the council would be to study ways to increase awareness and usage of this highly valuable type of care,” Sexten told Palliative Care News in an email. “In In addition, it would help educate Wisconsinites about what palliative care does. Palliative care is often misunderstood and confused with hospice care.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2024

The hospice will provide GIP care across the health system’s four hospitals. We’re really focusing on providing quality of care for patients and families needing GIP level of hospice care. Established in 1980, the nonprofit hospice is also part of the Texas Medical Center. currently, reported the U.S.

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NHPCO

JUNE 21, 2023

For Immediate Release June 21, 2023 (Alexandria, VA) – The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) published the following statement in response to a recent NBC News story on HCA Healthcare hospitals, suggesting that HCA hospitals may be inappropriately pushing patients toward hospice care.

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HPNA podcast

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

About Lynn: Dr. Reinke is the Claire Dumke Ryberg, RN, Presidential Endowed Chair for Palliative and End of Life Care at the University of Utah, College of Nursing. Dr. Reinke’s clinical practice and program of research focuses on improving the delivery of palliative and end-of-life care for patients with serious illnesses.

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Hospice News

MAY 16, 2023

The petition cites concerns that a change in ownership could adversely affect quality and access to care among underserved communities. The hospice indicated that any future considerations will not impede the community’s access to end-of-life care, according to Alive Hospice’s executive committee, speaking on behalf of its governing board.

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Daily Nurse

APRIL 8, 2024

I had a home hospice rotation in nursing school, and I loved it. I was working through my grief at that point. Both my dad and my sister passed away in hospice. Did you need to get additional education to become a hospice nurse? No, I’ve done long-term care for most of my nursing career.

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Living With Hospice

MAY 22, 2021

Grief is a long process to endure when you lose someone you love. In Living With Hospice's fourth grief-centric episode, Mitch addresses the topic of grief triggers and how they can bring up that pain of loss and other emotions, sometimes even years later. Grief acknowledged is grief that is managed.

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Hospice News

JUNE 28, 2023

“I am excited to join the executive team at Hospice of the Chesapeake and support future growth of the organization as well as continue to ensure the delivery of the highest-quality supportive and hospice care to the community,” Fetzer said. The organization operates an inpatient hospice facility in that area.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

By the Bay Health now serves eight counties statewide and provides hospice, palliative and pediatric care, along with skilled nursing home health and grief support. “Frank and Chris have done everything to ensure that the Calvary family is at the side of anyone who needs end-of-life care,” Decina said in a statement.

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