Hospice News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Louisiana-based CommCare Corporation recently acquired Notre Dame Hospice and Notre Dame Home Health for an undisclosed sum. The archdiocese in August announced an agreement to exit from all affiliated senior care businesses, including the health system. It’s a good thing and it will happen.”. currently, according to the U.S.

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2024

Angela Hospice’s New Senior Living Inpatient Facility Michigan-based Angela Hospice recently unveiled plans to open a new inpatient center at a senior living facility. Set to open this summer, the hospice facility will feature 15 patient beds at Lourdes Senior Community in Waterford, Michigan. The William B. and Janet B.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in 2023 will phase out dual-eligibility special needs look-alike plans within Medicare Advantage. Some hospice patients rely on these plans for other health needs, such as nursing home costs. Of those, about 3.8

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Hospice News

MARCH 20, 2023

Hospices are blazing trails toward growth, each provider with its own range of strategies. In 2023, the focus for many is to not only expand their core business but to spread further into the care continuum. By 2030, the hospice market’s total dollar value is expected to nearly double, reaching $64.7 billion, up from $34.5

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Susan Mills, Senior Program Director for Home Health and Hospice, ACHC, to talk about the key compliance challenges, opportunities and trends to watch in the current hospice environment. Hospice News: What career experiences do you most draw from in your role today?

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GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

If you develop dementia, odds are you will spend the last months to years of your life in a nursing home or assisted living facility. This study explored nursing home organizational factors and staff perceptions that are associated with the variation in care for residents with advanced dementia.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Hayden Jordan, director of palliative care for senior care provider PruittHealth Home, has been named a 2022 Future Leader by Hospice News. . The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care.

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GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary In the early 1990’s, California Medical Facility (CMF) created one of the nation’s first licensed hospice units inside a prison. This 17-bed unit serves inmates from all over the state who are approaching the end of their lives. Eric: And you’re also the medical director of the hospice unit here.

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High Peaks Hospice

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Ann Merkel and some of the group of original High Peaks Hospice founders gathered to create a video to document the story of High Peaks Hospice’s beginnings. The Start of End Of Life Care in the Tri-Lakes Area and Expanding Throughout the Adirondacks. David Merkel, lived in Saranac Lake.

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Americare Hospice

AUGUST 24, 2021

Hospice care in the United States is a type and philosophy of end-of-life care which focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's symptoms. The concept of hospice as a place to treat the incurably ill has been evolving since the 11th century. In 2007, hospice treatment was used by 1.4

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Seasons Hospice

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

There are many myths and misconceptions about hospice care. Some people think that hospice care is only for people who are near the end of their lives. Others believe that hospice care is expensive and only provides minimal benefits. What Is Hospice Care?

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Hollie Trogdon, senior vice president of PruittHealth Home, has been named a 2022 Future Leader by Hospice News. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care.

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Shining Light Hospice

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Hospice for Cancer. Hospice is designed to provide comfort care for patients with life-limiting illnesses. With cancer being one of the most prevalent illnesses in the United States, cancer patients account for a larger percentage of hospice patients than any other diagnosis. What is Hospice?

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Seasons Hospice

JUNE 28, 2022

There are plenty of ways to get care and support while making sure that everyone involved is taken care of. One of the biggest support systems is hospice care. Hospice care is a type of medical care that focuses on providing comfort and support to people who are terminally ill.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

He wants to know what do you guys think about the effect of private equity on hospice and long-term care? Eric: One out of six hospices, so there is financial concern, not just again with hospices, nursing homes, and now physician groups. ” Eric: Well, Alex and I love him. Why are they doing this?

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Kindful Hospice

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

According to the Hospice Foundation of America (HFA), hospice care is specialized medical care which is meant to assist people with terminal illnesses live as long as possible … and as well as possible. Hospice care is not limited to the patient themselves, either. Read on to learn more about hospice care.

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GeriPal

JUNE 8, 2023

When I’m on nursing home call, the most common page I receive is for a blood sugar value. When I’m on palliative care consults and attending in our hospice unit we have to counsel patients about deprescribing and de-intensifying diabetes medications. Summary Transcript Summary Diabetes is common. How high is too high?

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Seasons Hospice

MARCH 23, 2021

If you have a loved one dealing with a life-limiting illness, you may be wondering, “what services does hospice provide?” There’s a lot of confusion surrounding what hospice care is and what it does. Keep reading to learn more about the services Seasons Hospice provides to our patients.

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Living With Hospice

JULY 27, 2022

Diverging a bit from the Hospice theme, in episode 44, Mitch explores another form of end-of-life care and the role of a "Death Doula". He explains the origins of a doula role in relationship to the dying process, and the recent resurgence of this in modern end-of-life care. " Transcript: Hello!!

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

We’ve invited two death doulas, Jane Euler and John Loughnane (who is also a family doc and palliative care physician), to talk about the role of a doula at the end of life. We also invited Beth Klint to speak about the doula’s role within a traditional hospice organization. Hospice volunteers do lots of things.

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GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

And they agreed on that and they talked to the people at the hospital, the surgeons and the nurses. And the nurses says you’re making the right decision. She went to an inpatient hospice and they kept her comfortable for a couple of weeks and she passed away. Joel: And they kept her comfortable. Eric: Yeah. Joel may know.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary The CDC’s Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain excludes those undergoing cancer treatment, palliative care, and end-of-life care. And so, for-profit hospices, for-profit methadone clinics pop up everywhere, and their care is pretty variable. Devon, welcome to GeriPal.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 6, 2022

What struck me most was not that palliative care was a question, nor that it made it seem that palliative care isn’t provided alongside care directed at curing, nor was it that hospice was the first buzzed in response, but it was that palliative care was the $2000 question in the Double Jeopardy round! Marian: Yay.

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GeriPal

MARCH 3, 2022

In a separate study in Chest , Lauren found pre-ICU frailty was associated with post-ICU disability and new nursing home admission. We wouldn’t dream of not measuring oxygen saturation, yet function, which is highly predictive of outcomes older adults care about, many hospitals hardly measure.

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Home Care Pulse

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

I spent some time at the branch level and then became a corporate level clinical educator for a national home health organization. And my main focus, which I loved in that role was to help develop professional home health and hospice aids. Suddenly people were realizing that, oh, you know, people wanted to stay home.

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