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Education Key to Protecting Hospice Staff from Workplace Violence

Hospice News

Ensuring staff are educated and trained is crucial for hospices to minimize workplace safety risks, particularly when it comes to providing community-based care. Roughly 41% reported being sexually harassed in the workplace, and as many as 44% experienced a physical assault during that time.

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Breaking the Silence: The Mounting Need for Trauma-Informed Hospice Care

Hospice News

Some hospice providers have training and education around trauma-informed care delivery, but concerns are mounting about whether these efforts are sufficient to address the unmet and sometimes unvoiced needs among patients and staff alike. It’s necessary that we continue to educate on these issues and recognize that they exist.”

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Hospices Make Fortune’s List of ‘Best Workplaces in Aging Services’

Hospice News

Ethical business practices and strong leadership are keys to employee retention and satisfaction, according to hospice organizations on Fortune Magazine’s annual list of “ Best Workplaces in Aging Services.”. California-based Butte Home Health & Hospice ranked seventh in the “At-Home Care” workplace category.

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Most Powerful Weapons in Hospices’ Recruitment, Retention Arsenals

Hospice News

Operators have also ramped up onboarding and preceptor training programs, provided ongoing education and career growth opportunities, invested in new technologies, and placed a deepened focus on organizational culture development. Strategies have included offering higher wages, expanded benefits and retention and sign-on bonuses.

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The Emergence of Contemplative Medicine in Palliative Care

Hospice News

The monks — Koshin Paley Ellison and Chodo Robert Campbell — have spent years working as health care chaplains and educators in medical schools around the world. Interest in contemplative medicine may be rising in the palliative and end-of-life care communities as more practitioners realize the potential benefits for clinicians and patients.

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Hospice Worker, Patient Safety Concerns Impact Access in Underserved Communities

Hospice News

A complex web of causes A variety of historical reasons contribute to these issues, including neighborhood segregation, increased poverty rates, lower education levels, among others, according to Nicole McCann-Davis, vice president of communications and chief health equity officer at Empassion Health.

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Violence and Danger in the Healthcare Workplace

Daily Nurse

Beyond the hazards we recognize within American healthcare, did you know that social services and healthcare workers experience the highest injuries from workplace violence (WPV) in any industry? The industry’s number of total workplace violence has grown since 2011.”