Hospice News

MAY 21, 2025

Currently, Medicare payment for palliative care only covers physician or licensed independent practitioner services and does not support the full range of interdisciplinary care, involving nurses, chaplains, aides and social workers. Build a Case for Innovation: Many fundersparticularly foundationsare drawn to innovation.

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Traditions Health

JANUARY 5, 2025

Your healthcare team will use an extensive evaluation process to determine whether you or your loved one are medically eligible for hospice care. Continuous home care provides a healthcare provider for 8-24 hours per day. You or your loved one may choose hospice care when treatments are no longer effective, or recovery isnt possible.

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AlayaCare

MARCH 6, 2024

The application programming interface (API) integration between the two platforms allows home health and home care agencies to streamline training processes, freeing up time for healthcare workers to focus on caring for patients and leaders to better manage their businesses. For more information, visit: AlayaCare.com.

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Traditions Health

JUNE 1, 2025

The healthcare team includes doctors, nurses, social workers, counselors, spiritual professionals, and home health aides. Hospice care enlists healthcare professionals who prioritize your loved ones wishes, comfort, and dignity. Trained hospice volunteers also may assist.

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AJN Off the Charts

JULY 14, 2025

Social services assistance: Patients often share information with their nurses, including social and economic situations that may affect their abilities to pay for/continue treatment, thereby placing nurses in important roles to facilitate connections with social workers and care coordinators.

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AlayaCare

APRIL 2, 2025

This digital transformation has not only optimized operational efficiency but also empowered the agency to increase service delivery and support more meaningful collaboration with provincial healthcare partners. 300% growth in revenue from non-Social Development programs. 360% return on investment leveraging reassessments.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 28, 2025

Established in 1988, AAHPM is a professional organization for hospice and palliative care clinicians, social workers and other health and spiritual care providers in the space. Prior to joining Catholic Hospice, she served as senior general manager at VITAS Healthcare in Palm Beach, Florida. Annes Nursing Center.

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Caregiver Support Services

JUNE 19, 2025

Furthermore, digital platforms facilitate better communication between family members, healthcare professionals, and care workers, making the overall care experience more cohesive. Emphasis on Mental Health and Social Inclusion Loneliness and mental health challenges are significant concerns for many older adults.

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Caregiver Support Services

JANUARY 31, 2025

Caregivers need to facilitate dialogue between loved ones, families, and healthcare providers. Coordination Palliative care often involves multiple professionals, from doctors to therapists to social workers. Displaying empathy builds trust, helping loved ones feel valued and respected.

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Daily Nurse

JUNE 30, 2025

Here’s a closer look at the five essential workplace skills that every nurse should sharpen to stay ahead in today’s high-stakes healthcare environment. Teamwork & Collaboration Healthcare is never a solo act. And for nurses, they’re non-negotiable.

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Hospice News

MAY 20, 2025

Im the VP and Editorial Director with WTWH Medias healthcare publications, which includes Hospice News. Social workers, chaplains, case managers, care navigatorsthese are the people who can do it. Brown: Were facing a healthcare workforce shortage and an aging population. HSPN: Were nearly out of time.

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Hospice News

MAY 12, 2025

VITAS Widens Footprint in Texas Florida-based VITAS Healthcare is opening two new administrative offices in central Texas in response to rising demand for hospice care. The company is currently in the process of hiring new registered nurses, hospice aides/CNAs, social workers, patient care secretaries, chaplains and community representatives.

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Daily Nurse

JULY 10, 2025

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) professionals play a crucial role in the evolution of the healthcare system. In this article, we will examine five leadership skills that every DNP should master to lead with confidence and drive meaningful changes within the healthcare system.

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Seasons Hospice

APRIL 22, 2025

Common conditions treated with palliative care include: Cancer Heart disease Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Kidney failure Alzheimers disease or other dementias Parkinsons disease A multidisciplinary team typically delivers palliative care, including doctors, nurses, social workers, chaplains, and therapists.

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Hospice News

JUNE 30, 2025

And the other big thing is coordination—the healthcare system is incredibly complex and confusing. I think we will , because, again, just looking at the demographics of our workforce—the age of our licensed clinical social workers, the age of our RNs—they’re going to exit the workforce in the next five to six years.

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1-800-HOSPICE

JUNE 19, 2024

For healthcare professionals navigating end-of-life care, a nuanced understanding of pain management is essential. Social workers: Offering emotional support and assistance with practical concerns, they contribute to holistic patient care.

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Hospice News

JULY 2, 2025

Dr. Darren Schulte: Vynca is a healthcare services and software company. It’s also social workers, community health workers, RNs, MAs. I’m pleased to introduce Dr. Darren Schulte, the CEO of Vynca. Would you introduce us to Vynca and tell us about the work you’re doing?

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Many of us, those of us who lead healthcare communities and organizations, are in trouble trying to make sure our patients have their needs met. Frankly, the majority of the time, it was on the side of the healthcare delivery team, not that patient and family, that we weren’t listening. We weren’t saying the right things.

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GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

-Alex End Well Talk [link] Resources on the PEACH Program Program Review Paper A recent publication in Longwoods Healthcare Quarterly reviewing the PEACH model. The social determinants of health and what community well being was a big part of. I saw a person who couldn’t access the social determinants of health.

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Traditions Health

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Hospice aides are vital members of a hospice care team, which also includes: Doctors and nurses Social workers and therapists Dietitians Spiritual professionals Volunteers And because of the nature of the work, hospice care is available for patients and their families 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

So like as an example, in New York State, if someone has no healthcare proxy that they’ve designated, there is a legal structure by which we can assign a surrogate, whereas other states don’t have that same structure. But they also did not do the DPOA for healthcare form. So there’s no healthcare surrogate.

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GeriPal

MARCH 13, 2025

She retrained as a social worker, and it was while she was a social worker that she began to formulate her ideas for better kind of end of life care, which was to become hospice care, modern hospice care. You’re talking about a paradigm shift in healthcare. And I think that was partly. She put her back out.

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Traditions Health

MARCH 29, 2025

We not only have a doctor, but a whole team (consisting of a medical director, nurse practitioner, social worker, chaplain, nurse, and volunteer coordinator) with this experience. So, it unburdens the healthcare system while also helping patients enjoy their quality of life instead of their quantity of life. Its a win-win.

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GeriPal

MAY 22, 2025

Just encourage patients and families to bring music into their healthcare experience. He’s a social worker with an MBA who decided that he wanted to improve quality of life in nursing homes and everyone deserved music and went on this mission to bring then iPods, now MP3 players, to people in nursing homes across the country.

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CareAcademy Blog

APRIL 30, 2025

At the heart of a hospice care is its staff, including nurses, doctors, social workers, and chaplains. Maintaining patient privacy requires compliance with healthcare regulations, particularly HIPAA laws. The first step is to determine which healthcare licenses you need.

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Caregiver Support Services

JUNE 12, 2025

It may be helpful to involve a healthcare provider or social worker who can offer an objective perspective. Approach the conversation with empathy and honesty. Acknowledge their concerns and explain that your motivation is rooted in their best interests.

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GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

So it’s, you know, nursing homes are part of the healthcare sector, but they’re also part of the social care sector in the same building. Is that like a palliative care trained doctor, np, a pharmacist, social worker? Cari 13:37 The idea there is they already have a social worker in the facility.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

I mean, I don’t want to speak to your healthcare system and what’s happened, but that to me seems inappropriate. They need social workers like I have. We save healthcare. Or press the easy button, get that amyloid blood biomarker and call it a day. Nate 19:49 Yeah. I Recently, I turned 41. We are cost saving.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

She is a guest host and she’s a palliative care social worker. And we often do, as healthcare providers, care for people who are going through traumatic events, through just being sick in the hospital or a home or dying at home. Eric 00:04 And Alex, we have somebody in the room with us. Alex 00:07 We do. Anne 00:14 Thanks.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 19, 2024

We have psychologists, we have social worker who’s very attuned to these issues. The post Palliative Care for Mental Illness: A Podcast with Dani Chammas and Brent Kious appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. We do not have a psychiatrist, but we have consultants.

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Hospice News

JUNE 18, 2025

Knowns vs. unknowns Various avenues exist when it comes to examining adult palliative care preferences such as patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) surveys and advance care planning documentation.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Either different populations, telehealth versus in person physician NP versus physician social worker. But what about the social workers and the chaplains? So those social workers were involved. How important is it that we dissect all of these different ways we can deliver palliative care?

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GeriPal

MAY 8, 2025

This hypothesis Played itself out in an interesting way, Ali John 11:15 Thinking about total pain and addressing physical, emotional, social, and spiritual issues. We had an interdisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, social workers, and chaplains supporting patients through their psychedelic journey. Ali John 11:34 Yep.

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Traditions Health

MAY 19, 2025

When to consider hospice care Its important to talk with your loved one about their preferences, as well as their healthcare team about the best options for care. In fact, research from the American Heart Association shows that hospice care improves the quality of life for stroke patients.

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Hospice News

MAY 26, 2023

Three important considerations can help hospices recruit and retain social workers — a respectful workplace culture, reasonable workloads and continuing education opportunities. Workforce shortages remain the industry’s most damaging headwind, and that includes social workers. patients compared to 14.12

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Hospice News

JULY 19, 2024

Amid industry-wide staff shortages, Interim HealthCare is working to scale recruitment best practices among its franchisees. Hospice News sat down with Scott Williams, vice president of talent with Interim HealthCare to talk about the best practices the company employs to execute its recruitment and retention strategies.

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AT Home Care & Hospice

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Social Workers: The Glue of Home Healthcare Social work is a sector within the world of healthcare that is aimed at meeting the basic needs of individuals, families, and communities. They can often refer patients The post Social Workers in Home Health appeared first on AT Home Care & Hospice.

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