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3 Keys to Hospice Social Worker Recruitment and Retention

Hospice News

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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Social Workers as Leaders on Palliative Care Teams: A Podcast with Barbara Jones

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In day-to-day practice, It’s hard to imagine providing excellent hospice or palliative care services without access to a team social worker. But are we really taking full advantage of ALL social workers have to offer our field? I don’t know if this person was a social worker or not. Barbara: Yay.

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Interim Healthcare Leverages Tech, Communication Tactics to Boost Hiring, Retention

Hospice News

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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Social Workers in Home Health

AT Home Care & Hospice

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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Unionized Hospice Workers Reach Agreement with Providence Health System Amid Growing Trend

Hospice News

The Providence hospice workers include 130 registered nurses, social workers, and other staff who joined the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) in January 2023. Hospices that are affiliated with larger health systems, like Providence, may be more likely to see staff participate in labor unions.

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Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Break Down Advance Care Planning Barriers

Hospice News

Other supporters include organizations such as the Center for Medicare Advocacy, LeadingAge, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI), Respecting Choices, and the Social Work Hospice & Palliative Care Network (SWHPN).

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The Biggest Barriers to Hospice Recruiting

Hospice News

Strategies revealed in the study include increasing the amount of social workers and re-allocating non-clinical responsibilities, such as scheduling, to other areas of the organization.”. Admission liaisons, nurses, aides and IT staff saw the largest increase, according to the National Association of Home Care & Hospice (NAHC).