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Ep. 27 - Racial and Cultural Competence in Palliative Care

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Amisha received her PhD in Nursing from the University of Connecticut (2020), and BS and MPH in Global Health from George Washington University (2001 & 2005). Joseph in 2009; additional certifications include hospice and palliative care (CHPN). Amisha was also featured in the Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing.

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The State of the Hospice Nursing Workforce 

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A main issue is that many students do not receive adequate exposure to hospice and palliative care during their medical education, including training in the full scope of these interdisciplinary services. Much of that was because new nursing students who come into the industry are often ill-equipped to understand the big picture.

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Senate Again Takes Up Hospice, Palliative Staffing Bill

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have reintroduced the Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act (PCHETA), designed to bolster the field’s shrinking workforce with federal support. . If enacted, PCHETA would support hospice and palliative care training programs for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers and chaplains.

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

Hospice News

A 2015 study analysis published in the journal BMC Public Health found that nearly two-thirds of the female home care workforce experiences some type of workplace violence annually. More than half (51.5%) of home care workers overall have experienced verbal aggression, while 24.7%

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Executive Changes at Niagara Hospice, Transcend Strategy Group, AMOREM, HomeCare & Hospice

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Niagara Hospice is part of The Hospice and Palliative Care Group (HPCG), an organization that provides administrative services. Other providers in the group include Kalos Health, Liberty Home Care, Hospice of Orleans and The Niagara Hospice Alliance. “It Gordon Hospice and Palliative Care of Tidewater.

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Key Research Trends: State CON Laws, Dementia Patient Trajectories Reshaping Hospice

Hospice News

The findings suggest that CON laws may have a correlation with higher quality outcomes , though the tie may not be causational in nature, according to Gaines and fellow researcher Arlen Gaines, a doctoral candidate in palliative care at the University of Maryland.

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Hospices Need a ’Huge Catapult’ to Replenish Workforce

Hospice News

In enacted, the recently reintroduced Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act (PCHETA) could make a dent in the recruitment barriers that hospices keep hitting. A late referral often means that the patient will not receive the full benefits of hospice care. This tracks with available data.

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