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The Bird’s-eye View of a Hospice Volunteer Coordinator

Traditions Health

The Traditions Health hospice volunteer coordinator oversees 13 volunteers at two agencies in Georgia — one in Lawrenceville and one in Roswell. Whatever’s required of our employees, we require of our volunteers. That’s important because volunteers enter patients’ homes. Our volunteers help fill that need.”

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Hospices Work to Recruit More Volunteers Before COVID PHE Ends

Hospice News

The number of hospice volunteers plunged during the first two years of the pandemic, and many are still working to rebuild their ranks. Many hospices saw volunteer volumes dip drastically as they suspended activities during the pandemic. Volunteers also help reduce providers’ costs.

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Post-PHE Hospice Regulation: Preparing for the Reinstated Volunteer Requirement

Hospice News

Centers for Medicaid & Medicaid Services (CMS) in 2020 issued a number of flexibilities intended to ease burdens on health care providers during the pandemic. This included the temporary lifting of the requirement that volunteers provide at least 5% of hospice patient care hours.

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Volunteers Are The Heart of Hospice Care

Hospice of the North Coast

Hospice of the North Coast is blessed to have a thriving volunteer department assisting our patients and families in many ways. Our patient care and pet therapists see our patients wherever they call home. Also, bringing a presence of comfort, respite for caregiving family members, and friendship.

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Sangre de Cristo Taps New CEO, YoloCares Names Palliative Care Director

Hospice News

YoloCares is among the nonprofit hospices that make up the California Hospice Network, joining the coalition last year. The network is designed to support providers’ ability to grow and sustain community-based hospice care and leverage their collective scale and resources in value-based payment programs.