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Incarcerated Seniors Lack Access to Hospice Care

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I don’t think there are enough hospice programs in prisons around the country. A lot of times these programs are run by the incarcerated men and women, with nurses and doctors having a very small part in taking care of them.” These are things that you technically had to have a nurse present to do in many cases,” Garlock said.

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How the Hospice Care Index Can Help Shape an Operator’s Future

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Strong performance on the Hospice Care Index is becoming increasingly essential to securing payer and referral contracts and will be a key consideration in the federal government’s forthcoming Special Focus Program (SFP). The Hospice Care Index can be a referral driver. And they are looking at that data,” Huff said.

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Awareness, Education Keys to Trauma-Informed Hospice Care

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Abuse and trauma experiences impact those delivering and receiving hospice care in many ways, some evident and some less apparent, according to Carole Fisher, president, National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI). We have a duty to look out for this in anyone, a social worker, physician, nurse or patient.

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2 Innovative Drivers ‘Reimaging’ Hospice Care

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Technology’s growing impact on end-of-life care Moving out of the “hospice silo” in the health care continuum will take creative changes around the use of technology at operational and clinical levels, according to Raianne Melton, senior clinical manager of professional service at Axxess. Melton is also a registered nurse.

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Hospice Care Found Lacking in Assisted Living Setting

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Comparisons included examination of various hospice providers’ Medicare claims data, Hospice Item Set (HIS) results and Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers & Systems (CAHPS) surveys. It is likely that some other factors may have drawn lower-quality hospice agencies to ALs.

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

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Ashwin Kotwal, assistant professor at the University California San Francisco, said during the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Hospice & Palliative Nurses Association assembly.

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VITAS, Gentiva, Home Health & Hospice Care Expand Inpatient Services; Banner Health Shutters Hospice Programs in Phoenix

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VITAS Healthcare Expands Hospital-Based Inpatient Hospice Center Chemed Corp. NYSE: CHE) VITAS Healthcare recently expanded its inpatient hospice care unit at the Florida-based Broward Health Medical Center. Miami-based VITAS has provided community- and facility-based hospice care in the Broward County area since 1980.