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

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Andrea Devoti, executive vice president, National Association for Home Care & Hospice Trauma-informed end-of-life care delivery also involves a deep focus on sensitivity training, according to Dr. Ross Cleveland, pediatric palliative care physician at Boston Children’s Hospital.

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Challenges in Hospice Care for Terminal Anorexia Patients

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Ingrid Berg, palliative medicine physician at CHI Health, an affiliate of Creighton University Medical Center. So that is always a primary tenant before we would go to a surrogate decision maker in helping work with the health care team to apply the patient’s values regarding their health care.”

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More States Integrating Palliative Care Into Medicaid Programs

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The channels for palliative care payment may be widening as more state legislators recognize growing demand for these services and start to weave them into Medicaid reimbursement. California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine and Oregon each have established Medicaid reimbursement for community-based palliative care.

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Agape Care Names New Palliative Medical Director; Silverado Taps New Sales VP

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Agape Care Names New Palliative Medical Director Agape Care Group, a portfolio company of Ridgemont Equity Partners has appointed Kari Bradford, a doctor of nursing practice, as its new palliative medical director. She will also serve as a mentor to palliative care teams, the company indicated in an announcement.

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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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Explore Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing

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Hospice and palliative care nurses work in a care giving space that is often difficult and foreign for most families, friends, and other caregivers. Hospice care’s goal is different from the other medical care that a patient has been receiving for their illness.

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Researchers Uncover Widespread Disparities Affecting Rural Hospice Caregivers

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Lagging supportive services around social determinants of health and limited access to hospice and palliative care are driving disparities among rural family caregivers. These determinants, along with the natural stressors of palliative and end-of-life caregiving, disproportionately impact their emotional well-being.”

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